Submitted by: Eileen Guo Actually… it’s alright to drink coffee, but think twice before purchasing a cup of coffee, as the cups make a huge carbon footprint. Though coffee is sold in paper cups, less than 1% of coffee cups will actually …
Read More »Restoring the Bee’s Knees
Submitted by: Stephanie Zhang A month ago, Justin and Tori Englehardt readied themselves to clear snow off the hives of their Iowa honey farm—only to find their one supply shed and 50 hives in complete ruin. A couple of boys, aged 12 …
Read More »Hazy Lives
Submitted by: Eileen Guo Once, a man told me, “As you get older, you realize that you really don’t have time. You wish you could have those couple of years you spent pursuing something you didn’t want to pursue back—I wish I …
Read More »The Molai Woods: One Man’s Seeds
Submitted by: Stephanie Zhang 16-year-old Jadav ‘Molai’ Payeng, upon stumbling across a sandbar abound with snakes washed up from the floods in 1979, “sat down and wept over their lifeless forms.” Without any tree cover in this area of Indian’s Assam region, …
Read More »Finding Life in Extinction
Submitted by: Stephanie Zhang Cougar, puma, mountain lion, catamount… What’s the difference? In truth, there is none. These multiple names were adopted due to primitive classification techniques based on fur coats and negligible differences in size. But, with genetic testing today, these …
Read More »Ivory Begone!
Submitted by: Aimi Wen Home to delicious food, the famous Great Wall, and strong cultural pride, China is now a key player in world power. However, its environmental actions—or lack thereof—has drawn worldwide criticism. Luckily, as China steps up on the world …
Read More »The Year of Drilling
Submitted by: Aimi Wen For years, conservationists have fought to keep the oil industry from encroaching on lands that should be defended and protected. National parks and wildlife refuges have all been created in order to protect these said lands that many …
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