The Return of the Regents: The Climate Activists Strike Back
BY DANIEL SJOHOLM AND PHOEBE SKOK photos in article from Martin Hawks It was a clear fall morning at UC San Diego and tensions were...
- May 17
- 2 min
We Fixed These Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Change Proclamations
Behind the greenwashed facades and misleading promises that the largest contributors to climate change are pushing lie one stone cold...
- May 8
- 8 min
Let’s Go San Diego! An Interview with Dr. Cathy Gere about Getting Transit on the Ballot
BY ETHAN OLSON Cathy Gere is a professor of history of science in the UCSD history department, with a specialization in the history of...
- May 5
- 5 min
Climate Justice Is Queer Liberation Is Climate Justice
Until we address the unique circumstances of the LGBTQ+ community, we will not achieve climate justice.
- Jan 14
- 7 min
Solarpunk: The Power of an Aesthetic
BY ETHAN OLSON Art by Jessica Kamman Imagine a city of the future. Are there flying cars, cities with buildings taller than mountains,...
- Jan 5
- 7 min
Coming Clean: A Demand for a Fossil Free UC
In 2013, the UC system announced their goal to become carbon-neutral by 2025. Dive deep into the key issues of the Carbon Neutrality Plan.
- Dec 20, 2021
- 7 min
Grassroots Climate Action in Monteverde, Costa Rica: an interview with Katy VanDusen
BY ELEANOR TERNER In this interview, Katy VanDusen, a community-based climate activist located in Monteverde, Costa Rica, answers...
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
San Diego Seeks Input on Climate Resilience Plan
Residents Are Already Suffering the Effects of Climate Change BY LEORAH GAVIDOR The City of San Diego is seeking input on its climate...
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
Saving One of California's Last Coastal Wetlands
BY BERNS PIFFARD Workers attempt to stop the spread of oil in the Talbert Marsh on October 4, 2021. Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County...
- Oct 15, 2021
- 6 min
There’s No One Right Way to Be a Climate Activist
BY PHOEBE SKOK There is a pit looming in the bottom of my stomach. Some days, it grows. Rarely, it shrinks. Still, it is always there: a...
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
UC Says It’ll Meet 2025 Carbon Neutral Goal, Yet Remains a Massive California Polluter
BY CATHY GERE AND ADAM ARON UCLA's cogeneration facility, pictured to the left, runs off of methane gas. Despite plans to achieve what...
- Oct 13, 2021
- 21 min
“Look Around. We Are an Emblem of Change.”
An Interview with Organizers from the Green New Deal at UCSD’s Recent Climate Justice and Action Rally BY ETHAN OLSON Blanca Lozano...
- Sep 18, 2021
- 5 min
So You’re an Environmentalist, Then?
The Interdisciplinary Nature of the Climate Crisis
BY ETHAN OLSON
About a year ago, I was talking to someone I had just met and mentioned my
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
Are Eco-Fairs Eco-Friendly?
A Closer Look at Two of San Diego’s Popular Environmental-Themed Events
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
Eco-fairs and sustainability events are a popular
- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min
Electrifying UCSD: A Campus Electrification Scenario and Cost Estimate
BY ALEX ANDRIATIS UCSD’s problematic reliance on carbon offsets to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2025 has been widely documented by
- Jul 13, 2021
- 8 min
Climate Change Narratives
BY KIDA BRADLEY
When I tell my children about what climate change is, I am not sure how I could thoroughly explain it. Climate change is an
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
Will Scripps Oceanography Leadership Commit to Zero Emissions Research Vessels?
BY ALEXANDER ANDRIATIS AND LEORAH GAVIDOR All vessels in the Scripps research fleet burn diesel. If it seems ironic to you that one of the
- May 5, 2021
- 5 min
UC San Diego to Host Climate Education Summit:
A Conversation with Dr. Nan Renner, Senior Director of Learning Design and Innovation for Birch Aquarium at Scripps BY EMILY ZOU
- Apr 30, 2021
- 6 min
INTERVIEW WITH VERONIKA MICHELS (CALPIRG): STUDENT ACTIVISM TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
BY VEER SHAH
Veronika Michels is an alumna from UC San Diego and graduated in 2019 with a degree in Physiology and Neuroscience. She joined
- Apr 8, 2021
- 5 min
The Psychology of Climate Change
Professor Adam Aron talks about why we’re not all doing something about it right now
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
- Mar 29, 2021
- 5 min
The Latest on the Green New Deal and Getting off the Gas
Activist and Professor Adam Aron on what you can do now
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
Adam Aron is a psychology professor at UC San Diego, and he is als
- Mar 17, 2021
- 15 min
Professor Puritty: Unfiltered Thoughts on Fighting Climate Change (and Gardening)
BY ELIANA BLACHMAN AND OLGA KURILINA
We interviewed UC San Diego’s Professor Chandler Puritty, our former Environmental Studies teacher, to
- Mar 16, 2021
- 4 min
Wasteland Imagination
BY EMILY ZOU
This past quarter, I studied under Dr. Andrew deWaard, who led a special studies class in communications. He is writing a book
- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
Why Carbon Offsets Won’t Cut It: Misleading Terms in Climate Change Conversations
BY AMBERLY CLARK Carbon neutral! Fossil free! Sustainable! Buzz words like these and many others are constantly thrown around and misused by
- Mar 9, 2021
- 8 min
Interview: Indigenous Communities on Climate Change
BY ANUSHA GOSWAMI
Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
A Reproductive Justice Framework for Climate Change
BY KATIE BABSON
The impacts of climate change differ between males and females. To help combat these disproportionate consequences, a gende
- Feb 12, 2021
- 4 min
10 San Diego Organizations Working to Mitigate Climate Change
BY Leorah Gavidor
From small acts to big movements, there are many ways to get involved in mitigating climate change in San Diego. Here ar
- Feb 10, 2021
- 5 min
How Switching Your Bank Can Help Stop Climate Change
BY AMBERLY CLARK
When talking about climate change, phrases like fossil fuels, emission levels and global average temperatures are very pop
- Jan 26, 2021
- 6 min
Environmental Racism: A Forgotten Issue
BY ALLYSON BRADLEY
A young African-American girl stares out over the horizon from her apartment balcony. She sees the billowing light gray
- Jan 22, 2021
- 4 min
Unpacking the Prince of Wales’s Terra Carta
BY MARC CAMANAG In a royal effort to address the climate crisis, the Prince of Wales has recently unveiled his Terra Carta, a visionary char
- Jan 14, 2021
- 5 min
Stoicism for Climate
BY ETHAN OLSON
The size, complexity, and importance of the fight against climate change is overwhelming. Listening to the Stoics can help.
- Dec 7, 2020
- 6 min
Thoughts From Poland: The Warsaw University Climate Initiative
BY DR. MAGDALENA BUDZISZEWSKA
Poland, a Central–Eastern European country, with a population of 38.5 million, is the fifth largest country i
- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
Why Corporations Need Sustainability to Succeed
BY AVANTIKA GOYAL
For as long as we can remember, the conventional wisdom surrounding sustainability and capitalism has always been that th
- Nov 24, 2020
- 4 min
Voting Green: A 2020 Election Postmortem
BY MARC CAMANAG
Among the world’s liberal democracies, the United States is the stark exception — rather than the rule — when it comes to G
- Nov 20, 2020
- 4 min
Advocacy During a Pandemic: AB3030
BY DEANNA ROLDAN
This article explains the legislative timeline for AB3030, which is a California bill introduced earlier this year. AB30
- Nov 12, 2020
- 4 min
A New Movement: Intersectional Environmentalism
BY ANUSHA GOSWAMI
A framework of racism is now being confronted and retaught to include all marginalized communities in the conversation of
- Oct 28, 2020
- 5 min
The World Logistics Center: Lessons from California’s Next Big Environmental Disaster
BY MARC CAMANAG
A large but sleepy city located in Southern California’s bustling Inland Empire, Moreno Valley might seem insignificant at
- Oct 26, 2020
- 4 min
From Climate Change Denier to Environmental Activist
BY KATIE BABSON
This is an article about my experiences having grown up with parents that did not believe in climate change and how I becam