The Student Sustainability Summit on Saturday drew 20 student leaders from various environmental groups on campus — including KyotoNOW!, Cornell University Sustainable Design and Take Back the Tap –– to brainstorm ideas for implementing more environmentally-friendly measures on campus.

The Dorothy Cotton Institute will launch the Building Bridges initiative, which seeks to create a "just and sustainable local economy," with a two-day workshop on Nov. 15 and 16.

The creation of the Keystone XL Pipeline may kill more United States jobs than it creates, according to a recent publication from Cornell’s Global Labor Institute. Their finding contradicts the claims of oil companies that the proposed pipeline — which has been criticized by environmentalists — will spur economic growth.

Taggart Siegel's Queen of the Sun draws attention to the environmental consequences of colony collapse disorder.

Taggart Siegel's Queen of the Sun draws attention to the environmental consequences of colony collapse disorder.

Last weekend, dozens of Cornellians and Ithaca College students joined 10,000 other young Americans in D.C. for Power Shift 2011 — a conference geared towards environmental activism. Forty-one years after the first Earth Day, the conference’s turnout and growing youth support for the environmental movement helped restore some faith in our generation’s ability to care about more than our Facebook news feeds. 

Two Cornell students and one Ithaca College student were nearly arrested Monday after they marched into the Department of the Interior during the youth environmental conference Power Shift.

As the 40th anniversary of Earth Day nears, the science section explores modern technologies that may provide a sustainable future and healthy environment. "Biochar" collects atmospheric carbon dioxide in the soil, transforming a potentially harmful greenhouse gas into a practical source of carbon.

Rabia Muqaddam '10, admitted consumer of the occasional blue fin tuna, advocates for the protection of the now-endangered species. 

Through a new community partnership initiative led by the residents of William Keeton House, the Ithaca Children’s Garden will soon own a new sustainable greenhouse constructed from 1,500 recycled two-liter bottles, according to Ethan Stephenson, assistant house dean.