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10 Jul 2015

I Am The Lorax, I Tweet for the Trees

How online practices like the wanderlust community can contribute to environmental activism.

Business

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15 May 2015

Mes Aynak's Intrinsic Cultural Value

One of the many reasons that weighing ethical dilemmas is such a challenge is because we’re often faced with a conflict between measurable and immeasurable value. We see this often in relation to environmental issues. Because we can’t place an exact value on the intrinsic worth of nature, we struggle to cognitively compare environmental health with economic benefits. Thus, many companies pursue profit over environmental wellness, … Continue reading "Mes Aynak’s Intrinsic Cultural Value"

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Apple's Proposed Conservation Effort Raises Questions

With a record-setting net worth of over $700 billion, Apple has become the largest U.S. company and produces some of the most widely used technological devices in the world. As the number of Apple product consumers increases, the need for packaging and assembly of these devices also increases. Many people do not consider the amount … Continue reading "Apple’s Proposed Conservation Effort Raises Questions"

22 Apr 2015

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Ethics in 5: Printerns on Water

Every week, the Prindle Intern team weighs in on an ethical issue together. Each intern is challenged to keep their response to five sentences – Ethics in 5. Click on an intern’s name to check out their previous posts on The Prindle Post! This week’s question: Water and California California is, and has been, experiencing an … Continue reading "Ethics in 5: Printerns on Water"

17 Apr 2015

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Prindle News Hound

Do the Economic Benefits of Fracking Outweigh the Risk of Pollution and Depletion of Natural Resources?

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is a method of extracting natural gas by drilling wells and then shooting liquids at high pressures down the well in order to fracture the shale surrounding natural gas reservoirs. It is currently one of the cheapest and most lucrative methods of extraction, and is sustainable in the sense … Continue reading "Do the Economic Benefits of Fracking Outweigh the Risk of Pollution and Depletion of Natural Resources?"

15 Apr 2015

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Victoria Jennings

Progress, paradox, and the food justice movement

This post draws on my experience from co-leading the Prindle Institute’s Alternative Spring Break trip to Nashville, TN focused on food ethics and justice on March 22-28, 2015. Food justice is an issue that many of us are indirectly exposed to at an early age. We’re taught, often through religious education but also in other … Continue reading "Progress, paradox, and the food justice movement"

1 Apr 2015

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Do you have a moral responsibility to “Go Green”?

DePauw is reaching the end of its annual three-week-long “Energy Wars:” a competition between the major housing buildings on campus to reduce the amount of electricity and water that students use in their day-to-day lives. In 2010, DePauw students made the largest reduction in energy out of all of the nearly 40 campuses that participated, … Continue reading "Do you have a moral responsibility to “Go Green”?"

6 Mar 2015

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XL-Sized Protest Against Keystone XL

The Keystone Pipeline has been a source of tension since 2008. Though it was first blocked by the legislature in 2012, it was approved in January of this year. Since then, however, tensions have not eased.

17 Nov 2014

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