By Jared Flesher
One hundred million years ago there was a tree. It grew fast and tall and flourished in many places, including North America. Then 20 million years ago it vanished—globally extinct—save for the fossil record it left behind. Or so we humans thought.
In the 1940s, Chinese botanists rediscovered…
Due to a number of factors including a key vacancy in the Office of Sustainability and other staffing shortages, and logistical pressures surrounding what may be an unprecedentedly large Reunions, this year the Office of Sustainability is only able to fully support collecting all donatables during Senior move…
The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment has awarded 18 undergraduates research funds to support research on energy- and environment-related projects. The research is supported by the Peter B. Lewis Fund for Student Innovation in Energy and the Environment, the Dede T. Bartlett P03 Fund for Student Research in Energy and the…
Don’t throw your shoes away. Donate them!
The shoes can be any type –children’s or adult — new or gently used — sneakers, dress, formal, sandals, boots, etc.
When you keep shoes out of landfills you are protecting the environment and creating meaningful opportunities
The Shoe Drive runs April 18 - April 28 2022…
Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars (PECS) is a two-year faculty-guided and student-governed fellowship program allows Princeton graduate students from the humanities, natural and social sciences…
As the world’s cities grapple with compounding issues of climate change, sustainability, systemic racism, the refugee crisis and more, the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities is supporting research, scholarship and teaching focused on real-world…
On Saturday, 4/2/22, the USG Sustainability Committee (SusComm) hosted a Coffeehouse in the Eco-Lounge (Frist 118). The event celebrated student artwork, poetry, and a dance performance by Sympoh Urban Arts Crew Dance Performance championing L.O.V.E. (being lucid, open, virtuous, and equitable) and sustainability.
Students…
Arctic Indigenous worlds, experiences, and challenges past and present — along with their implications for our climate crisis — are the focus of a course at Princeton this spring titled “Pluriversal Arctic.” That is also the life’s work of the course’s instructor, Olga Ulturgasheva, an Eveny member, renowned anthropologist and the current…
Princeton University seniors Beata Corcoran, Fernanda Romo Herrera Ibarrola, Elle Ruggiero, Naomi Shifrin and Frances Walker have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.
Walker, a concentrator in anthropology from Chicago, will travel to…
The Office of Sustainability and Outdoor Action are pleased to bring you a series of events this April in honor of Earth Month. Join us in learning more about your natural world, environmental efforts at Princeton, and the people around the world fighting for a healthier planet.