My new obsession: Matcha Green Tea
I’ve always seen people walking around campus with their coffee in their hands, whether they are drinking a venti cold brew from Starbucks...
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My Journey to a Plant-Based Diet
In September of 2019, during my Sophomore at the University of Vermont, I went vegan—basically overnight. During that time, I was playing...
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Hydrogen Storage Rising Through the Ranks
The energy crisis today feels a lot like that old adage, “water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” Big industries and politicians...
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Return Your EcoWare!
The UVM EcoWare program launched in Spring 2011. This initiative counteracts the environmental impact of take-out dining at UVM by using...
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Make Your Hygiene Routine More Sustainable
Looking for ways to incorporate less wasteful products into your personal hygiene routine? Look no further! Tip Number One: Simplify...
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Green Options Vs. Easy Options
I believe all college students are short on three things- time, money, and sleep. If this is true (and it sure is for me and my friends)...
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A Coffee Cup is Not Just a Coffee Cup
I have a reputation among my friends for being the waste stickler. After we go to New World, Skinny P, or The Marche, and get up to dispose of our waste, I find myself saying “AH, not there!” or “you can compost that!” at the waste station. Fortunately, my friends, like myself, believe that sorting their waste properly can lead to bigger environmental improvements. It is hard to do it though. Properly sorting waste takes effort, more than one might think.
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Keeping Boundaries: Mental Health Week 2021
The amount of transparency and discussion around mental health we have now is incredible. People being able to share their experience with...
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Hiding it A Little Too Well
Trigger Warning: Anxiety & Depression The best way I can describe my mental illness is that it is a dark cloud, hanging over me,...
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The Most Important Thing in My Life Right Now Is Also the Leading Cause of My Stress
As of this moment in my life right now school is the leading cause for my mental health to be all over the place, but unfortunately during...
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Reese Witherspoon Productions You Should Watch Right Now
Dressed in all pink and a pair of Jimmy Choo’s, Reese Witherspoon inspired women around the world with her wit and brains in her 2001 film...
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4 Easy Dorm Meals on a Budget
Let’s be real, everyone. It is April, and if you are anything like me, you’re done with eating dining hall food 3 times a day and crave...
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Amazon Must Haves
If you’re like me, and spend way too much time on TikTok, then you’ve probably seen some Amazon hauls. Here are some items I have caved on and think are so worth it! Click the links in the titles to check them out!
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5 Tips for Better Sleep
For people who know me, I may seem like the most unqualified person to give you tips about better sleep. But as your resident insomniac, I...
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Taking My Life Back
I decided that 2021 would be the year I took my life back, so I did. I quit my job of five years, ended a relationship that wasn’t going...
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Can Positive Affirmations Boost Your Self Esteem?
Within the past few months, I have heard the words “manifestation” and “affirmations” more than I have heard before. I am not a huge spiritual person so I never found myself getting involved in these practices but I recently asked myself, “do affirmations really work?”
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Using the 5 Senses to Spring into Spring Cleaning
Spring is finally here, and that means 2 things: One, Vermont will see some significant sunshine for the first time in what was...
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Spring Smoothie Recipe
Recently, I have been obsessed with making smoothies because they are quick and easy and make for a delicious breakfast. As the days get...
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Spring 2021 Fashion Trends
Spring fashion has officially arrived. Coming off a long and cold winter stuck inside we are finally getting the opportunity to flex our...
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Recognizing Internalized Misogyny
For decades now we have been fighting for the advocacy of women’s rights and equality of the sexes. Though, we have come a long way and...
