Tag: Environment
Recycling club could bring focus back to campus sustainability efforts
A lack of volunteers, organization, and awareness has negatively impacted recycling efforts at NEC, according to several departments on campus.
In prior years, students...
New NEC Climate Change Class Combines Learning, Practical Experience
By: Bradley Akerly
At New England College (NEC), a new class taught by Professor Elizabeth Harper for the Fall 2021 semester aims to teach students...
Plastic Pandemic
A few weeks ago, I was waiting in line to pay at Market Basket when a man in front of me apologized to the...
My Hawaiian Vacation
For my vacation during spring break, I went to visit my older sister, Sarah, at her house in O'ahu, Hawaii.
Hawaii has been considered a...
Operation TinyTrash: NEC achieves green goal
“At the beginning of this school year NEC's recycling rate was at about 12%,” said President of the Environmental Action Committee (EAC) Stephanie Goulet. “We...
What Drives Me
During my sophomore year, I was fortunate enough to go to both Belize and Kenya.
Imagine for a moment what I had seen at the...
Divestment on Campus
Across the country college students have been calling for the divestment from fossil fuels, in hopes that colleges and universities will invest in alternative energy. This movement...
