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Two French bulldogs oversee their owner planting a long-leaf pine sapling (Kaylin Brown/The Seahawk).

How UNCW is speaking for the trees

Kaylin Brown, Staff Writer March 26, 2025

On Feb. 26, UNCW’s Office of Sustainability planted 80 saplings in the span of 30 minutes, with the help of 25 community volunteers (and two French bulldogs). The area of UNCW’s campus was once...

The Gardening club and the 350 club want UNCW to divest from fossil fuels

The Gardening club and the 350 club want UNCW to divest from fossil fuels

Layla Culler, Contributing Writer April 22, 2021
These two clubs have collaborated a few times and hope to do more together in the coming semesters. The 350 Club has helped the Gardening Club build and paint some of the raised beds and they both hope to host an event together this fall.  
Warehouse Services building on UNCW's campus.

UNCW begins Styrofoam recycling collection

Veronica Wernicke, Assistant Opinion Editor October 11, 2019

UNC Wilmington has been offering a free recycling collection of Styrofoam to the general public since this past summer with the UNCW Warehouse Services. With their new Styrofoam densifier, UNCW’s...

The SheHawk: Ocasio-Cortez’s 'Green New Deal' is the aggression Washington needs

The SheHawk: Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’ is the aggression Washington needs

Jimmy O’Halloran, Contributing Writer April 15, 2019

Politicians are almost always criticized for being slow and ineffective in implementing change. In America, this stereotype is basically a running joke and has ended up ingrained in our perception of the...

Map of the location of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route.

Keystone XL pipeline granted historic win in Nebraska

Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor November 25, 2017

In a 3-2 vote on Nov. 20 the Nebraska Public Service Commission moved to allow TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline to continue construction through the state of Nebraska. The decision is considered a...

Rising Seas, Rising Ignorance

Tyler Newman, Contributing Writer September 11, 2017

At its widest point, the town of Duck is only 3,700 feet wide. That’s right, less than a mile. For many of those living on the ribbon-like Outer Banks of North Carolina, things are business as usual....

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