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Let’s Prevent Food Waste: A Cooking Series – Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar or ACV is a common household product that has endless uses. It can be used as a health product, for cooking, cleaning, in your skincare, or...
The Values and Shortcomings of Green Spaces in Urban Environments
2020 marks Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary. In honor of my favorite place in San Francisco turning 150, this post will discuss the vast mental and physical health benefits...
Environmental Effects of NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was a monumental trade agreement between the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico. This trade agreement reduced or eliminated many tariffs...
How to Price Carbon? Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax
Humans are the leading cause of the world’s quickly changing climate. The increase in greenhouse gas emissions due to people are trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere and rapidly...
Let’s Prevent Food Waste: A Cooking Series – Guacamole
Did you buy a bunch of avocados at the same time that are all ripe now? Do you have avocados that might go bad if you don’t use them...
The Truth Behind Recycling
Introduction I remember learning how to recycle sometime during elementary school, sitting crisscross applesauce in the multi-purpose room listening to adults sing over and over, “Reduce, Resue, Recycle!” And...
The Green New Deal: What is it?
With an upcoming presidential election, the term “Green New Deal” has been thrown around a lot in political campaigns and debates. We’ve heard how much we need a Green...
Earth Day 2020! How to Celebrate From Home
April 22, 1970, marked the world’s very first Earth Day. Nearly 10% of the U.S. population took part in coast-to-coast rallies advocating for a cleaner environment. Groups that had...
Food Waste: Issues and Prevention
The Big Picture Annually, around one-third of all food produced globally is either lost or wasted (United Nations). This is one-third of the world’s food supply that is thrown...
The Importance of Conservation: How the Wildlife Trade Caused a Pandemic
In December 2019, 66% of the 41 people first hospitalized with COVID-19 were traced back to passing through the same wet market (a market that sells live animals and...