Establishing A Climate-Friendly Tourism System
BY KIDA Art by Kida Introduction The innate human need to seek out adventure, mystery, the wonders of mother nature, and the rich...
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- Feb 9
- 5 min
The Supreme Court and the Future of Climate Legislation
BY KATIE BABSON In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court announced its 6–3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental...
- Feb 7
- 8 min
An Interview with UC San Diego's Sustainability Landscaper
Status-Driven Sustainability and Prospective Environmental Efforts on Campus BY GILLIAN RAMIREZ Artwork by Momei Fang UCSD is well-known...
- Jan 23
- 4 min
Designed for Waste: Planned Obsolescence
BY LINDSEY NG Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash. Planned obsolescence is a marketing strategy where products are intentionally designed to...
- Jan 9
- 7 min
Living on Top of the World
By FINN SCHWARTZ After hiking an exhausting 10 miles with over 2000 feet in elevation gain, I finally found myself looking over the basin...
- Jan 1
- 7 min
THE ROCK-DROP:
Harnessing an Indigenous Land Management Technique to Adapt to Climate Change in San Diego BY ETHAN OLSON INTRODUCTION The San Diego of...
- Dec 16, 2022
- 9 min
Atmospheric River Data: Key to Saving California’s Agricultural Sector
BY ALEX REEP California’s agricultural sector is reliant on the increasingly unpredictable mega-storms, called atmospheric rivers, that...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 6 min
Decolonization as Climate Justice: Deep-Sea Oil Drilling in Aotearoa New Zealand
BY ALLISON GABLE Despite worldwide resistance to fossil fuel extraction, not only are companies and governments failing to shut down...
- Nov 30, 2022
- 5 min
Consumerism: Capitalism’s Climate Changing Child
BY ANTHONY YE In the past thousand years of human civilization, most people owned only a few pieces of clothing, maybe a couple toys, and...
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
50 Years After “The Crying Indian” the Plastic Industry Still Prevails
BY CHIARA FIELDS In 1971, messaging about plastic pollution was turned on its head with the broadcasting of “The Crying Indian”...
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
San Diego’s First Zero Waste Grocery Store
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR Isabelle DeMillan, Owner / Founder of The Mighty Bin It’s called the Mighty Bin, and it’s the first store in San Diego...
- Apr 27, 2022
- 1 min
Assigned at Birth
BY KYRA BLACK This piece was created as a part of the UCSD Eco-mmunity Zine project. If you are interested in seeing more students’ work...
- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
How Urban Parks Will Improve Your Life and Save the World
Urban parks are local, community-based efforts to both improve city living conditions and mitigate the effects of a changing climate.
- Apr 12, 2022
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Ecocide: The Fifth International Crime
BY KATIE BABSON Ecocide refers to recklessly damaging the environment and causing irreversible harm to ecosystems, which in turn fosters...
- Mar 30, 2022
- 8 min
The Role of the Landscape Architect in the Fight against Climate Change
BY ETHAN OLSON Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park protects coastal communities against floods. Landscape architecture is a curious...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 6 min
Coral Reefs Could Be the Next Major Casualty in the Fight against Climate Change
BY BIANCA JUSSEN Imagine a fantastical scenario where we press a button and terminate all anthropogenic causes of greenhouse gas...
- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
Can You Really Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is When It Comes to the Climate Crisis?
BY CHIARA FIELDS We’re often taught that we, as individual consumers, can positively affect climate change by choosing to purchase...
- Feb 26, 2022
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Coral Reefs: Media’s Negligence in Covering (some) Major Environmental Issues
BY ANASTASSIA ROBERTS Nemo lived in a beautiful home, didn’t he? Anemone was considered shelter, neighboring fish were deemed friends,...
- Feb 18, 2022
- 5 min
Maybe There Isn’t Anything Wrong with Nimbys
BY BERNS PIFFARD Scottish demonstrators protest plans for a new wind farm development It is very clear we need to increase the...
- Feb 4, 2022
- 7 min
Ecofascism: Are We the Virus?
BY BERNS PIFFARD It has been over two years since a gunman in El Paso walked into a Walmart Supercenter with a semi-automatic rifle and...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
Iron Fertilization: Solution or Pollution?
BY ELEANOR TERNER Image from Ecofriend Common sense tells us that if our kitchen sink is overflowing we should quickly turn off the tap...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 8 min
Moving on from Eating Meat
BY ADIKA WITOELAR Meat, specifically red meat, is continuing to rise in demand as the years go by, especially in high-growth developing...
- Jan 17, 2022
- 6 min
Going Green is Going Nowhere
BY KAMILA PERLA Brought to you by the AS Office of Environmental Justice Affairs The movement towards a greener earth has prompted change...
- Jan 14, 2022
- 7 min
Solarpunk: The Power of an Aesthetic
BY ETHAN OLSON Art by Jessica Kamman Imagine a city of the future. Are there flying cars, cities with buildings taller than mountains,...
- Nov 30, 2021
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Insects: The Meat Alternative of the Future?
BY BIANCA JUSSEN The first time I ate bugs was at a Oaxacan restaurant in San Jose, California. I ordered Taco de Chapulines- a taco with...
- Nov 28, 2021
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Krill: The Disappearing Backbone of Marine Ecosystems
BY KARTHY SAJEEV Are we that close to krill-ing off biodiversity as we know it? Apparently so, because keystone species are feeling the...
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
Saving One of California's Last Coastal Wetlands
BY BERNS PIFFARD Workers attempt to stop the spread of oil in the Talbert Marsh on October 4, 2021. Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
A Future without Cars
BY DANIEL SJOHOLM Every day, scores of American teens celebrate their 16th birthdays, and, like clockwork, head off to the DMV in hopes...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
We Are in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction
BY PEYTON DULAY People have heard the stories about dinosaurs and how they went extinct, but what many don’t know is that there is a...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Jakarta Sinking
BY ADIKA WITOELAR The global sea level has risen, on average, by 3.6 millimeters per year from 2006-2015, more than double the average...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Fossil Fuels are Lying to You About Recycling
BY KATIE BABSON Art by Kyra Black Since elementary school, we are taught that recycling is a core tenant of reducing wasteful plastic....
- Sep 18, 2021
- 5 min
So You’re an Environmentalist, Then?
The Interdisciplinary Nature of the Climate Crisis
BY ETHAN OLSON
About a year ago, I was talking to someone I had just met and mentioned my
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
Are Eco-Fairs Eco-Friendly?
A Closer Look at Two of San Diego’s Popular Environmental-Themed Events
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
Eco-fairs and sustainability events are a popular
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Need for Seaweed
Why seaweed aquaculture is the solution to copious environmental, health, and socioeconomic problems caused by ocean acidification and great
- May 31, 2021
- 6 min
The Environmental Impact of the Fishing Industry
BY SARA BERMAN Fish is one of the most popular forms of animal protein, with over 3.2 billion people relying on it as 20% of their protein i
- May 27, 2021
- 5 min
Walkability and Climate Change
BY ETHAN OLSON
How do we get to a world where temperatures do not rise 2°C past pre-industrial levels?
We walk.
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
California's Water Supply in the Time of Climate Change
BY SABINA GRIEBEL
When people think of California, images of deserts, beaches, and cities usually come to mind. While California has terrai
- May 14, 2021
- 6 min
What about the Lithium?
BY ALEX ANDRIATIS A common challenge to calls for electrification is to point out the “hidden” negative impact, both environmental and socia
- May 6, 2021
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The Problems with Palm Oil
BY AMBERLY CLARK What do cereal, soap and ice cream all have in common? Chances are, they contain palm oil. These two words seem trivial eno
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
Please, Don't Take A Cruise This Summer
BY SABINA GRIEBEL As temperatures warm and vaccines pierce arms, many are looking toward Summer 2021. With the implementation of vaccine pa
- Apr 14, 2021
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Political Economic Paradigms for a Sustainable Future
BY MARC CAMANAG
As denoted by our civilization's collective history and countless discourses on climate change, capitalism has played a rel
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Change Your Diet, Save the Planet
BY ELEANOR TERNER
If you’ve ever heard the plight of an environmentalist wanting you to eat less red meat and switch to alternative protein
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Lithium Triangle: How Electric Vehicles Are Putting Indigenous Communities at Risk
BY SARA BERMAN
The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere
- Mar 19, 2021
- 5 min
FWS v. Sierra Club: A Dissection of Justice Barrett's First Opinion Amid a Divided Court
BY MARC CAMANAG
Earlier this month, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first signed majority opinion via the case U.S. Fish
- Mar 17, 2021
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Professor Puritty: Unfiltered Thoughts on Fighting Climate Change (and Gardening)
BY ELIANA BLACHMAN AND OLGA KURILINA
We interviewed UC San Diego’s Professor Chandler Puritty, our former Environmental Studies teacher, to
- Mar 10, 2021
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The Importance of E-Waste Recycling
BY DEANNA ROLDAN
E-waste recycling is vital to protecting our environment and reducing waste in landfills. Improper methods of discarding e
- Mar 9, 2021
- 8 min
Interview: Indigenous Communities on Climate Change
BY ANUSHA GOSWAMI
Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E
- Feb 15, 2021
- 5 min
How Philosophy Can Help Us Solve Climate Change
BY CAROLINE HADLEY
For this interview, I spoke to Andy Lamey, a professor, author, and director of the undergraduate philosophy program at
- Feb 12, 2021
- 4 min
10 San Diego Organizations Working to Mitigate Climate Change
BY Leorah Gavidor
From small acts to big movements, there are many ways to get involved in mitigating climate change in San Diego. Here ar
- Feb 10, 2021
- 5 min
How Switching Your Bank Can Help Stop Climate Change
BY AMBERLY CLARK
When talking about climate change, phrases like fossil fuels, emission levels and global average temperatures are very pop
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