As the world grapples with worsening climate issues, Tulane University students and administration are taking steps to combat carbon emissions on campus and cultivate a culture of sustainability. Student-founded...
Louisiana’s “ghost swamp” is being resurrected by the New Orleans company Glass Half Full.
Bayou Bienvenue used to be teeming with biodiversity. Over half a century ago, cypress...
Mardi Gras beads are a quintessential part of the New Orleans yearly festivities. Parade attendees often don full neckfuls of beads at one time. But these glittering necklaces have a toxic truth behind...
Perhaps you’ve wandered on Broadway Street late one night, tired and hungry and not entirely sober, and you’ve seen in the distance a beacon, a passing ship: the Flippin Birds Food Truck.
Flippin...
Students may have noticed new additions to the Tulane University transportation system this year: electric shuttles.
Nine new electric vehicles recently took to the streets as part of...
Doxey Kamara, Intersections Editor
• March 1, 2023
A train derailment spewed toxic chemicals into the creeks of East Palestine, Ohio. Police in Atlanta shot and killed an environmental activist. Microplastics are in our air, water, food and blood.
How...
The Tulane Undergraduate Assembly — TUA — delegates gathered in the Lavin-Bernick Center on Tuesday to meet with students interested in student government and discuss the organization’s future...
Returning from spring break, the summer months are not far away. Plans of traveling, internships and relaxing long weekends can feel like the light at the end of the tunnel during the final stretch...
In February 2021, President Mike Fitts and a panel of Tulane University leadership met to discuss what the university was doing to combat climate change. The panel assured its audience that Tulane...
Luca Hoedeman, Contributing Writer
• September 15, 2021
At the start of every school year, the Tulane University Mail Service teems with activity. Freshman and their parents scramble to pick up their last minute necessities. Trucks full of Amazon and Fedex...
For young adults juggling all things college — school, social life, physical and mental well-being and a pandemic — environmental sustainability is likely far from the forefront of the average...
The city of New Orleans needs to start taking the environment seriously. So far, the city has failed to reduce its carbon footprint or promote higher environmental standards for its citizens.Let’s take...
