By Tania Valenzuela If you’re reading this you most likely have an interest when it comes to our environment. You know about the effects of climate change, I mean at this point it’s almost impossible not to experience the effects or at least you have heard politicians trying to propose a way to mitigate the…

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Winters on Long Island are long and gray. For half of the year, oak skeletons and decaying leaves indicate a dead, barren landscape. But a surprising number of discoveries can be made in the seemingly vacant forest. Cryptic coloration, or camouflage, is a major force behind what I perceive as species blindness. We’ve all seen…

When you hear the word “conservationist”, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s the image of someone who holds a respect for the environment, devoting time into making conscious decisions and going against the status quo of a destructive, unsustainable society. Possibly the image is of someone who is actively working towards restoring a broken habitat…

The zero waste movement encourages consumers to reduce their trash production and urges a shift to a circular way of using resources. Emphasis is placed on items lifecycles including production and end of life. In the 2010s, images of sea life dying from plastics in the ocean and the statistic that the average american produces…

American culture glorifies moral complacency, from Batman choosing not to kill Joker to politicians sending thoughts and prayers instead of actions, American culture praises those who do nothing “wrong” instead of those that make loud and lasting change. It discourages subversive actions and behaviors by painting them as morally ambiguous but allows inaction to lauded…

With rising awareness of the impact agriculture and raising livestock has on climate change and the quality of the environment, many environmentalists are making the switch to veganism and vegetarianism. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, their 2014 reports stated that 24% of global greenhouse gas emissions came from agriculture, forestry,…

This year’s World wildlife day theme is Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet. According to the website (www.wildlifeday.org), “on 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora…

 Forests are often taken for granted, but their existence is crucial for supporting human life on Earth – we need them to survive. The rate of net forest loss has been declining over the past decades. However, the main reason behind the decline in forest loss in the most recent decade is still due to…

I am sure many of you have seen/read with a painful heart the report of a Florida Manatee discovered with scarring on its body which spells the word, the name “Trump”. Personally, I find it challenging to muster the right words to describe this cynical act, no matter what was etched into this defenseless animal….