BY LEORAH GAVIDOR Isabelle DeMillan, Owner / Founder of The Mighty Bin It’s called the Mighty Bin, and it’s the first store in San Diego...

BY KYRA BLACK This piece was created as a part of the UCSD Eco-mmunity Zine project. If you are interested in seeing more students’ work...

Urban parks are local, community-based efforts to both improve city living conditions and mitigate the effects of a changing climate.

BY KATIE BABSON Ecocide refers to recklessly damaging the environment and causing irreversible harm to ecosystems, which in turn fosters...

BY ETHAN OLSON Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park protects coastal communities against floods. Landscape architecture is a curious...

BY BIANCA JUSSEN Imagine a fantastical scenario where we press a button and terminate all anthropogenic causes of greenhouse gas...

BY CHIARA FIELDS We’re often taught that we, as individual consumers, can positively affect climate change by choosing to purchase...

BY ANASTASSIA ROBERTS Nemo lived in a beautiful home, didn’t he? Anemone was considered shelter, neighboring fish were deemed friends,...

BY BERNS PIFFARD Scottish demonstrators protest plans for a new wind farm development It is very clear we need to increase the...

BY BERNS PIFFARD It has been over two years since a gunman in El Paso walked into a Walmart Supercenter with a semi-automatic rifle and...

BY ELEANOR TERNER Image from Ecofriend Common sense tells us that if our kitchen sink is overflowing we should quickly turn off the tap...

BY ADIKA WITOELAR Meat, specifically red meat, is continuing to rise in demand as the years go by, especially in high-growth developing...

BY KAMILA PERLA Brought to you by the AS Office of Environmental Justice Affairs The movement towards a greener earth has prompted change...

BY ETHAN OLSON Art by Jessica Kamman Imagine a city of the future. Are there flying cars, cities with buildings taller than mountains,...

BY BIANCA JUSSEN The first time I ate bugs was at a Oaxacan restaurant in San Jose, California. I ordered Taco de Chapulines- a taco with...

BY KARTHY SAJEEV Are we that close to krill-ing off biodiversity as we know it? Apparently so, because keystone species are feeling the...

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...

BY DANIEL SJOHOLM Every day, scores of American teens celebrate their 16th birthdays, and, like clockwork, head off to the DMV in hopes...

BY PEYTON DULAY People have heard the stories about dinosaurs and how they went extinct, but what many don’t know is that there is a...

BY ADIKA WITOELAR The global sea level has risen, on average, by 3.6 millimeters per year from 2006-2015, more than double the average...

BY KATIE BABSON Art by Kyra Black Since elementary school, we are taught that recycling is a core tenant of reducing wasteful plastic....

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

A Closer Look at Two of San Diego’s Popular Environmental-Themed Events BY LEORAH GAVIDOR Eco-fairs and sustainability events are a popular

Why seaweed aquaculture is the solution to copious environmental, health, and socioeconomic problems caused by ocean acidification and great

BY SARA BERMAN Fish is one of the most popular forms of animal protein, with over 3.2 billion people relying on it as 20% of their protein i

BY ETHAN OLSON How do we get to a world where temperatures do not rise 2°C past pre-industrial levels? We walk.

BY SABINA GRIEBEL When people think of California, images of deserts, beaches, and cities usually come to mind. While California has terrai

BY ALEX ANDRIATIS A common challenge to calls for electrification is to point out the “hidden” negative impact, both environmental and socia

BY AMBERLY CLARK What do cereal, soap and ice cream all have in common? Chances are, they contain palm oil. These two words seem trivial eno

BY SABINA GRIEBEL As temperatures warm and vaccines pierce arms, many are looking toward Summer 2021. With the implementation of vaccine pa

BY MARC CAMANAG As denoted by our civilization's collective history and countless discourses on climate change, capitalism has played a rel

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

BY SARA BERMAN The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere

BY MARC CAMANAG Earlier this month, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first signed majority opinion via the case U.S. Fish

BY ELIANA BLACHMAN AND OLGA KURILINA We interviewed UC San Diego’s Professor Chandler Puritty, our former Environmental Studies teacher, to

BY DEANNA ROLDAN E-waste recycling is vital to protecting our environment and reducing waste in landfills. Improper methods of discarding e

BY ANUSHA GOSWAMI Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E

BY CAROLINE HADLEY For this interview, I spoke to Andy Lamey, a professor, author, and director of the undergraduate philosophy program at

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

BY AMBERLY CLARK When talking about climate change, phrases like fossil fuels, emission levels and global average temperatures are very pop

BY ETHAN OLSON With buildings accounting for 39% of carbon emissions worldwide, distinguished architects are scrambling to promote their ow

BY ELEANOR TERNER If you’ve ever been curious about nuclear energy, check out this interview with nuclear engineer Dr. Mehdi Sarram. He rec

BY SABINA GRIEBEL The rising popularity of fast fashion provides people with cheap, trendy clothing - at an extreme social and environmenta

BY SARA AGUILAR From fresh food accessibility to movements for environmental justice and other conscious efforts to protect the vitality of

BY EMILY ZOU In this interview, Pasquale Verdicchio, a literature professor at UC San Diego, answers questions about the synthesis of the f

BY ALLYSON BRADLEY A young African-American girl stares out over the horizon from her apartment balcony. She sees the billowing light gray

A POEM BY KATIE BABSON

BY SABINA GRIEBEL The COVID-19 pandemic will cause ramifications across the world even after its eventual declared end. This article examin

BY ELEANOR TERNER If you visit the beach, which is often the case for those living in La Jolla, it’s likely you will encounter some form of

Curbside Recycling of Food Scraps and San Diego County’s First Anaerobic Digester BY LEORAH GAVIDOR