Sunday, December 22Maximizing our Collective Impact

Author: Sophia Stylianos

Selected Poems – Sophia Stylianos
Literature

Selected Poems – Sophia Stylianos

By Sophia Stylianos, Sidwell Friends School “Planets of Yesterday”The intertwined vibrant corals of yesterdayOranges and blues and reds all turning to white gray lifeless lumps at the bottom of the seaAn ocean that is becoming a sea of plasticWater that used to be blue will be gray black with oilAll of this was alive before humans started the destructionFrom the mammoth to the galapagos tortoise there is always somethingAnother species to destroy another land to discover more oil to drillBut soon there will be none leftThere is only one earthwhen are we going to start taking care of it “Tiger Clouds”I can ride a cloudWalk on waterRun to the tigersWith the tigersCatch the tigers raise the tigers become a tigerAll things are living breathing a soul is within themSo when all of us are ...
Technology’s Role in Coexisting with the Natural World
Eco-STEM

Technology’s Role in Coexisting with the Natural World

By Sophia Stylianos, Sidwell Friends School In a world that is constantly changing and being destroyed due to human activity, we are led to wonder how we can help and when our time eventually will run out. While scientists continuously say that our time is coming, that we must change our ways. Sure, we have all heard the solutions– things such as electric cars, windmills and planting more trees– but what does a sustainable world really look like? We need a world where we aren't just “reducing our carbon footprint” but actively living in unison with the earth without constantly destroying it. One of the biggest ways we are going to be able to reach a healthy world, both for our species and every other species, is through technology. Research is constantly being done to understand the env...