Struggles in Maintaining a Plant-Based Diet on Campus
An increasing desire for tangible grocery options grows amongst students.
Mother Nature: Co-therapist
Research shows that spending time in nature can reduce anxiety, depression and blood pressure, while improving mood, productivity and focus.
Rethinking Shutter Speed: Towards Thoughtful Wilderness Photography
Rose Marin urges Drift readers to think about the environmental impact of photography.
Top 10 Nature Documentaries
Staff Writer Cheney Stephenson reviews his Top 10 nature documentaries.
Indigenous Impacts
By using nature as a source of medicine and isolation, the Yanomami make the most of their environment without exploiting it. As outsiders, we must do our part to prevent land exploitation and unwanted intervention to allow for the indigenous to prosper.
Saving the Golden-Cheeked Warbler
This endangered songbird, native to Central Texas, is recovering from habitat loss and destruction, but they can’t do it alone!
Breaking the One Rule
What multi-pitch climbing for the first time taught me about myself and my own abilities.
The Trash Pandas of Texas
Furry friend or trash-taking-bandit? Here we take a deep dive into these controversial creatures that roam the UT campus.
Working Out in the Wild
A glance at how taking my workouts outside unlocked a path to healthier living.
Zoom Zombies
Drift staffer Aidan Carney explores some of the best outlets around UT campus to reconnect with the outdoors- even in just thirty minutes between Zoom meetings.
Green Burial Traditions
“I don't want to be entombed in any fashion. Not embalmed and buried in a 'traditional' way. Nor cremated, frozen, resomated (dissolved), or shot into space. A crypt might be ok, but I can't afford it.”
Climate Anxiety: Our Internal Fuel to Climate Activism
While I continuously complained about the unseasonably warm weather, I was brutally reminded of the burning planet I have no choice but to inherit.
Climate Change Should Be on Your Ballot
We can not afford to ignore climate change any longer.
A Texan Band’s Fight to Retain its Identity
Hundreds of years after first being encroached upon, the Miakan-Garza band is still adapting to Western coercion.
Is Danger Worth Fearing?
It’s time we stop letting fear stop us from our next big adventure.
Here's Why I Meditate, You Should Try It
Meditation is something that I haven’t always been good at. But it’s something that has helped me though some pretty dark places.
Architecture that Points Outward
Buildings don’t have to be separate from nature — they can strengthen each other.
How to Throw a Zero Waste Party
The first article in a series on being more Zero Waste: this is how to throw a Zero Waste party.