By students from “Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems” course at IU South Bend I bet most consumers at the local grocery store chain have no idea what it takes to get “fresh” fruit to their table. It is startling if you just look in your refrigerator and discover where your fruit has come from. If… Read more »
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5 Ways to Save the Earth
From Sustainability Studies students in Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems Here in Northwest Indiana, we are positioned in between both the Mississippi and the Great Lakes Watersheds. Since our landfills will eventually leak into this water we should take a proactive role and begin rethinking what we consider trash. Eventually (ideally) everyone would/should be able… Read more »
Monocropping
By Stephanie Rochford Sustainability Studies student Mono-crop farming is the practice of growing large amounts of one crop on the land. This practice was recognized as a very economical way to provide farmers with a way to earn money, grow large amounts of a staple crop, like soy, corn, or wheat, and sell these crops… Read more »
Adopting Boxes
By Michael R. Staszewski Student worker Center for a Sustainable Future The Center for a Sustainable Future is the best place for a student to work on IUSB’s campus—no matter what major you are pursuing. I say that because I am getting paid to work in a garden, work on Facebook and all other types… Read more »
Poachers, Markets, Sustainability?
Tracy Horvath Sustainability Studies student Uncontrolled hunting of elephants in Africa during the mid-1970’s for their ivory caused widespread devastation. Corruption, politics, war and an inability to enforce poaching laws blocked African governments to stop the killing. Poachers with submachine guns who were backed by military conflicts throughout the continent added to the countries problem… Read more »
The Outcome is AWESOME
By Jasmine McCleod The idea of gardening does not usually cross too many minds. Most say that “It’s too much work keeping up with a garden!” In reality, yes, gardening does have a little more than it seems, it the outcome is AWESOME. Working this summer in the famous garden, I learned a lot of… Read more »
Recycling Compost
By Stephanie Rochford Sustainability Studies student Has it ever occurred to you that those food scraps might be good for the environment? Do you think you are being pretty “green” when you save the space in the trash can and instead use the garbage disposal? It should be an option for every resident to recycle… Read more »
New projects and fresh ideas
By Michaela Kapala Growing up across from a farm with chickens living in my backyard, I’m the type to be content fishing in my backyard with my toes buried in the grass and the sun on my face. Being a particularly curious person immersed in nature and anything oozy or gooey throughout my childhood, studying… Read more »
Preserving the Future
By Ashley Fink Sustainability Studies student When it comes to sustainability, the entire concept is dependent on all people possessing a healthy and happy future by allowing or providing access to the most basic needs. While the definition of “basic needs” may be debatable, there is no confusion surrounding the need for a healthy diet…. Read more »
Wildlife: worth more alive than dead
By Tracy Horvath Sustainability Studies student “Our wildlife is commercially valuable.” With a statement like this I’m not sure if the great whales will ever recover. The world was assured during the years of large-scale whaling that the hunting was based on a sustained yield basis. In 1970, the depletion was so astronomical that eight… Read more »