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Revolutionizing Food Sustainability
With our world population growing at an alarming rate and the demand for food becoming even more pressing, every day there is a bigger need for sustainable food options...
Oops! You Accidently Dropped 102 Tons of Trash on the Ground
The idea of waste is a man-made construct; no other being creates byproducts that cannot be naturally recycled by this Earth. The creation of “waste” and landfills, aligned with...
Buy with One Click is a Trick– How to Escape the Mindlessness of Online Shopping
Two weeks ago my mom sent me a text saying, “Check your mail! I sent you something that needs attention!” When I go down to the mailroom I find...
“Lost” Bird and Frog Species Unseen for Decades Rediscovered!
On a trek through the dense cloud forests of Central Africa, scientists from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) were recently delighted to find a feathered friend...
The Border Crisis Nobody is Talking About: Declaring Pollution in the Tijuana River Valley as a National Emergency
A binational environmental disaster is occuring at the United States-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana, and the elected and public officials representing these areas are scrambling to address...
A Look at AMOC, Climate News, and Eco-Anxiety
In this time of climate crisis, there are important environmental events unfolding every day. While it is certainly important to be informed about what is going on with the...
The Salton Sea Story: The beautiful lake that exists despite itself in a desert, and how it affects us all
Images taken by Debbie Bentley From her website: “Her work documenting the Salton Sea in Imperial County, California, was the subject of the monograph Salton Sea: of Dust and...
The Environmental Hazards of Mass Incarceration
Today, almost two million people are held in American jails, prisons, and detention centers, which is more than double the population of San Francisco. Tough-on-crime policies, emblematic of the...
The Importance of Celebrity Responsibility in the Realm of Sustainability
Regardless of how you feel about her, one thing’s for sure: everyone is talking about Taylor Swift. From her worldwide Era’s Tour to her presence in the National Football...
Legalizing Psychedelic – Assisted Therapy in San Francisco
The Bay Area is no stranger to psychedelics. San Francisco became a famous hub for the recreational consumption of hallucinogens during the Summer of Love in 1967, which is...