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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The Ecosia search engine, which uses its profits from searches to replant trees. A Boston University initiative is aiming to implement the search engine on campus computers. ILLUSTRATION BY LIBBY MCCLELLAND/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU could plant 66,000 trees in a year without leaving their dorms

Cameron Morsberger November 14, 2019
In an effort to support forestation and improve campus sustainability, members of the BU Environmental Student Organization are petitioning to implement the search engine Ecosia, which uses its profits from its searches to plant trees, on computers across campus. 

Vegan and cruelty-free fashion, skincare and makeup brands

Amber Bhatnagar November 11, 2019
Here are the best vegan and cruelty-free brands to upgrade your beauty routine and wardrobe during World Vegan Month this year.
Our True Face: President Bolsonaro and the media have a responsibility to Indigenous people displaced by the Amazon fire

Our True Face: President Bolsonaro and the media have a responsibility to Indigenous people displaced by the Amazon fire

Maria Jimenez Moya September 4, 2019

The Amazon Rainforest, often called the “lungs of the planet,” has been engulfed in a catastrophic fire this summer. Together with other types of deforestation, the flames consumed 519 square miles...

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