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Small Birds, Big Impacts

Small Birds, Big Impacts

by April Wendling | Feb 2, 2023 | Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest

By Eva Bein   When I met up with University of Illinois senior Colin Dobson one morning in Fall 2021, he greeted me with a smile, a camera around his neck, and a Target bag full of dead birds. Let’s backtrack. No, Colin isn’t a serial bird killer or obsessive...
Taking the Temperature of Climate Change

Taking the Temperature of Climate Change

by April Wendling | Sep 13, 2022 | Illinois Research, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest

By Julia Marsaglia As a child, Sonia Lasher-Trapp had an intense fear of storms. She can still remember sitting through them alone in her basement in the middle of the night, sheltered from the bright lightning and pounding rain. Eventually, her dad began watching the...
Plant Power

Plant Power

by April Wendling | Feb 24, 2022 | Energy Futures, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, Opinion/Editorial

By Kayla Vittore The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t only affected human life; the global climate also felt the impact of this historic event. There was a 6 to 7 percent decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions last year due to a drastic reduction in travel and...
Crypto’s Dark Secret

Crypto’s Dark Secret

by April Wendling | Feb 23, 2022 | Emerging Technology, Energy Futures, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest

By Tyler Swanson Bitcoin has been called “The People’s Currency” and “The Currency of the Future,” but whatever the name, its rise to prominence in recent years is astonishing. While Bitcoin was initially intended to act as a decentralized currency that anyone...
Bursting with Life

Bursting with Life

by April Wendling | Feb 22, 2022 | Conserving Nature, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, Living World

 By Erinn Dady One gorgeous spring day in April 2021, I shed the constraints of the pandemic and visited the Atherton Island Natural Area, a stunning wild place about 20 miles north of Terre Haute, Indiana. The occasion was a wildflower hike organized by the Ouabache...
Sustainability with Style

Sustainability with Style

by April Wendling | Oct 1, 2021 | Cradle to Cradle, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, Our Favorite Stuff, Q&A, Uncategorized

By Jane Halloran Mona Fang is the founder of Karma Trade in Urbana, a sustainable fashion swapping service. A University of Illinois aerospace engineering major with a strong sense of style, Mona is passionate about changing how we view the fashion industry and...
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