Article by Amy Younger | Photography by Nick Rynes | Owl Staff Turn off the lights when leaving a room, fill a reusable water bottle instead of buying plastic, and opt for paper instead of plastic at the grocery store. These simple ways to save the environment have been reiterated for years. However, not many … Continue reading Get ‘Vegucated!’: How Your Diet Impacts Our Planet
Green Initiatives Blossom at HCC
Article and Photography by Jessica Conway | Owl Staff Students cross a path lined with Victorian lamp posts through the HCC campus. On one side is a fishpond for the science department and on the other is a small valley of reeds. As they venture through the campus on this picturesque byway, these students may … Continue reading Green Initiatives Blossom at HCC
Eco Landscaping: The New “Goat-To” for Sustainable Lawn Care
Article by Sydney Gaeth | Photography by John Morin | Owl Staff Randy, a 250-lb white Saanen goat, contentedly chomps through a pile of weeds in an overgrown field. There are many others like him who spend their days eating to their hearts’ content and clearing field after field of dense brush. This lovable, eating … Continue reading Eco Landscaping: The New “Goat-To” for Sustainable Lawn Care
Sweet Harvest: Inside the World of Beekeeping
Article by Daniel Mele | Photography by Ahmed Hamayun & Matt Tennyson | Owl Staff The sun shines on a beautiful day in late May. The birds fill the skies with songs and a buzz is heard in the field as beekeeping veteran of 30 years, Steve Rouse of Rousedale farms (former host of Rouse … Continue reading Sweet Harvest: Inside the World of Beekeeping
Climate Change Hits Home: Hurricane Sandy Leaves its Mark on the Eastern Shore
Article by John Parks | Photography by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff It was a windy, cold, and gloomy day when Josh and I drove to the Eastern Shore only days after Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, hit on October 28. Our first destination was Assateague Island where we spoke with the … Continue reading Climate Change Hits Home: Hurricane Sandy Leaves its Mark on the Eastern Shore