Earth Day

Earth Day events hosted by Greystone Nature Preserve, FRED Grows and Enactus + photo gallery

Contributor to The LeaderApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

TANNER CLARK Special to The Leader Earth Day, which annually takes place on April 22, bloomed into an array of events offered in Fredonia on a beautiful Friday afternoon. Greystone Nature Preserve hosted this event with two campus clubs: FRED Grows and the Planet Division of Enactus to celebrate the......

Opinion

Reuse or abuse? The plastic predicament

Jules HoeptingMarch 11, 2022March 9, 2022

March 11, 2022March 9, 2022

JULES HOEPTING Managing Editor “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again?” asks Katy Perry in the opening line of her megahit song “Firework.” The idea of plastic bags ending up in places they were never intended to be is all too......

Life & Arts News

Decisions at the bin: SUNY Fredonia campus efforts to recycle

Jules HoeptingFebruary 26, 2022February 25, 2022

February 26, 2022February 25, 2022

JULES HOEPTING Managing Editor Plastic soda bottle in hand, you stand in front of a waste receptacle in Fenton Hall. You read the departments on the receptacle from left to right. Are you holding onto mixed recycling? Onto a refundable container? Or is it just waste? For the past three......

Life & Arts

Garden art gala showcases revitalized campus garden

Contributor to The LeaderMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

CHLOE KOWALYK Asst. News Editor Have you noticed the new fencing and flowers around the garden next to the Science Center greenhouse? A group of five students: Abby Hart, Jules Hoepting, Meg Munro, Sydney Schawartzott and Yuwan Ilano were hand-picked by Dr. Christina Jarvis to take her ENGL 399 Sustainability......

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Neat nature near Fredonia

Jules HoeptingApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

JULES HOEPTING Design Editor Fredonia, N.Y. is a pretty good place to be. Housing is comparatively cheap, you’re an hour away from a major city, Buffalo, an hour away from another large city in a different state, Erie, and an hour away from the largest state park in New York,......

Life & Arts

How to make the best of living on an unsustainable campus

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

JESSICA MEDITZ Editor in Chief LYDIA TURCIOS Special to The Leader Most of us are probably aware of the environmental apocalypse that is brewing in the world right now. Luckily, there are endless suggestions and resources on how to reduce your carbon footprint and do your part to save the......

News

Earth day lasts longer than one day a year

Contributor to The LeaderApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

AMANDA SCHEIB Special to The Leader Our beautiful home is 4.54 billion years old, and when you look at when humans came into existence, that dates back to about 6 million years ago. Our Earth is old and mystic. There are secrets we don’t even know exist, and the answers......

Life & Arts

Growing dopamine: Why gardening is good for your mental health

Jules HoeptingApril 21, 2021April 22, 2021

April 21, 2021April 22, 2021

JULES HOEPTING Design Editor Study after study has shown gardening is good for the brain and the body. And in a time of unprecedented stressors, finding ways to keep yourself healthy is essential. So, why not pat some seeds into some dirt? Growing and eating your own food has proven......

Opinion

Paper or plastic? The power behind your choice

Contributor to The LeaderApril 21, 2021April 21, 2021

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

ANNA GAGLIANO Copy Editor Every single choice we make on a day-to-day basis affects us, whether or not you’d like to believe it. One simple phrase has set people up for an important choice for decades now: “Paper or plastic?” Uttered by cashiers and clerks around the world, this choice......

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Earth Day events hosted by Greystone Nature Preserve, FRED Grows and Enactus + photo gallery

Reuse or abuse? The plastic predicament

Decisions at the bin: SUNY Fredonia campus efforts to recycle

Garden art gala showcases revitalized campus garden

Neat nature near Fredonia

How to make the best of living on an unsustainable campus

Earth day lasts longer than one day a year

Growing dopamine: Why gardening is good for your mental health

Paper or plastic? The power behind your choice