June | 2014 | Rethinking Prosperity

What Do You Think Our Planet Will Look Like After Climate Change?

Author: ashleeeyvdOn: Jun 10Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

What Do You Think Our Planet Will Look Like After Climate Change?

Arista Burwell-Chen This past May, the Niels Bugge Cartoon Award created a contest called “Oceans are in our hands” in reference to the rising water levels due to climate change. Artist Nickolay Lamm also

The Looming Paradox Nobody Wants to Address

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Jun 10Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

The Looming Paradox Nobody Wants to Address

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-Max Grinberg In this day and age you can look at our current economic system in two different ways. You can either choose to ignore climate change, the collapse in biodiversity, or the exponential

The One List the University of Washington Does Not Want to Be On

Author: ashleeeyvdOn: Jun 10Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

The One List the University of Washington Does Not Want to Be On

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Arista Burwell-Chen This past May, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank based in Washington D.C., released The One Percent at State U study. It examines rising debt for university

Do Societies Evolve?

Author: stuartcuwOn: Jun 10Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Do Societies Evolve?

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Patri Friedman proposes that just as flora and fauna evolve, so too do human societies. Just as we evolved from sea to land, he postulates that societies will

Greenhouse – Showing Where Politicians Get Their Money

Author: koobeenyOn: Jun 09Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Greenhouse – Showing Where Politicians Get Their Money

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David Cubine Ever wondered where members of congress obtain their campaign funding? Now you can install a basic browser plugin that will tell you immediately. High school student Nick Rubin recently finished

The Impact of Consumerism on Children

Author: jeffhighOn: Jun 09Categories: Undergraduate Post 1 Comment

The Impact of Consumerism on Children

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Jeff Highbarger The Impact of Consumerism on Children British psychotherapist Graham Music recently released a book that stresses how empathy in children has reached new lows. He pulls

$15 minimum: Is it working?

Author: koobeenyOn: Jun 09Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

$15 minimum: Is it working?

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David Cubine Last year, workers in SeaTac, WA seemingly won a hard fought battle for a higher minimum wage. Passing by less than 1%, the lowest paid workers in SeaTac now make $15 an hour. At least,

Samso Island – An Experiment in Sustainability

Author: KateOn: Jun 07Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Kate Vavrousek In 1997, the Danish government proposed a national contest as an experiment with 100% renewable energy efficiency, phased in over the course of ten years. Samso Island was chosen

Happy Planet Index

Author: tesschiltonOn: Jun 07Categories: Undergraduate Post 1 Comment

Tess Chilton In this Ted Talk Statistician, Nic Marks, argues that quality of life is measurable. He also argues that true contentment comes from our connections

The Power of Willful Ignorance

Author: tesschiltonOn: Jun 07Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Tess Chilton This is a talk that Kate Cooper, a marketing consultant in the food industry. She shares how marketing firms make us buy what they want us to