by Christianez Ratna Kiruba | 27 Jan 2025 | Environment, Health and Wellness, India, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, World
Almost 60,000 die from snakebite each year in India, but only one facility is producing the venom needed to make the antivenom. A herpetologist milks the venom out of a snake at Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre (KSRIC) in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 April 2024....
by Anoushka Arbhi | 21 Jan 2025 | Environment, India, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
With temperature inversion and climate change, the joyful meaning of a festival dissipates in the air we can’t breathe. Fireworks during a Diwali celebration. (Credit: Getty Images) This article, by high school student Anoushka Arbhi was produced out of News...
by Shikka Nanda | 13 Jan 2025 | Environment, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
Would you want a roommate to treat you the way we’ve treated the Earth? It’s time to clean up our act. The Earth, personified, slouches on a sofa. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article, by high school student Shikka Nanda, was produced out of News...
by Arya Sharma | 2 Jan 2025 | Culture, Environment, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
It’s time we rethink what we buy and wear and toss. As we fill our closets with new threads, the earth is getting poisoned by polyester. One woman models a skirt made out of a magpie inkcap mushroom and another models a skirt made of seaweed. (Illustration by...
by Liana Hwang | 1 Jan 2025 | Decoder Replay, Health and Wellness, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
The past year was so stressful, we all need to take a breather. Funny thing is, that’s just what the doctor has ordered. A path through a redwood forest in Northern California. Photo by Marcy Burstiner Editor’s note: Coming into 2025 made us think about...