Articles by ONE Team

A bunch of colorful plastic straws. Photo credit: Horia Varlan (Wikimedia)

Grasping at Straws

When quenching your thirst, do you grab a straw? If so, are you aware of the many damaging repercussions for the environment? Natural resources are…








Road or Us

You probably already know that automobiles are major consumers of fossil fuels, and they produce vast amounts of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate…


Kelly silver mine (New Mexico). Photo credit: Vankuso (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vankuso/)

Kelly

It was 1866, and the area was Magdalena Mining District (New Mexico, USA), where J. S. Hutchason discovered some rich lead outcroppings and opened the…




The Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company. Photo credit: knowledge.aidr.org.au

Mount Lyell

Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was an Australian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, based in Queenstown, Tasmania. In the early 1890s, the…


Oil sands, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo credit: Eryn Rickard

Down and Out

Words matter. If appropriate, they help understanding. And even if imprecise or absent, they help, as they often reveal the underlying intention or end goal….