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Lauren Fernandez

Lauren Fernandez

The zero waste movement is not only for white folks

What images comes to your mind when the term “zero waste” comes up?

Jul 8, 2020

Jul 8, 2020

Lauren Fernandez

De-centering whiteness in the zero waste movement

When one thinks of zero waste, images of fancy refillable stores full of mason jars may come to mind. Perhaps the face of Bea Johnson, who…

Jun 29, 2020

De-centering whiteness in the zero waste movement

Jun 29, 2020

Lauren Fernandez

How to Make Public Transportation Thrive

Students in Dr. Culhane’s courses are encouraged to be creative with our education and to spread it out to all people. We actually can…

Jul 20, 2019

How to Make Public Transportation Thrive

Jul 20, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Inside and Outside the Box: Systems Thinking

There’s a good chance we all were once told by someone else to “think outside of the box”. How do we begin to think both inside and…

Jul 16, 2019

Inside and Outside the Box: Systems Thinking

Jul 16, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

How much water did it take to make this one diaper?

Embedded water is everywhere! Also known as virtual water, this is the hidden water in products that was demanded along the way to make…

Jul 12, 2019

How much water did it take to make this one diaper?

Jul 12, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Water, Water Everywhere

Last summer, I was required to take Economics and Finance for Sustainability as one of my courses to satisfy my degree requirements for…

Jul 10, 2019

Jul 10, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Paleo & the Patriarchy

Grains, wheat, bread, potatoes, delicious processed snacks and deserts from Trader Joe’s. This is what so many of us grow up surviving on…

Jul 9, 2019

Jul 9, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Can I really reduce my ecological footprint to one planet?

Sometimes it feels like each time I reach a new place with reducing my carbon footprint, there is yet another barrier I have hit that…

Jul 4, 2019

Can I really reduce my ecological footprint to one planet?

Jul 4, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Fleet Farming and the F-E-W Nexus

Fleet Farming is an incredible example of sustainable solutions done well through the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Rather than creating new…

Jun 27, 2019

Jun 27, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Future Generations, I’m Sorry

Dear future generations (especially to my son, Matias),

Jun 13, 2019

Future Generations, I’m Sorry

Jun 13, 2019

Lauren Fernandez

Lauren Fernandez

Grad student at USF's Patel College of Global Sustainability. Musings on climate change, my attempts to go zero-waste & my 30-something cynicism.

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