Month: May 2022

With mayoral, city council, and national elections coming up, coupled with the IPCC reports, the Ecosystemic editorial board has decided to launch city-wide campaigns that highlight environmental injustice and demand solutions. Many editions to follow will inform local populations on issues and publicly release the youth’s demands through powerful visuals and narratives. We need these four to six years to solve the climate emergency and begin the Renewable Revolution. The terms that our mayors, senators, and congresspeople are about to serve will determine our futures. If you are a high school student in any state in the US, we need your help and leadership.  The campaigns will consist of brainstorming issues that are already prevalent in a city, town, or state, and finding pass...

By Sonia Soloviova Two years after the start of Covid-19 pandemic, the world is slowly but surely returning to normal. College students return to campuses, workers head back to their stuffy office jobs, and people finally leave their masks behind when going out with friends. As Covid-tests and face-covering mandates disappear from mainstream American life, many are proudly announcing that we are back to pre-Covid times. And yet, can we responsibly label the world as it is now pre-Covid while taking into consideration the impact the pandemic has had on the environment?  For the past few years, the pandemic era has aggravated greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollution. The United States has generated over 7,200 tons of medical waste every day since March 2020. The protect...