Saturday, September 23, 2023
Photo courtesy of MILKOVÍ, Unsplash In the past month, California has seen record breaking temperatures and experienced six of the 20 worst wildfires in history. Currently, there are 28 major active fires, which have left 24 people dead. One of the causes of these fires was a pyrotechnic malfunction at a gender […]
Photo by Emily Melvin For the past week, a group of Ramapo students have been performing a self-devised show, “The Big Unknown 1.5°,” in the Adler Theater. The students were given just over a month to workshop and write a show on any topic they wanted. In the end, they […]
Photo courtesy of Seattle City Council, Flickr Last week, Jeff Bezos donated $10 billion to climate change. Where, though? To his own charity. This almost comes as no surprise, as Bezos is not known primarily for his philanthropic endeavors. The donation comes as a reconciliation to Amazon employees coming together […]
Photo by Kim Bongard Editors of The Ramapo News and other college journalists from across New Jersey traveled to Duke Farms in Hillsborough on Saturday, Feb. 8 for a reporting workshop about covering climate change in the state. Through an environmental tour of Duke Farms and discussions with climate experts, […]
Photo by Amanda Karp Ramapo College hosted an all-day event to tackle the subject of climate change. Held in the Trustees Pavilion on Nov. 20, the event, “Confronting the Climate Crisis: Ramapo’s Reckoning with Reality,” featured speakers such as First Lady Tammy Murphy, Samantha DiFalco of the Sunrise Movement and […]
Photo courtesy of Mídia NINJA, Flickr In response to the surge of wildfires that consumed the Amazon rainforest this past year, a panel of professors gave a presentation explaining the underlying reasons for the destruction in the Brazilian Amazon on Sept. 30 in Friends Hall. Professor Emeritus Wayne Hayes and professors […]
Photo courtesy of John Kannenberg With the water crisis in Flint Michigan that began in April of 2014, we have seen the effects and devastation that a lack of clean water can cause. Now, many more Americans will face similar dangers because the Trump administration has decided to roll back many […]
Photo courtesy of European Parliament, Flickr Greta Thunberg has made a big splash in the news after her emotional, impactful speech at the United Nations on Sept. 24. Thunberg did not shy away, despite being a young woman in front of a multitude of world leaders. In her speech, she […]
Photo by Astrid Gamarra Drawing inspiration from Friday’s national Climate Strike, Ramapo students and community members alike gathered at the arch to strike for climate change activism. Led by Ramapo Green advisor, Ashwani Vasisth, and student leader, Zoë Tucker-Borrut, the crowd at the arch marched to Birch Mansion. Activists led […]
Photo courtesy of Daniel Stockman, Flickr As a nation of 327.2 million people and counting, we should follow New York’s example of discontinuing the use of plastic bags. Nearly two weeks ago, it was determined that New York would become the second state to ban plastic bags, second to California […]
