Sustainability

Creating and maintaining the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony.

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The Good, The Bad, The Plastics
By: Jennifer DiStefano + 1 other.
Aug 6, 2018
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Atomic Eyewitness: Illuminating the Battery Mystery
By: Fernando Castro
Nov 24, 2017
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A plant story more magical than Jack and the Beanstalk
By: Kelly Ksiazek-Mikenas
Nov 3, 2016
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The changing face of the North Cascades
By: Carolyn Wilke
Sep 22, 2016
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Smart House
By: Claire Loe
Apr 6, 2016
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Won't You Bee My Neighbor?: Part 2
By: Hannah Gavin
Feb 4, 2016
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Won't You Bee My Neighbor?: Part 1
By: Hannah Gavin
Jul 29, 2015
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Regulating Toxic Substances
By: Carolyn Wilke
Jun 25, 2015
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Freshwater Scarcity and the Future of Filtration
By: Claire Loe
Jun 16, 2015
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When Art and Engineering Collide
By: Claire Loe
Jun 2, 2015
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The Future of Waste Reduction
By: Claire Loe
May 29, 2015
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Home of the Pale Blue Dot
By: Elaine Shen
Apr 27, 2015
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Measuring Earth's Health
By: Carolyn Wilke
Apr 10, 2015
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Tidal Power Technology
By: Claire Loe
Apr 9, 2015
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A Reason to Love Bees
By: Anne d'Aquino
Apr 3, 2015
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Your Old Cell Phone: A Literal Gold Mine
By: Claire Loe
Mar 9, 2015
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Recycling Ain't What It Used to Be
By: Ben Goodman
Aug 27, 2014
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Someone Thought of That
By: Ben Goodman
Jul 14, 2014
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Prospects for the Climate
By: Ethan Coffel
Jul 1, 2014
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Not Just a Number
By: Ben Goodman
Jun 2, 2014
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Tackling Air Pollution
By: Ethan Coffel
May 27, 2014
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Rapid and 'Unstoppable' - West Antarctica is Melting
By: Elle Metz
May 15, 2014
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The Future of Carbon
By: Bethany Hubbard
May 12, 2014
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Splitting Atoms: Two Sides of Illinois' Nuclear Future
By: Sarah Kollmorgen
Mar 18, 2014
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Who Should Be a Scientist?
By: Khyati Meghani
Feb 7, 2014
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Explaining the 'Polar Vortex'
By: Ethan Coffel
Jan 16, 2014
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A Knack for Nanoscience
By: Bethany Hubbard
Dec 5, 2013
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Illinois Coastal Management Program Offering $1M in Grant Money
By: Anna Bisaro
Oct 28, 2013
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Curiosity: A Fundamental Part of Exploring the Universe at CERN
By: Medill Reports
Aug 26, 2013
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NU Researcher Explores Caves, Sinkholes and Urban Threats in the Yucatan.
By: Medill Reports
Aug 14, 2013
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'Future Weather' Brings Science to the Big Screen
By: Bethany Hubbard
Feb 20, 2013
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Winter Is Coming...or Is It?
By: Bethany Hubbard
Jan 9, 2013
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Climorality: Pragmatics and Policy
By: Matt Rhodes
Dec 4, 2012
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Climorality: The Moral Obligation to Change
By: Matt Rhodes
Dec 3, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy: The Frankenstorm
By: Ethan Coffel
Dec 3, 2012
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Cooking Oil Fuels Northwestern and Loyola Shuttles
By: Drew Kann
Oct 19, 2012
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Sustainability Leaders Bring Ideas, Solutions and Outreach to Evanston Conference
By: Drew Kann + 1 other.
Oct 10, 2012
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We're Having a Heat Wave...And It's Serious
By: Ethan Coffel
Aug 20, 2012
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Tiny House, Not So Tiny Concept
By: Rian Ervinand + 1 other.
Mar 30, 2012
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Man, That's a Tiny House
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Mar 11, 2012
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Brainwood Nuclear Plant Powered for Emergencies
By: Medill Reports
Mar 9, 2012
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Accidental Beauty
By: Amanda Morris
Feb 7, 2012
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Clean Energy Trust Names Northwestern Student Teams as Semifinalists
By: Kelly Gustafson
Jan 20, 2012
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Nest: the iPod of Thermostats
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Dec 17, 2011
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WE ARE THE 4%
By: Annie Bruns
Nov 10, 2011
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Analyzing Carbon's Rainbow
By: Beth Herbert
Nov 4, 2011
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A Life on Exhibit
By: Bethany Leggett
Nov 2, 2011
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Patented Idea May Make Your Shoes Your New Battery Charger
By: Kristin Landry
Sep 9, 2011
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Ancient Clues to Our Climate's Future
By: Beth Herbert
Sep 1, 2011
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Discerning Desmids
By: Beth Herbert
Aug 22, 2011
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Printing a Solar Cell: Almost as Simple as Printing a Document?
By: Kristin Landry
Aug 22, 2011
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Why Whales Welcomed Electricity
By: Beth Herbert
Aug 19, 2011
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The Superpowers of Superconductors
By: Beth Herbert
Aug 9, 2011
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Generic Green Claims Can Get Companies in Trouble with Consumers
By: Kristin Landry
Aug 5, 2011
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The Shifting Face of Power Production
By: Kristin Landry
Jul 14, 2011
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Offshore Wind Energy Development in the Great Lakes
By: Kristin Landry
Jun 23, 2011
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Going Green Means Saving the Green
By: Sarah Moore
May 16, 2011
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Engineering Life
By: Beth Herbert
May 5, 2011
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Let's Go Fly a Kite!
By: Kristin Landry
Apr 21, 2011
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Whatever Floats Your...Wind Turbine?
By: Kristin Landry
Apr 5, 2011
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Babies: Adorable. Growing Population: Not So Much.
By: Medill Reports
Mar 21, 2011
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Construction Has a Costly Carbon Footprint
By: Kristin Landry
Mar 2, 2011
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Steam Power is Not Just for Trains
By: Kristin Landry
Feb 28, 2011
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Taking a Sledgehammer to Our Climate
By: Chris Bentley
Feb 22, 2011
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EPA Preparing Work Plan for Study on Hydraulic Fracturing
By: Kristin Landry
Feb 16, 2011
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Urban Bike Trends Revealed
By: Kristin Landry
Jan 13, 2011
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The Science-Career Curve
By: Beth Herbert
Dec 27, 2010
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Clean Energy Challenge 2011
By: Kristin Landry
Dec 27, 2010
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Electrons, Molecules and the Bigger Picture
By: Sarah Plumridge
Dec 9, 2010
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The Wing House - Or Should We Say “The Plane House”?
By: Kristin Landry
Dec 6, 2010
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Small Steps Toward Common Ground
By: Medill Reports
Dec 2, 2010
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Google Invests for the Greater Good
By: Kristin Landry
Dec 1, 2010
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Urban Mining
By: Kristin Landry
Nov 15, 2010
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Move Your Butt to the Mall, Not the Couch
By: Kristin Landry
Nov 5, 2010
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When’d Windmills Change the View?
By: Medill Reports
Oct 25, 2010
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A Swarm of Smart Oil-Skimmers?
By: Kristin Landry
Sep 10, 2010
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Porsches Pushing for Green Go-Power
By: Kristin Landry
Sep 1, 2010
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Seems We're a Little Behind
By: Kristin Landry
Aug 25, 2010
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Theoretical Chemistry, Practical Solutions
By: Beth Herbert
Aug 19, 2010
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Huffing and Puffing and Blowing the Grid Down
By: Kristin Landry
Aug 11, 2010
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Data Centers Looking to Integrate Renewable Energy Sources, but Should They Need To?
By: Kristin Landry
Jul 28, 2010
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Soaking up the Summer Sun, and Putting It to Use
By: Kristin Landry
Jul 7, 2010
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From Tulsa to Naperville, Fueled by the Sun
By: Beth Herbert
Jun 9, 2010
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'Shop floor to top floor' - Energy efficiency from the bottom up
By: Brad Thompson
Apr 16, 2010
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Battering the Battery Blues
By: Alison Bruzek
Apr 15, 2010
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Celebrate Earth Day, from Oceans, to the Parks to a Cocktail
By: Katherine Sacks + 1 other.
Apr 15, 2010
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Plants Show the Way as Solar Energy Engineers
By: Leslie Streicher
Jan 22, 2010
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Harnessing the Sun Fuels Earth’s Best Hope
By: Kristen Minogue
Nov 12, 2009
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The Sun Powers Plants and Transit at the Chicago Botanic Garden
By: Monica Orbe
Oct 23, 2009
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From Reading to Writing Life Code
By: Beth Herbert
Oct 23, 2009
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What Will Spark That Green Revolution?
By: Jennifer Cline
Sep 25, 2009
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National clean energy proposals: Part III
By: James Wilson, PhD
Sep 11, 2009
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Our Solar Future
By: Josh Vura-Weis + 1 other.
Sep 11, 2009
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Nature's Blueprint for Going Green
By: Victoria Gunderson + 1 other.
Sep 11, 2009
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Tired of Wired
By: Owen Priest, PhD
Sep 10, 2009
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National clean energy proposals: Part II
By: James Wilson, PhD
Aug 31, 2009
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National clean energy proposals: the private sector is lending a hand
By: James Wilson, PhD
Aug 11, 2009
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Is Bottled Water Worth the Cost?
By: Owen Priest, PhD
Aug 11, 2009
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Basf Charged Up Over Technology From Argonne To Build Better Batteries
By: Ian Monroe
Jun 22, 2009
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Is Email Spam As Bad For the Environment As They Say?
By: James Wilson, PhD
May 13, 2009
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The electric car: once dead, could its resurrection be our energy solution? Part 2 of 2.
By: Noah Rowland
May 6, 2009
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The Electric Car: Once Dead, Could its Resurrection Be Our Energy Solution? Part 1 of 2.
By: Noah Rowland
Apr 19, 2009
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Will we ever run out of oil?
By: James Wilson, PhD
Apr 17, 2009
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Windy City Sails Could Fill With Westerly Wind Power
By: Charles Berret + 1 other.
Apr 17, 2009
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The Pentagon's Bionic Arm
By: Beth Herbert
Apr 13, 2009
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Digging Deeper: DIY Science
By: James Wilson, PhD
Apr 2, 2009
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The Role of Science in Economics and Politics
By: Noah Rowland
Feb 16, 2009
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Chicago Pledges Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Sep 22, 2008
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Smart Savings
By: Lynne Kiesling
Sep 21, 2008
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Batteries: A Green Energy Storage Solution
By: Harold Kung
Sep 21, 2008
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Exploring Realities of Offshore Drilling
By: Michael Kennedy, PhD
Jul 25, 2008

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