Isabel Limao – Ecosystemic Magazine

By Tillie Owen, Isabel Limão, and Filipe Limão Earlier this week, I saw an article in The New York Times that said the Great Salt Lake is drying up. The article explains that, among other effects, this could lead to the air in the area occasionally turning poisonous as wind storms pick up arsenic in the exposed lake bed and carry it around the highly populated area. This dystopian-seeming event could become a reality if we don’t act soon enough to change it. This truth applies to various aspects of the climate crisis, especially public transportation. If DC wishes to meet its ambitious agenda to switch to renewables, we need clean transportation and we need it fast. By Dilinna Ugochukwu The current zero emissions transition plan is moving too slowly. Metro, or Washington M...

By Isabel Limao The food industry is dominated by big businesses with the financial resources to lobby the government. Because of this some people feel like it is hard to make change when it comes to issues such as the environment, animal rights, and other food production issues. One way people can demonstrate their beliefs is by buying food that has been made in a way that is better for the environment and animals. When you buy food created in a way that aligns with your beliefs it is like casting a vote in favor of these better methods. Usually when people look to buy food produced a certain way, they look at the labels. But what if those labels weren’t telling you the whole story? The term “free range” implies that the animals that produced the product, usually chickens or cows, h...

Author: Isabel Limao

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