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(09/25/22 9:59pm)
About 65 community members gathered for a climate strike on Sept. 23. The protesters called for the University of Richmond and the federal government to take action against climate change.
(11/14/20 6:29pm)
Editor’s Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of The Collegian.
(11/23/20 2:00pm)
Calling all green thumbs and outdoor lovers!
(03/11/14 6:37pm)
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in 2009 an estimated 438 million electronic products were sold in the United States alone -- a two-fold increase since 1997 -- which has led to annual increases in electronic waste. Through its annual electronic waste-recycling event, held this year on Thursday, March 6 in lot B5, the University of Richmond has continued its commitment to lowering the number of electronics that end up as waste.
(02/04/14 1:51pm)
Virginia ranks second-worst in the nation for toxic chemical pollution in the state's waterways, according to a recently published report by the University of Richmond School of Law.
(11/07/13 4:40am)
This is a story of injustice, death and the ecological consequences of each. In honor of a majestic creature that was killed in my own backyard, I would like to warn you of our attitude toward the state of our planet.
(10/24/13 2:42am)
Last Friday afternoon, I was hacking away at Chinese privet in a national park with a lopper, a cutting tool. This deciduous shrub has taken over large swaths of the Rural Plains unit of Richmond National Battlefield Park. This isn't a normal way to start the weekend, even for a Richmond student, but when you're studying invasive species removal, the best way to learn is to do it.
(04/17/13 2:15am)
The grant will provide start-up money to purchase farming equipment from local sellers, she said, and the equipment will expand current farming projects for women in the village. Twelve percent of the revenue will go toward providing health services, she said.
(03/28/12 4:50am)
Laly Lichtenfeld, the president and co-founder of the African People and Wildlife Fund (APWF), returned to University of Richmond's campus for the first time since graduating in 1996 to give a speech as part of the Global Environmental Speaker Series.
(03/24/12 5:05pm)
David Haskell, a biology professor at Sewanee: the University of the South, will speak to students Thursday about his book "The Forest Unseen" that focuses on his observations at Shakerag Hollow, an old-growth forest in Tennessee.
(03/20/12 5:14am)
A documentary film presented the 2009 battle for same-sex marriage in Maine on Monday night. The screening is part of "Documentaries in the Greek," a film festival sponsored by the University of Richmond chapter of the Roosevelt Institute.
(01/21/12 8:13pm)
Members of GreenUR are continuing to protest coal burning at the University of Richmond.
(10/20/11 11:12pm)
Several students of the University of Richmond coughed and fell to the ground in the campus forum Thursday afternoon. This "die-in" was an attempt by GreenUR to raise awareness of the coal plant on campus and the effects of its pollutants.
(10/20/11 4:49am)
I have found myself becoming increasingly sucked into the environmentalist movement since coming to the University of Richmond.
(10/18/11 10:10pm)
Preserving open space means preserving aesthetics, and everybody has a view or trail or stream that they really like, said former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine at the University of Richmond's T.C. Williams School of Law on Monday.
(10/06/11 2:59am)
"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."
(09/29/11 2:43am)
I have never understood the addiction that some people seem to have to bottled water, let alone water itself. I hardly drink anything that lacks the fizz of carbonation, the lemon tang of Crystal Light or the bitter bite of coffee.
(09/22/11 7:04am)
It is certainly an odd situation to be in when your pen can destroy worlds, and it is a situation that our president finds himself in at this very moment. Sure, President Obama may be more concerned with the state of this economy and, of course, his re-election, but what sits on his desk right now carries considerable weight.
(04/22/11 12:01am)
Members of GreenUR organized a Skype video call with Tim DeChristopher, an environmentalist who was recently convicted of two felonies, to get students thinking about civil disobedience in the face of the climate crisis.
(04/21/11 7:58am)
"Be a green Spider, save electricity, save the Earth." These stickers around campus seem to apply to everywhere on campus but the dorms, where lights stay on 24 hours a day and cannot be turned off.