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Selected Poems – Sophia Stylianos
21Jan By Sophia StylianosNo Comments
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 ...
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Heated! On The Mexican Government’s Lack of Climate Change Action
21Jan By Luisa ZittleNo Comments
Global News & Policy

Heated! On The Mexican Government’s Lack of Climate Change Action

By Luisa Zittle– Fridays for Future, Mexico The Mexican government lacks a methodical plan to combat the climate crisis.  The most recent example of this is the COP26 summit, a climate change conference held by the United Nations in Oct. and Nov. of 2021. Our President, Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador, failed to simply attend this summit, and instead chose to learn through his representatives. This lack of engagement was evident in his morning reports, which were indifferent and uninformed. The COP26 summit led to public conclusions that the government must provide concrete funds toward climate action.  According to the United States Energy Information Administration, in 2020, Mexico was one of the largest producers of petroleum in the world and the fourth-largest produc...
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History of Pollution: Plastic, Light, and Soil
21Jan By Sophie CaoNo Comments
History

History of Pollution: Plastic, Light, and Soil

By Sophie Cao, Sidwell Friends SchoolWhen you think of pollution, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Plastic? You may not know that other forms of pollution exist, or the history behind them. Plastic is one of the most well-known types of pollution, because of how fast it has spread around the world. However, other types of pollution such as light, noise, and soil pollution are often overlooked despite their harmful effects. These forms of pollution date back to the Industrial Revolution and are caused by human waste and mismanagement. Leo Baekeland, a Belgian chemist, created bakelite in 1907 at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Bakelite was the first synthetic plastic ever made.  Later,  it was discovered that this synthetic could be molded to manufa...
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