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Photo by Claire Todd Dear Franklin Pierce School District, PLU’s Environmental Methods course focuses on the significance of Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed in our community. We would love to share some of that information with local high school students to promote awareness of the environment around us. Environmental education is becoming increasingly important as Climate Change becomes a hot topic in political discussions. The opportunity for high school and college students to converse about
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Gracie Anderson ’21, a political science major. “I appreciated the chance to get to see her.” The senator briefly touched on DACA, the current political climate in D.C., college affordability, her committee work and student voter turnout in a visit that lasted about 25 minutes.For Anderson, a member of the Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University, the visit was particularly meaningful. “(ASPLU) wrote a resolution and I actually suggested to collect signatures to encourage Sen. Cantwell to
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elsewhere. Specifically, the research team traveled across North America – from the Puget Sound region to the Rocky Mountains, Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, the East Coast and the Great Lakes – to study areas adversely affected by drought, population growth and questionable management practices. See Tapped Out “Tapped Out” premieres at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. Find out more about Tapped Out. Kortney Scroger ‘14, a PLU senior communication major who
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Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award Lecture - May 6, 2021 at 7pm Building Better Batteries: Designing Polymers for Improved Safety and Performance of Solid-state Lithium-based BatteriesLithium-based batteries are increasingly important to many areas of society due to their broad use in devices from electronics to automobiles as well as their potential to store energy from renewable energy sources. Improved safety and performance of these batteries are vital as their use continues to
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Stop Motion for Sustainability – Behind the Scenes by Katie Martell Recently I collaborated on a project with the Wang Center for Global Education and PLU Sustainability. PLU was recently selected as a Finalist for the 2014 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards , and i n short, our group was tasked with creating… April 10, 2014 animationbehind the scenesphotographystop-motionsustainabilityvideo
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February 11, 2011 For more than a month, geosciences professor Claire Todd and her geosciences student, Michael Vermeulen ’12 lived and worked on the ice in Antarctica. (Photos by Claire Todd) Editor’s Note: For the past two research seasons, Assistant Professor of Geosciences Claire Todd and two students, Mike Vermeulen ’12 and Mathew Hegland ’13 travelled to Antarctica to research climate change among the rocks and ice. Vermeulen went with Todd in the 2010-2011 research season, while Hegland
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antiquated interpretations of culturally defining documents like the Bible and the U.S. Constitution? “Open to Interpretation” is a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Previous OTI topics include “Climate,” “Gender,” “Violence” and “Advocacy.” Episodes of OTI are released once per month. If you have feedback, comments or ideas for episodes, please email producer Zach Powers at powerszs@plu.edu. PLU
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Stop Motion for Sustainability – Behind the Scenes by Katie Martell Recently I collaborated on a project with the Wang Center for Global Education and PLU Sustainability. PLU was recently selected as a Finalist for the 2014 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards , and i n short, our group was tasked with creating… April 10, 2014 animationbehind the scenesphotographystop-motionsustainabilityvideo
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Nature Climate Leadership Awards for its “off and onsetting” educational program for study away air mile carbon mitigation. In addition to purchasing carbon credits to offset the negative effects of air travel, student fees will go toward addressing the social cost of carbon through “onsetting,” funding sustainability projects here on campus and in our study away program sites around the world. Top producer of U.S. Fulbright students for 2012-13 as a master’s institution by The Chronicle of Higher
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prevent climate change.” More involvement in sustainable living is on the way for Tegels. He is currently preparing to install a hot water panel, which is designed to minimize electricity used to heat hot water in a home. Tegels said there is a lot of misinformation circulating in an attempt to disprove the scientific research done about climate change. He said that enough scientific information points him in the right direction, and moving beyond science he said caring about the planet is simply
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