Articles Tagged ‘ Climate Change ’
Climate Change and Activists Won’t Delay, but United Nations Will
From April 9 to 11 I attended the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change interim negotiations in Bonn, Germany. This session was the first meeting of the convention since Copenhagen in December and the goal was to create a negotiating schedule for the months leading up to COP16 in Cancun. It was [...]
(Read More)Perspective From Inside of the Bella Center: Policy, With Some Protest
This opinion is a part of a Point-Counterpoint on the Copenhagen Conference, read Aaron French’s Opinion.
In December of 2009 I attended the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark as a delegate of the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC). I was one of 500 US [...]
Perspective From Outside of the Bella Center: We Need Direct Action
This opinion is a part of a Point-Counterpoint on the Copenhagen Conference, read Chelsea Howard’s Opinion.
In the months leading up to the COP 15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen this past December, I was confused about what my role would be. I had specifically planned to study abroad in the fall semester so I could be [...]
Kolbert Talks Climate Change
By Caroline Selle, Features Editor
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, reporter Elizabeth Kolbert lectured on the history and future of climate change as revealed by Arctic ice. The lecture was based on her book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, in which she chronicled the stories of scientists researching the arctic.
(Read More)Campus Turns Out the Lights to Celebrate Earth Hour
By Caroline Selle, Features Editor
On March 28, lights went out across the globe at 8:30 p.m. local time. Starting with New Zealand, countries around the world began to turn off their lights as part of Earth Hour 2009. Las Vegas, Nevada, went dark, as did Times Square in New York City.
As the official Flagship Campus of Maryland for Earth [...]
Usage of Solar Panels to Cut Energy Costs
One reason St. Mary’s is not your run of the mill school is that students have a real say in a lot of the decision making that goes on (depending on the area of course).
In the past year alone, amongst other initiatives, students have spearheaded movements to change the controversial “protest policy” in “To The [...]
