As I looked back on my semester as The Shorthorn’s sustainability blogger, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. Not only did I have the opportunity to share my personal knowledge about the environment with readers, but I also learned a ton myself. I’m still amazed about how much — sustainability-wise — is happening on campus.
My low of the semester was probably my failed attempt at gardening. Neither my balcony nor community garden plants fared well. The community garden plants failed mainly because of neglect, while my balcony plants eventually succumbed to the birds incessantly plucking pieces of their branches for their nests.
Green Expectations
The green semester in review [Green Expecatations]
- Wednesday, 02 May 2012 18:16
- Asha Sharma, The Shorthorn staff
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Study smart with these nine healthy snacks [Broccoli Bulletin]
- Tuesday, 01 May 2012 18:49
- Ann Mai, The Shorthorn staff
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Studying for finals is a pain, but the experience can be better with snacks. It can be tempting to choose snacks that are filling or immediately satisfying but have little nutritional value, such as candy, chips or the various fast food items offered on campus, few of which are even vegan. However, there are alternatives.
Go green this summer in the heat [Green Expectations]
- Monday, 30 April 2012 19:45
- Asha Sharma, The Shorthorn staff
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To prepare for the arrival of summer (hooray!), I assembled a few tips to stay green during the hot months ahead.
Lamb subjected to guillotine still has it better than American cows [Broccoli Bulletin]
- Monday, 30 April 2012 18:38
- Ann Mai, The Shorthorn staff
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Click here to vote on the decapitation of a lamb.
Yes, you read that right: such a poll actually exists. In a twisted publicity stunt, two German art students have asked the online community to vote on the execution of a lamb. They even built a colorful guillotine for this so-called project. The students, Iman Rezai and Rouven Materne, attend the Berlin University of the Arts, but this is a personal project, not an assignment. Seeing that they are doing something like this out of their own initiative baffles me.
Keeping the tradition alive — follow up from Lent [Broccoli Bulletin]
- Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:45
- Ann Mai, The Shorthorn staff
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Back in February, I interviewed three students about their goals for Lent. I got to catch up with one of them a couple weeks ago — here is an update on how the other two did with their goals.
