OPINION
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COLUMNS
How the reusable straw movement fails the environment
May 30, 2019Last year was the year Twitter banded together to ditch plastic straws.
Environment
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF Office of Sustainability launches composting station
By Tori Whidden | May 27, 2019The new station is on the first floor of the Reitz Union
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gov. DeSantis speaks at UF regarding environmental goals
By Kelly Hayes | Apr. 16, 2019
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Individuals can’t save the environment, it’s a group effort
Apr. 7, 2019Plastic is bad for the environment. This has been common knowledge for years. What is controversial, however, is demanding that everyone turn vegan and ditch single-use plastic. People fail to recognize that most of the earth’s pollution stems from major corporations rather than individuals. Also, expecting everyone to stop using straws fails to acknowledge the unintended consequences, which could be catastrophic for certain groups. Certainly, if you’re able to, do what you can to help the environment. Ditch the straws or get reusable ones, ask for paper bags the next time you go grocery shopping and reduce the amount of meat you consume, but don’t expect everyone to do the same. We first must hold corporations accountable for their actions, which affect the environment differently.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
‘Zen out of ten’: Students plant seeds, give thanks to plants
By Danielle Ivanov | Dec. 2, 2018UF EcoReps offered tubers, beans and squash seeds.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF creates a new institute to promote research on the earth and Florida’s future
By McKenna Beery | Nov. 18, 2018The project is funded by a $10 million donation
METRO
An Eastside High School alumnus is suing Florida to change its environmental practices
By Sabrina Conza | Apr. 18, 2018A 2016 graduate of Eastside High School and seven others between the ages 10 and 20 are suing the state of Florida for promoting the use of fossil fuels that lead to climate change.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Nationally known environmentalist speaks at UF about sustainability
By McKenna Beery | Apr. 10, 2018Paul Hawken said the Earth has never needed as much of our help as it does now.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gator found swimming in trash in creek on Gale Lemerand Drive
By Catie Wegman | June 5, 2017When UF graduate student Mirsada Serdarevic was walking on Gale Lemerand Drive, she noticed a substantial amount of trash in a creek that is home to about three or four gators.
METRO
Alachua County, UF Bee Unit to host beekeeping class
By Daniela Garrido | June 5, 2017An interactive beekeeping class will teach community members how to extract honey from backyard beehives.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
At UF Health Shands, limited awareness for sustainability
By Sophie Feinberg | June 5, 2017As the sustainability movement gains traction, the medical field is looking toward implementing earth-conscious practices.
METRO
UF professors discuss rising sea levels, climate change
By Maddie Harlow | Feb. 5, 2017UF professors urged about 100 Gainesville residents Friday to consider ways to combat climate change.
METRO
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POLITICS
UF students to join future March for Science
By Jimena Tavel | Jan. 30, 2017For the sake of science, seven UF students plan to march on the nation’s capital.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Stand up against environmental degradation
Sep. 14, 2016With Gainesville residents protesting oil pipelines Tuesday, we here at the Alligator thought we’d offer some insight into what’s going on in our beautiful state.
METRO
UF professor, author to speak at Headquarters Library
By Anthony Nicotera | Feb. 18, 2016Award-winning environmental journalist and author Cynthia Barnett will speak at the Headquarters branch of the Alachua County Library District from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
METRO
Global films come to Gainesville festival this weekend
By Brenna McKenna | Feb. 8, 2016The 7th Annual Cinema Verde International Environmental Film and Arts Festival is coming to the Hippodrome State Theatre from Thursday to Sunday.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
Cinema festival places emphasis on environment, art
By Erica Pope | Feb. 3, 2016Rhinos, religion and gold rushes are just a few of the film topics at the Seventh Annual Cinema Verde International Environmental Film and Arts Festival.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
It's greed versus the planet
Jan. 25, 2016It’s been three weeks since the governor of California, Jerry Brown, issued a state of emergency regarding the ongoing Aliso Canyon gas leak that has spewed up to 58,000 kilograms of methane per hour since Oct. 23. Without doing too much math, that equates to about two and a half months since the natural gas well released a trove of delightful job-creating and completely harmless vapors into the atmosphere before any declaration of emergency took place.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Editorial: Tragedy in Flint shows government at its worst
Jan. 19, 2016The effects of the health crisis currently unfolding in Flint, Michigan, will be felt for years to come. This is not a bold, overly negative prognosis: It is a tragic reality reinforced by science — or, rather, the lack thereof.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Editorial | While climate change is here to stay, deniers need to go away
Sep. 14, 2015In 2006, former U.S. vice president and one-time presidential nominee Al Gore released a documentary and book called "An Inconvenient Truth." Both the film and the book framed climate change as the result of man-made greenhouse gases, all delivered by Gore’s amazing ability to make a PowerPoint presentation compelling. Although climate change has been studied since at least the 1930s, the success of Gore’s documentary propelled climate change to the forefront of people’s minds.
