Articles by Amanda Olson

Bellevue College’s Sustainability Department partnered with the Environmental Priorities Coalition to host the 2013 Legislative Workshop that took place Jan. 12 on campus. Thanks to the locational donation by the …

The Environmental Working Group, a non-partisan research organization, released their findings from their study and analysis of umbilical cord blood of American babies. They found close to 300 chemicals, including …

The Oslofjord inlet of Tofte, Norway is currently home to not much more than a waterfront cellulose factory. Atop that coast also lies our world’s first osmotic energy plant which …

It’s true that most of us gorge on tons of hors d’oeuvres, decadent roasts, seasonal vegetables and grandiose desserts when the winter holidays roll around, but what effect does giving …

British Petroleum, the British cyclopean oil corporation that held its eye open for nothing but cash and oil, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 to 14 felony counts tied to the …

Coffee beans are largely harvested and distributed commodity crop exchanges. The two most commonly grown and commutated coffee beans around the world are the Arabica and Robusta species. Arabica beans …

La Niña, which is defined as colder than average sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern topical Pacific Ocean that impact global weather patterns, has ended. What may come next …

The word “tilth” has dug its roots into traditional agriculture. It is used to describe the condition of tilled soil in respect to propriety for sowing seeds. It is a …

The ambition of a sustainable community is to establish local economic networks that are socially responsible, environmentally sound and economically feasible. Within such a communal economy, resources are not used …

What do soy beans, McDonalds menu items, papayas and potatoes have in common? They are widely produced genetically modified organism products. GMO are organisms whose genetic compositions have been manipulated …

The grizzly bear population used to thrive in a large portion of North America. It wasn’t until about halfway through the 20th century that the grizzly species began showing signs …

Our increasingly homogenized world is a perfect example of the mere-exposure effect  which it claims that people develop an instinctual preference to something by merely familiarizing themselves with it. This …

It all began with a planet, billions of years in the making, finally ready to carry life. A swaying and oxygenated ocean served as home to microorganisms. The basis of …