Tagged: Institute for the Study of Environment

The problem with plastic

NIU environmentalist Melissa Lenczewski gives her take on ubiquitous shopping bags

  • June 15, 2015
Some people think it’s imperative to keep a flashlight in the car. Others never leave behind an umbrella. For NIU geology professor Melissa Lenczewski, it’s reusable bags. You won’t catch…

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Climate-change frontlines

NIU anthropologist leading study of how world’s small food-producing communities perceive effects

  • April 7, 2015
NIU Presidential Research Professor Giovanni Bennardo, currently working in Italy on a Fulbright Scholar grant, is making progress with his ambitious investigation of climate change across the world. The NIU…

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