Environment

  • Observations of a Climate Protest: A Focus on Fridays for Future
    To coincide with the United Nations General Assembly and the beginning of New York City’s Climate Week, Fridays for Future hosted a special event, Global Climate Strike, to call on world leaders to stop using fossil fuels.
  • Love in Outer Space
    How do we find Love in Outer Space? First, we must go internally to find love in inner space.
  • The Met Cloisters is the Perfect Indoor/Outdoor Museum – Review
    The Met Cloisters, while especially famous for its historical offerings, is remarkable for its physical design and spacial makeup.
  • The Environmental Impacts of Returning Packages
    It is becoming cheaper for wholesalers to forgo the sent-back items and transfer them to dumpsites and waste facilities. 
  • Homelessness on the New York City Subway
    In a city like New York, there is a display of how housing struggles can inadvertently affect city life, as the city’s unhoused population looks toward the subway systems for a safe haven. 
  • The Democratic Republic of Congo and Cobalt Mining
    Whilst global powers are making transition investments and advances, rural populations in the DRC are still without clean and affordable energy.
  • Hudson River Cruise – Earth Shiners Travel Guide
    With bright colors and the New York City skyline, fall brings a wondrous display to any set of eyes. I decided to venture out and combine nature and New York’s urbanscape by taking a cruise tour along the Hudson River.
  • 5 Benefits of Houseplants
    Graphic by: Alejandro Pineda Catalan
  • State Farm Stops Accepting Homeowner Insurance
    Citing the growing risk of wildfires, State Farm has stopped accepting new policies for homeowners’s insurance.
  • New Hope for Emissions
    Will we ever slash our emissions? There are good reasons to be hopeful.
  • 5 Tips for Staying Cool From the Hot Weather
  • Canadian Wildfires and Smoke
    Written by: Rashawn Khamari Merchant On Wednesday, June 7th, Canadian wildfire smoke led the Eastern United States to experience some of the worst air quality in the world. Millions of Americans received warning alerts as air quality reached hazardous levels unseen in decades. In New York City, the levels of small particles in the air… Read more: Canadian Wildfires and Smoke
  • Climate Change and Allergies
    During this year’s spring, it has not been uncommon to hear about the troubles allergies have caused people.
  • The History of Earth Day
    On the tail-end of the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Space Race, there began to grow a movement regarding the planet and its health.
  • 10 Facts About the Environment
    1. We have explored less than 5 percent of the ocean The oceans on Earth are so vast and deep that we humans haven’t explored more than five percent of them. Much of the sea floor cannot be explored due to the depth being so vast, radio waves themselves cannot penetrate. 2. Ants weigh more… Read more: 10 Facts About the Environment
  • Atlanta’s Cop City
    Atlanta has been dealing with a series of protests in what has been dubbed “Cop City.” The protests have garnered global attention, especially following the death of one of the many proclaimed activists fighting to stop the construction of the city’s new plans to build a fortified center to train police officers.
  • The Connection Between Civil and Environmental Rights
    The leadership capabilities that paralleled the civil rights movement offered a similar effective strategy when implemented toward environmental justice issues. Marches, community engagement, and protests carried over as environmental activists needed to find ways to draw attention to crises.
  • Shifting Toward Better Forms of Energy
    With the recent reporting of the Biden Administration’s plan to phase out fluorescent light bulbs, it’s now an excellent time to consider additional energy changes for the year.
  • World Wildlife Federation Reports on Loss of Biodiversity
    The WWF released its biennial Living Planet Report, and we now know the world’s wildlife population has decreased by 70% within the past 50 years.
  • New York City’s Rat Problem and What is the Cause?
    The New York City rat has long been a staple of the city. What was seen as a downside to living in a crowded city has become a terrorizing epidemic that every New Yorker can no longer escape.