From the Trenches
Students talk about life and learning at the Nicholas School
- The value of food scraps — by David Palange — Jun 30, 2009
- Trinity Green, a grassroots initiative based in Durham, is turning a neighborhood's waste into a business opportunity.
- My So-Called Internship — by Tali Trigg — Jun 23, 2009
- Could solutions to climate change lie in space? — by David Palange — Jun 19, 2009
- While most people know NASA for its achievements in space exploration, the government agency continues to play a significant role in developing clean energy and sustainable system technologies.
- Filtering the noise — by David Palange — Jun 16, 2009
- How ordering oysters led me to discover an ongoing science battle between the National Park Service and Drake's Bay Oyster Company.
- Getting outdoors may be getting harder — by David Palange — Jun 03, 2009
- Around 80% of California state parks are targeted for closure to solve the budget deficit.
- OMG they're changing the trash rules! — by Mike Donohue — Jun 02, 2009
- Sapporo is changing the way in which they sort and collect trash from July 1st. But will this achieve more than just a city of confused citizens? I say yes.
- My Summer Internship at the Banana Farm — by Tali Trigg — Jun 01, 2009
- Thanks to the Stanback Internship Program I am spending 11 weeks at the Rocky Mountain Institute <http://www.rmi.org/> in Snowmass, Colorado.
- Go Back To Where I Came From? — by Tali Trigg — May 21, 2009
- First trip to "the mountain" — by Mike Donohue — May 16, 2009
- It was a full day of forestry. If only I had had a pair of snowshoes.
- Camp Wellstone comes to Durham June 19th-21st — by Mike Donohue — Apr 27, 2009
- The "well"-known activist training training organization is set to bring its skills down to Durham.
- What Do Robert Redford, Cedric Philibert, and Orlando Bloom Have in Common? — by Tali Trigg — Apr 24, 2009
- Pressuring Americans to inflate their tires — by David Palange — Apr 08, 2009
- More than 25% of US automobiles have underinflated tires. We are burning gas, wasting money, and putting ourselves at higher risks for accidents. How would you convince people to inflate their tires? I present the facts and the possible angles and ask you to weigh in.
- Mori Volunteers~ — by Mike Donohue — Mar 30, 2009
- I join a local environmental NPO, and drink maple sap.
- The Unsexy Solution to Climate Change: “Intermediates” — by Tali Trigg — Mar 29, 2009
- Here Come the Consumers — by David Palange — Mar 25, 2009
- Online communities provide power in numbers. How a company named Virgance is using the internet's strength to save consumers money while increasing solar energy.
- Putting your money where your values are — by David Palange — Mar 21, 2009
- Thanks to the internet, being a conscious consumer may be getting easier.
- La Selva (Mon., 3/15/09) - The Hardest Workers at La Selva — by Robyn Walker — Mar 17, 2009
- You see these guys tramping through the forest and grounds day and night, hard at work and never seeming to rest. They haul objects much larger than themselves through mud, over tree roots and down treacherous slopes without even breaking a sweat. They are the leafcutter ants.
- La Selva (Mon., 3/15/09) - The Hardest Workers at La Selva — by Robyn Walker — Mar 17, 2009
- You see these guys tramping through the forest and grounds day and night, hard at work and never seeming to rest. They haul objects much larger than themselves through mud, over tree roots and down treacherous slopes without even breaking a sweat. They are the leafcutter ants.
- Hola From Costa Rica! — by Robyn Walker — Mar 11, 2009
- As the title may suggest, I am in fact in Costa Rica. At La Selva research station, to be exact, studying tropical ecology with thirteen of my classmates.
- Hola From Costa Rica! — by Robyn Walker — Mar 11, 2009
- As the title may suggest, I am in fact in Costa Rica. At La Selva research station, to be exact, studying tropical ecology with thirteen of my classmates.
