April 30, 2022 One of the most unique and thought-provoking articles I have read as of late is titled “Funk Music Taught Me How to Be an Environmentalist”, written by Ko Bragg and published by Harper’s Bazaar. It details how African-American musicians, such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, explored natural beauty and gave voice …
April 6, 2022 In a recent New York Times article, titled “‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late”, author Cara Buckley denounces both “climate doomism” and “hopeium” as methods of deflecting responsibility for the ever-growing climate crisis. The article primarily targets doomsday rhetoric that propagates fear of an inevitable disaster …
March 18, 2022 Last month, National Geographic published a captivating article entitled “How a Dramatic Win in Plastic Waste Case May Curb Ocean Pollution.” The article details the story of retired boat captain Diane Wilson, explaining how she won a crucial law case covering plastic pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. For three years, Wilson …
February 27, 2022 Earlier this week, I watched an intriguing video published by TED in which climate science scholar Myles Allen suggests that the fastest and most realistic way to significantly reduce carbon emissions and slow the rate of global warming is to “decarbonize” the fossil fuel industry. Modern knowledge and technology would allow oil …
February 3, 2022 This week, the New York Times published a powerful article written by journalist Amanda Hess, entitled “Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll.” Hess describes the counterintuitively negative effect that a barrage of upsetting facts can have on people’s willingness to combat climate change. She discusses the emotional and psychological toll that this …
January 17, 2022 In recent years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has made climate justice a primary focus of its work and advocacy; through its Environmental and Climate Justice Program (ECJP), the organization analyzes and exposes connections between fossil fuel use and racial injustice. As Brandon Derman discusses in his …
January 6, 2022 Today, I decided to some free time researching innovative and inexpensive ways everyday people can take action to make their communities greener places. I was excited to discover the term “guerilla gardening,” which refers to planting ecologically supportive seeds on unused public land to make neglected areas more beautiful and to nourish …