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Student Spotlight: Paying It Forward to Her Community
María Florencia Pérez hopes to make a real difference in regions affected by climate change, particularly in her home country of Argentina.
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Pomodoro Pasta with a Side of Accountability: Addressing Food Waste in NYC
Experts say that over 30% of all the purchased food in wealthy societies is tossed. Here are some tips to curb waste and its climate impacts.
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Opinion: Composting Should Be Mandatory in New York City
Composting is good for the planet, and it can be profitable. New Yorkers should be required to separate compostable materials along with recycling.
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Killing ‘Evil’ Trash During This Year’s Durga Puja Celebrations
October is a time for Indian festivities starting with Durga Puja. This year our Durga celebration also included a green mission.
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Fighting Food Waste by Finding Ways to Use the Useless
Even though some food is never eaten, the carbon emissions to grow it still end up in the atmosphere. Reducing waste is crucial to fighting climate change.
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What To Do with NYC’s 33 Million Pounds of Daily Waste
Typically in New York City, each person generates four pounds of waste every day. This means over eight million people generating about 33 million pounds of waste, every day. Think of the impact that composting and recycling could have on reducing even just half of this waste. Educating people on these issues is the mission…
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Map: Where Are the Trashiest New Yorkers?
No, not that kind of trashy – we’re talking here about what New York City neighborhoods produce the most municipal solid waste per person.
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Composter Puts College Food Waste in Its Place
Columbia has welcomed a composting machine to campus, a first at a New York City university. Accepting food scraps, such as banana peels, coffee grounds and egg shells, the composter will provide a way to recycle the urban campus’s food waste while also serving as an educational tool.
