January 12, 2025 January comes each year, renewing the land of sunlight one minute more each day. Resolutions are made, new habits adopted, sprouting life begins to incubate below the rigid ice of midwinter. As students start conceptualizing their next endeavors for the new year, they may ask themselves “What […]
Riverwater At Summer’s End
By: Iggy Rey Cello Once upon a time in the 1980s there lived a car salesman who went to a conference about environmental science. This man lived in the Yelm school district, and talked up the idea of setting up a program to teach kids about the natural ecology of […]
Evergreen Terrors: 2 Chibi Chibi Con
Ritual Festivity 15/03/2024 I don’t know, nor would I dare ponder, how it was Matcha came to ascend beyond the confines of printed paper. But I am certain they are now a force greater than those who willed it into existence. Ideas are such fickle things–one moment an extension of […]
Evergreen Outdoor Report
My name’s Elise and welcome to the Evergreen outdoor report, the CPJ’s newest column! A place for greeners to talk about and show all the cool outdoor adventures they go on! As of this issue, it’s just some of my hiking and backpacking trips but all outdoor sports are welcome. […]
Feeding the Diaspora: Slow-Cooked Mornings
I’ve never been much of a morning person, my insomnia making early afternoon a preferable wake up time, but I fondly remember weekend mornings stirred from my bed by the smell of my parents’ cooking. My favorite breakfasts were when Mom would make potatoes and eggs with either sausage or […]
Feeding the Diaspora: Seasonal Salads
With the weather tentatively turning for the better, I crave foods that are light and crisp. Something refreshing to cleanse the palate after months of heavy winter-made meals. This hesitant spring has me thinking about cucumbers, a vegetable that was a staple item in my mother’s garden. When I think […]
Evergreen Eye on Science
Fungal Kingdom Spotlight Part I: Likin’ the Lichens The Fungal Kingdom has been a two quarter upper-division program in mycology and lichenology taught by Lalita Calabria and Paul Przybylowicz. Over winter quarter, students in this program have been doing independent projects in groups. Over the next few issues, I will […]
Feeding the Diaspora: That’s My Jam
For this installment of Feeding the Diaspora, I decided to clue you all into an interview I recently did with my mom, Maria, as part of another project I’ve been working on. While we mostly discussed gardening, we took a little detour to jam—something I remember Mom always making with […]
Feeding the Diaspora: a Good Cup of Coffee
French press coffee is one of the many things I learned from my dad in the kitchen and one of the things he’s always been a huge stickler about. I’m not sure when he got so specific about his coffee or where he first tried french press coffee—Dad recalls his […]