For the environmentally-conscientious person this inspiring exhortation raises obvious, “What should I do?” questions such as, “What is the best route to service?” or “How does service manifest itself most effectively?” And, in particular for many outdoor-enthusiasts, “What if I admire and revere the idea of service but my self-satisfying outdoor-activity-obsession trumps ‘service’ every time?”
A Footprint Up Your…
Full disclosure: I hate the concept of the Ecological Footprint. It’s overly simplistic, vague, and too often mistaken for a legitimate metric of sustainability. That said, it’s one more test that Dartmouth students score pretty well on, and for that reason alone it’s worth looking at.
The Ecological Footprint is a rough measure […]
“There is a body of interdependent and unified interests and values… segregated by well-defined boundary lines from the rest of the world. The people in such a district have common interests, common rights, and common duties, and must necessarily work together for common purposes.” -John Wesley Powell, Institutions for the Arid Lands, 1890
John Wesley Powell […]
We’ve all heard the warnings from scientists and environmentalists: “The polar icecaps are melting! Sea levels are rising! Extreme weather is coming! Carbon dioxide will be the end of us!” But isn’t global warming still a theory? Do we really know what causes it? Shouldn’t we just adjust to a warmer climate rather than try […]
The weather was windy and overcast the morning I set out for the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), located a little over a mile north of campus. I was interviewing for a Women In Science Project (WISP) internship entitled “Arctic Sea Ice Cover in a Changing Environment.” I was first interested in the […]
Presumably, there is a disconnect between mainstream, first world environmental values and environmental justice, which is a focus on the social and environmental needs of communities of color, the poor, especially poor women, and the colonized.
Following a highly controversial and infamous essay, “The Death of Environmentalism,” by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus,* the mainstream environmental […]
Alcott Smith, a veterinarian-turned-naturalist and 60-plus year resident of these parts, can proudly say of himself that he was once the “New Hampshire answer to James Herriot.” But this description barely scratches the surface of Smith’s niche in the Upper Valley.
After forty years of veterinary practice, Alcott Smith now contributes to society as a naturalist, […]
Offshore wind power is a rapidly growing renewable energy source that has finally set sail for America. Cape Wind, a private corporation, hopes to harness Nantucket Sound’s constant gusts for 130 turbines that produce 420 megawatts of electricity, enough to power half a million homes and businesses. Each turbine would rise 270 feet above the […]
Climate change is a threat unlike any other that civilized man has ever faced. Most scientists agree that by curbing our carbon emissions through reduced reliance on fossil fuels and by promoting new forest growth, we can help stave off the worst of the dangers. So what can you as a Dartmouth student do? Offset […]
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