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Plant-Based & Waste-Free: Refreshing Summer Recipes
The summer months are some of the nicest. Fruits and vegetables are in season, and dinner parties are prevalent. That being said, due to the excessive amount of produce...
Greenwashing 101
Have you ever bought a product thinking it was good for your health or the environment, only to find out it was bad for both? If so, this is...
Ocean Governance
Being from a small desert town in Death Valley, the ocean has always been an abstract concept to me, illusive and incredibly interesting. A while ago, all I knew...
Sustainable Influencers, the New Wave!
The growth of social media has completely transformed the way people interact, communicate, and engage; the different social media platforms play a key role in increasing outreach and influence...
Bioneers Conference 2023
My fellow environmental studies friends and I were lucky enough to have been provided free student tickets to the 34th annual Bioneers conference hosted this year in Berkeley. I...
The Epic Journey Through Epic CleanTec
The invention of modern plumbing systems revolutionized human civilization. Without some form of plumbing and sewer systems, humans would not have been able to build cities. Without pipe systems...
The Colorado River and Striving for Sustainable Water Use
What do humans, or any living thing for that matter, need to survive? For basic survival, we need three things: food, air, and water. With these needs being so...
A Spectrum of Green Politics
The Biden Administration’s recent approval of the Willow Project, an oil drilling project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, shocked and outraged progressives and environmentalists across the country. To some,...
Overconsumption, not Overpopulation: Debunking the Overpopulation Myth and Eco-Fascism
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as hundreds of thousands of people passed away from the virus, statements such as, “Mother Earth is cleansing herself,” or “The earth will be better...
Nature and Mental Health
Have you ever found yourself feeling completely stressed and then a walk outside helps you feel a little better? Research suggests that being immersed in nature while doing physical...