A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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College Was Once Free and For the Public Good—What Happened? by Thomas Adam — YES! Magazine
Students didn’t have to worry about tuition and debt until higher education became more about personal gain than contributing to society.
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Watch “An Inconvenient Sequel” This Weekend—But Then Do This
Actions to take after you see Al Gore’s new documentary.
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Meet the New Wall: Same as the Old Wall
The Trump administration’s border security promises sound an awful lot like what we’ve heard before: Money thrown at contractors on a rushed timeline with no strategy.
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Trump’s Base of Support Is Collapsing
The president never had a proper mandate, but the resistance is no longer a voice of opposition. It now speaks for the great American majority.
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Cut Your Carbon at Home
Energy efficiency refers to ways of improving products or systems so that they require less energy to do the same amount of work. Increasing energy efficiency is one of the fastest, easiest, and most cost-effective technological solutions for cutting carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating climate change.
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VA city most affected by mercury pollution from Rayon production feels slighted in settlement
Mercury Pollution from Rayon Fabric Production at Dupont
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Sustainable Clothes
When you shop for new clothes, a number of factors can affect the social and environmental impacts of your purchases.
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Finally, some good news for the climate: Global carbon emissions stayed flat in 2016 – The Washington Post
The United States and China are burning less coal, and as a result, economies are growing without further worsening the climate problem.
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Carbon in Atmosphere Is Rising, Even as Emissions Stabilize – The New York Times
Scientists are concerned over the cause of the rapid rise, which may indicate the world’s natural sponges that absorb carbon dioxide have changed.
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Are we having an effect slowing population growth?
Global population is still growing by 83 million people per year. BUT, since our founding in 1968, the rate of growth has slowed.
