CSUN’s solar panels, bicycle racks, food garden and bright green recycling bins are all innovations created by the environmental masterminds at the CSUN Institute for Sustainability.
The Institute...
Teaching people the importance of sustainability can be depressing. When trees are being cut down faster than they can grow, sea creatures are being hunted to extinction and our energy sources can’t...
Melissa Schwartz is a woman on a mission. The 29-year-old has been persistent in her campaigning to get the CSUN campus dining areas to switch to cage-free eggs.
“Going cage free is important for the...
Monday mornings start bright and early for Robbie Denny, but she doesn’t have to combat early morning traffic. What she deals with is the slight chill in the morning air and the repeated calls of...
Every Friday evening, Lauren Lunstrum anchors a radio show that she streams live from her studio apartment in Northridge. She uses a website called blogtalkradio.com. The magic happens via Lunstrum’s...
Whether it’s for the environmentally conscious or those wishing to save gas money, most owners of hybrid cars are excited and confident of their purchase.
One such owner bought the Prius as a representation...
Eric Einem is about to go diving, but instead of water, he’s going to plunge into a pile of trash.
Those involved in freeganism (a strategy for living “based on limited participation in the...
Senior Robert Stokes, 25, computer science major, fixes computers as a side business and said he comes across old computers all the time. While he uses some of the parts, he throws away the rest.
Stokes...
CSUN will celebrate the 41st anniversary of Earth Day with a campus fair packed with entertainment, food, music and arts and crafts to bring environmental awareness to students.
The fair, organized...
Before listing the ten reasons, let's define what is organic and why buy.
First, do not see "organic" as a brand, some people, from observation, look for organic products just because it seems like...
The Valley Performing Arts Center, a $125 million state-of-the-art facility, may demand lower operating costs than other facilities of its size due to its green technology and building features.
“We...
CSUN students and professors presented their research at a conference geared toward increasing minority diversity in the sciences.
Natalie Martinez-Takeshita, a CSUN biology graduate major, said the...
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