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...
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...
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...
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...
In many households around the world, you will find toys wrapped up under a Christmas tree, most made from plastic. Can we change that scenario? An origami Christmas scene with cookie snowman and gingerbread man. (Illustration by News Decoder) Editor’s note:...