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The City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a solar contract with Origis Energy, making construction of a plant in Archer the first solar project for Gainesville Regional Utilities.
A full house of punk-rockers dressed in their best black tank tops, skinny jeans and fishnet tights met Laura Jane Grace’s heavily anticipated return to Gainesville.
In a place like north central Florida, our connection to the environment is everything. It surrounds everyday life no matter who you are — a UF student here to get your degree and leave or a longtime Alachua County resident.
UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences spans across the state’s 67 counties, delivering environmental research and discoveries to local communities.
UF first promised to become a leader in climate change mitigation among universities in 2006. Seventeen years later, it’s busy renewing its vows to meet the needs of the shifting climate.
In the classroom of an environmental science teacher one will see many things. Lab coats. Goggles. Maps. Skeletons of animals tangled in nets.
Stacks of worn-out skateboards sit in Thomas Phillips’ studio, waiting to be broken down and resculpted into something new. Within a couple of weeks, he can transform a set of skateboards into items like fighting action figure sets, safety goggles or swords.
UF built a new $85 million, 141,000 square foot student-athlete complex in 2022. The facility came equipped with zero gravity chairs, chill recovery pools, underwater treadmills, weight rooms, film rooms, dining spaces and more. But it differs from the 2009 building it shares a name within one area — sustainability.
Global climate change has been an ominous phrase for decades — a looming, ambiguous deadline when our home will no longer welcome us.
When Elise Turesson dives into the murky, duck-weed-covered water of Manatee Springs, she marvels at sunlight breaking through the surface. She’s found a love in diving, but not every experience is as rewarding.
With its abundance of historic natural resources, Alachua County is no stranger to climate and environmental activism.
Amy Van Scoik is driven by her passion for feeding people, but this mission grows harder each year as the climate becomes more unpredictable. It’s never clear what extreme weather to expect during the next season.
In the fight against climate change, young Alachua County residents are on the frontlines, focused on defending their future.
In 1972, a group calling itself the Graduate Student Union published its first newsletter.
Florida is exceptional, different, sometimes a bit quirky.
After nearly four hours of passionate public debate and multiple reminders for the audience to remain respectful, the Alachua County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to advance plans for a meat processing facility in Newberry.
Amanda Goldsmith was 17 years old when she flatlined in an emergency room from a gunshot wound. She was shot for rejecting a relationship with a man.
With passion, humor and dedication, the student team of TEDxUF is bringing bright ideas to the spotlight. This year’s conference title and theme was “Illumination,” and speakers were encouraged to shed light on topics they cared about.
Valeria Rosich has always loved flowers — especially bougainvillea, a tropical plant her mom grew in her home of Caracas, Venezuela. She loved bougainvillea so much, she said she used them to make her first piece of jewelry at age 19.
The Alachua County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve cottage villages as appropriate housing.
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