by James Langan and Luca Pieretti | 4 Jun 2018 | Contest winners, Contests, Environment, Student Posts, Thacher School, Youth Voices
We knew the dangers of California’s drought. Soon the rush of school life muffled the warning. Until a raging fire awakened us from our indifference. The view from Thacher’s Outdoor Chapel features the pristine Topa Topa Mountains of the Ojai Valley. (Photo...
by News Decoder | 1 Jun 2018 | Contest winners, Contests, La Jolla Country Day School, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The media sensationalizes wildfires, overlooking beneficial effects that fire can have nature. Journalists need to take a more sophisticated approach. A firefighter lights a “backfire” to contain the Rocky Fire near Clearlake, California, 3 August 2015. (AP Photo/Josh...
by Emma Juvan | 30 May 2018 | Art, Contest winners, Contests, Environment, Student Posts, United States, Westover School, Youth Voices
Humans are driving climate change — a fact many ignore. So I have captured our changing landscape in photos that show the consequences. Melting map of climate change patterns (all photos by Emma Juvan) This story shared first prize in the photography category in...
by Sue Landau | 4 May 2018 | Decoders, Environment
It costs nothing to pollute. That has long been the driving force of our economy. But a movement is growing to change that calculus by putting a price on carbon. A traffic jam in New Delhi, India, 6 March 2018 (EPA-EFE/Harish Tyagi) This article is part of a...
by Malcolm Davidson | 14 Mar 2018 | Environment
By Malcolm Davidson The world is awash in plastic, and it’s choking the planet with discarded trash that effectively will be with us forever. And the problem is getting worse. The scale of the problem was brought home to television viewers by British wildlife...