environment – Elizabeth Trevathan

[SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICS] Reorienting St. Paul to river, one learning center at a time

April 5, 2022April 28, 2022 22elizabethmt All Journalism Writing, Feature, RubicOnline, Sustainability & EthicsTagged baby bee bay, city of saint paul, crosby farm regional park, environment, great river passage conserancy, mary delaittre, mississippi national river and recreation area, Mississippi River, Sustainability & Ethics, tucker blythe, w architecture & landscape architecture

The Great River Passage Master plan has prompted a project on the East Side River District in St. Paul that will help protect and heal surrounding landscape.

[SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICS] Extreme weather intensifies, bolstering the need for environmental policy

September 10, 2021December 13, 2021 22elizabethmt OpinionTagged environment, greenhouse gasses, hurricanes, joe biden, summer, Sustainability & Ethics, weather disaster, wildfire

The summer of 2021 serves as an example of the long-term impacts climate change has on day-to-day lives.

[SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICS] Looking ahead, President-elect Joe Biden introduces his climate plans

November 20, 2020December 16, 2020 22elizabethmt All Journalism Writing, All Multimedia, Design, News, RubicOnline, Sustainability & EthicsTagged environment, joe biden, Sustainability & Ethics

President-Elect Joe Biden promises to dedicate $2 trillion over the four-year presidential term towards climate change initiatives. Here are eight of his goals.

What’s new in the environment? Four things you may not know are happening…

March 3, 2020December 12, 2020 22elizabethmt All Journalism Writing, News, RubicOnlineTagged climate change, combustion, death, environment, environment conservation, environmentalism, knitwear, microplastic, nature, news, Pew Research Center, research, scarves, temperature, tempestry project, the yarnery

The local climate conversation has turned to micro-plastics, pollution deaths, temperature scarves, and how climate change is prioritized.

Recycling? Maybe. Reduce, reuse, rot instead.

March 22, 2019December 16, 2020 22elizabethmt All Journalism Writing, All Multimedia, Design, Opinion, RubicOnlineTagged china, climate change, compost, eco-friendly, environment, EPA, Minnesota Composting Council, Minnesota Pollution Compost Agency, paper, plastic, recycle, Recycling Association of Minnesota, recycling ban, reduce, reuse

With China’s 2018 import ban in effect, reusing and composting — not recycling — offer the environmental solution.

I am Elizabeth Trevathan, a sophomore at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. I am completing a double major in Geology and Geography. I was a student journalist in high school and Director of RubicOnline for two years. I was honored as the 2022 Minnesota Journalist of the Year by the Journalism Education Association. As a student journalist, I became passionate about science communication. You can find more information about my experience as a student journalist and my entire portfolio on this site.

I intend to pursue a Ph.D. in Hydrology and research the influence of climate change on the physical circulation of ocean water and its impact on coastal and glacial environments. I am eager to learn how to integrate remote sensing and GIS into this research. I recognize the importance of integrating science communication into this field to create better environments.