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A Sustainable Alternative To Fast Fashion
By Rose Atwood and Charley Quillian Clothing swaps are one of our community’s newest and most popular ways for people to engage with...
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Dec 12, 20223 min read
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Fungi Can Help Solve The Climate Crisis
Fungi are often overlooked. Mushrooms are food, their root-like mycelium is weird and clingy, and they’re a pain to remove once they...
Sai Debgupta
Dec 7, 20223 min read
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Rewriting the Narrative: Language and Our Relationship with the Natural World
During the shift from Native American control to British control over American land, the general ‘American relationship’ with the natural...
Keevan Kearns
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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Protest Art in the Climate Movement
"A picture can say a thousand words.” This platitude rings true in all art, but especially in protest art. Art is perfect for protest: it...
Margaret Blomstrom
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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Care Work and Climate
During the COVID pandemic, nurses, in-home health aides, and teachers all came to the forefront of our national attention. Although these...
Sadie Foer
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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COP26 Provides a Pathway to Change, but the Future is Still Uncertain
By Naomi Borek and Laila Bapna On November 1, 2021, the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference began. After missing last year...
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Jan 9, 20222 min read
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Australia's Black Summer
By Hana Sakr and Katherine Davies The Australian wildfires in the summer of 2020 were catastrophic. 27 million acres of land, an area...
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May 29, 20213 min read
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Climate Change is Worsening our Mental Health
As one of the most pressing and relevant issues today, the media is filled with information and controversies regarding climate change....
Keevan Kearns
May 10, 20212 min read
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The Widening Political Gap in the Climate Change Debate
In 2018, a grant to help television meteorologists educate viewers on climate change-related science when reporting weather was up for...
Laith Weinberger
May 10, 20215 min read
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Mutual Aid is Critical for Climate Resiliency
When freezing, subzero temperatures hit a poorly prepared Texas, many people were left without heat, housing, food, and drinking water....
Sadie Foer
May 8, 20213 min read
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Female Scientists and Activists are Saving the World
2020 has been an extremely memorable year for women in the United States. It marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which...
Hana Sakr
Jan 11, 20215 min read
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What Exactly Is Biden’s Climate Plan?
One of the largest talking points in both the Democratic and Presidential debates was the climate. Biden was by no means the most radical...
Hank Schwabacher
Jan 5, 20214 min read
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Visions for our Education: Teach us to feel responsible and hopeful
I can remember the first time I learned about the concept of global warming. It was the fourth grade. I had finished my project early and...
Sadie Foer
Jan 5, 20214 min read
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The Media’s Portrayal of Climate Change: Wealthy vs. Indigent Countries
By Keevan Kearns Between wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and heatwaves, climate change affects countries all around the world...
Keevan Kearns
Jan 5, 20214 min read
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Can Tech Undo the Harm it's Caused?
By Hana Sakr Technology has evolved drastically over the course of the 21st Century. According to Our World Data, “The power and speed of...
Hana Sakr
Jan 5, 20216 min read
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Why We're here for Racial Justice (a note from the writers)
1.5 Degrees stands with Black Lives Matter. It should not take the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless...
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Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Environmental Racism has left Communities of Color More Vulnerable to COVID-19
By Keevan Kearns As the coronavirus spreads, it is important to become aware of the global climate effects of the virus. The daily lives...
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Aug 24, 20204 min read
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Hurricane Katrina: A Climate Justice Catastrophe
Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,800 people dead in its wake and destroyed or compromised over 800,000 housing units, leaving thousands ho
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Aug 24, 20206 min read
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The Split in the Climate Movement
The climate movement as a whole is split into two groups: (1) the majority white, large-scale environmental organizations that receive the b
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Jul 20, 20206 min read
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When Climate Wasn't Political
By Deepa Bhargava Since the 1950s, researchers and scientists had known fossil fuels were releasing greenhouse gasses into the...
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May 14, 20202 min read
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