UVU Environmental Studies

08/17/2024

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOLKS! We are thrilled to welcome you back to campus for the fall semester! What classes are you excited about?

03/01/2021

March is Women’s History Month and this month we are going to highlight Black And Indigenous Women in environmental movements.

02/02/2021

Spotlight: Dr. Carolyn Finney.

In her groundbreaking book “Black Faces, White Spaces,” Dr. Finney traces the racial violence that undergirds cultural understandings of the ‘great outdoors’ and outlines ways towards more equitable access to natural spaces.

More info on her website carolynfinney.com

02/02/2021

Today we spotlight Dr. Carolyn Finney. Through her work, Dr. Finney examines how racial violence has shaped cultural understandings of the ‘great outdoors’ and how we can ensure greater equity in access to natural spaces. More info on her website: carolynfinney.com.

03/11/2020

If Covid 19-induced toilet paper hoarding continues, you do have water wise options.

03/10/2020

Pretty interesting article from Nature today.

Water use in river basins is an age-old resource-management question, but it is rare to quantify consumption by specific sectors. The Colorado River is being overused for beef and dairy production, endangering the entire river ecosystem.

02/10/2020

Interesting story and awesome graphics.

Ethiopia is staking its hopes on its $4.5 billion hydroelectric dam. Egypt fears it will cut into its water supplies. President Trump is mediating.

01/02/2020

Happy New Year and new semester to you all!

12 New Year's resolutions for saving the planet in 2020, from adopting a plant-based diet to breaking free from single-use plastics.

12/04/2019

Yes please!!

We visited Foodscaping Utah to learn about turning your bland-scape into something beautiful and tasty.

11/29/2019

What do you think?

With climate catastrophe on the horizon, we should reject this o**y of consumption, says professor of marketing Alan Bradshaw

11/23/2019

Some great things to think about.

“The essential cultural discrimination is not between having and not having or haves and have-nots, but between the superfluous and the indispensable. Wisdom… is always poised upon the …