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Making music festivals green: It’s on all of us

Making music festivals green: It’s on all of us

Ashwini Vivek, Opinion Columnist October 27, 2023

The first two weekends in October, people flocked to Austin to attend the Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival. The promising performances and beautiful weather enticed many to Zilker Park for a weekend...

Stop, smell the roses and maybe pick up a cool rock too

Stop, smell the roses and maybe pick up a cool rock too

Senior Maia Dystra discusses everything from her Earth Day to her time at Trinity
Malika Chauhan, Pulse Reporter April 20, 2023

Maia Dykstra, senior ecological and evolutionary biology and environmental geosciences double-major, has a love for rocks. Dykstra started out with ecological and evolutionary biology early in her sophomore...

Recent IPCC reports highlight the need for change in the face of performative activism

Recent IPCC reports highlight the need for change in the face of performative activism

Ava Peinhardt, Opinion Columnist April 21, 2022

Climate change is no longer an issue easily ignored. What was once a looming threat for future generations has become an almost tangible tension that’s risen significantly in the past few years. It’s...

Photo credit: Andrea Nebhut

No, I don’t want to kill sea turtles

Julia Wolynes October 15, 2019
Plastic straw bans harm the health of those who need them most
Photo credit: Andrea Nebhut

What you can actually do about climate change

Victoria Stringer September 24, 2019
Do not allow yourself to be a pessimist; instead, channel your stress about the environment into productive action
Take action against climate change

Take action against climate change

Editorial Board September 22, 2019

Everyone wants to save the environment. Or at least, everyone who believes our world climate is changing wants to save the environment. We've stopped using straws. We've turned to composting and secondhand...

Photo credit: Genevieve Humphreys

We help fuel the Amazonian fires

Richard Reed August 29, 2019

Illustration by Genevieve HumphreysWorld attention is focused on the devastating fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. Seventy-six thousand separate fires have started this year, more than 10,000 in...

Geoscience student has academic adventures overseas

Geoscience student has academic adventures overseas

Maria Zaharatos February 3, 2019
Research project sends Harry Bellow abroad to the Middle East
Photo credit: Henry Pratt

Why recycling is garbage

Julia Weis October 26, 2018

The only truly scary thing this Halloween is the fact that we're facing a climate crisis that's going to destroy the world in our lifetime. Instead of being spooked, we can try to make a difference as...

Reusables Photo credit: Julia Weis

How to be your best eco-friendly self

Julia Weis September 5, 2018
Part 1: Use those reusables
illustration by Julia Poage, staff illustrator

Earth week promotes sustainability and fun

Gabriella Garriga April 25, 2018

Trinity's Stand Band blared their horns to help attract students and professors to the Earth Week Festival last Friday. Once they arrived, Eco Allies members taught professors and students how to recycle,...

Illustration by Andrea Nebhut, staff illustrator

How does Trinity conserve water?

Noelle Barrera February 25, 2018

Most people know a few actions they can personally take to help the environment, whether it's avoiding disposable plastic bottles or taking short showers. But what efforts are the Trinity and San Antonio...