Apr 30 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 12 3 min Change Your Diet, Save the Planet BY ELEANOR TERNER If you’ve ever heard the plight of an environmentalist wanting you to eat less red meat and switch to alternative protein
Apr 5 4 min UC San Diego Carbon Offsets & Electrification BY KATIE BABSON As the threat of climate change continues to loom over our heads, UC San Diego has served as a leader in reducing carbon emi
Mar 30 3 min The Lithium Triangle: How Electric Vehicles Are Putting Indigenous Communities at Risk BY SARA BERMAN The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere
Mar 29 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 12 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 4 6 min The Future Is Electric: How Electric Vehicles Are Revolutionizing Transportation BY AVANTIKA GOYAL In the United States, the transportation sector accounts for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, with petroleum
Feb 24 3 min What Does Community Choice Energy Mean in San Diego? BY LEORAH GAVIDOR The name actually doesn’t say it all: the most important thing about community choice energy—coming soon to five cities
Feb 8 5 min Plants on Rooftops: Greenwashing in Architecture BY ETHAN OLSON With buildings accounting for 39% of carbon emissions worldwide, distinguished architects are scrambling to promote their ow
Feb 5 5 min The Realities of Nuclear Power: An Interview with Dr. Mehdi Sarram BY ELEANOR TERNER If you’ve ever been curious about nuclear energy, check out this interview with nuclear engineer Dr. Mehdi Sarram. He rec
