Extreme weather can reduce the global water supply, disrupt food production, and impact crop quality. To cope with these climate changes, farmers worldwide are adapting their practices and technologies. But that process isn’t always equitable, especially for farmers who belong to marginalized social groups. “Climate change has a huge potential to widen social rifts in… Read more »
Written by: Amber Greaney, O’Neill alumna and associate faculty member Imagine going about your life when suddenly a 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes. Your school is destroyed, social upheaval ensues, and landslides leave your village isolated from the rest of the country. The energy infrastructure is down, and it could take more than a decade to… Read more »
Truman Angell was in the middle of working a lunch shift when he got the call. “The dishwasher was going in the back, the dishes were clanking, it was kind of funny,” Angell recalls with a laugh. He struggled to hear the person on the other end of the phone. It was O’Neill Indianapolis Executive… Read more »
Ainsley Wright started out studying environmental science at IUPUI. But it only took her first sustainability class for her to realize she needed to make a change. She soon transferred to the O’Neill School and changed her major to Environmental Policy and Sustainability. “The O’Neill School allowed me to study the interactions between humans and… Read more »
Lance Varnell is no stranger to taking on a challenge. His dedicated work ethic has been evident from the moment he arrived at O’Neill in 2022, a transfer student who first completed his associate’s degree at Ivy Tech. It wasn’t long after arriving that another opportunity within O’Neill caught the Sustainability Practice and Policy major’s… Read more »
