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Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: Grieving what’s not yet gone — a reflection on climate change

Caroline McCord May 3, 2022
Spending just one spring day outside can and should reinvigorate our fight against climate change. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Welcome to the Greenhouse: The Fossil Free 5 — student climate activists follow Divest Harvard in pursuing radical legal action for climate

Fiona Broadie March 1, 2022
These five universities should feel ashamed to stand at the top of the nation’s universities in wealth and reputation while refusing to sacrifice a small fraction of their endowments in order to stop actively harming the environment — and in turn, their students. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: Steps taken by BU administration to divest do not go far enough to warrant a full-out celebration

Editors November 1, 2021
BU administration's plan to divest is too vague and non-transparent to warrant a full-out celebration, and we demand better.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Earth should come before Mars

Luca Becker March 5, 2021
Musk and Bezos, with their wealth and influence, have the power to be major players in humanity’s fight against climate change. They should use their resources for good rather than to tackle the next frontier.
Departure: The Journey Tribute Band performs Friday at Climapalooza, a concert for climate change. COURTESY OF CLIMABLE

Boston nonprofit Climable hosts first annual climate change concert, Climapalooza

Michelle Brandabur November 1, 2018
Musicians jammed at Allston’s Herter Park Amphitheater with an audience seated in front, yet the mission of the night extended beyond celebrating music. Boston-based nonprofit Climable organized the night to create good vibes and positive intentions around fighting climate change.
From left to right: Lisbeth Gronlund, Michael Short and David Schumacher speak after a screening of Schumacher’s documentary film “The New Fire.” SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘The New Fire’ screening confronts nuclear energy misconceptions to promote eco-friendly technologies

Amelia Murray-Cooper October 18, 2018
Students and Boston University community members gathered to view a screening of “The New Fire,” an independent film directed by David Schumacher, and learned about tools to use in the future that could avoid global catastrophe.
GAGNE-MAYNARD: Climate Change at the Crossroads

GAGNE-MAYNARD: Climate Change at the Crossroads

Benjamin Gagne-Maynard November 3, 2014

Mice. Spiders. Public speaking. The dark. If one were to ask a random civilian in the United States about his or her “biggest fear,” odds are that the first few words of this column would be among...

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