Climate Change in Kalamazoo: how to learn more about the issue
Finn Brent, Staff Writer
June 10, 2020
Climate change is an issue that must be faced and dealt with by everybody. There is no one way to solve it, and it is important that we do everything in our power to help with this crisis we are facing. We must change our lifestyles to reduce our carbon footprint and elect politicians who are climate c...
Everyone should take action against climate change
Ashley Garcia, Guest Writer
April 12, 2020
Temperatures are rising, glaciers are shrinking, sea levels are increasing. This is a climate emergency. Some are non-believers because they don’t think they are affected by the climate change, but climate change is real and it is happening now. It is just going to get worse unless something is done ...
Greta Thunberg is chosen for “Time” Person of the Year
Jeanie Gould-McElhone, Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 29, 2020
The Time Person of the Year is announced at the end of every year. This annual issue of “Time” magazine features a person who has had the most impact and influence on events and people of that year. On December 11th, the person of the year was announced, 16 year old, Swedish climate activist, Greta Th...
Fighting Climate Change
June 21, 2019
By Claire Knudsen In Elsevier SciTech Connect Caitlin Beddows states that, “an estimated one million birds, 100,000 turtles, and countless other sea animals die each year from pollution and digesting plastic.” While walking down the street and looking at the ground for even a second, there are co...
Climate Change Takes a New Approach: Review of Lil Dicky's “Earth” Video
Peyton Westcott
June 10, 2019
Throughout social media, you’ve probably stumbled upon a post or two about climate change in these past few months. Climate change has been a huge topic all over social media websites, such as Twitter, Instagram, and more.A rap artist that many teenagers listen to, Lil Dicky, brought this topic to ...
Make America Great Again by Believing In Global Warming
April 17, 2017
By Emily Lewman “The whole case for global warming, I believe, is silly, and I believe the vast majority of scientists think it’s silly and therefore I am a little bit embarrassed to spend my time on a silly issue,” said our Environmental Protection Agency transition team head and who is one o...
WMU Joins the Fight to Save the Planet
Maggie Lager
April 13, 2017
“There just isn’t any natural way possible that could explain this [global] warming,” explained Western Michigan University (WMU) professor David Karowe to a full and attentive audience last Wednesday night. Regardless of what political leaders in the United States want us to believe, with appro...
Cowspiracy: Helping the Environment and our Diets
maileenbugnaski
November 12, 2016
What would you do to help save the planet? It’s a question many people would answer with solutions such as recycling or conservative water usage - but would you be willing to completely alter your diet in hopes of repairing damage done to our environment? In the 2014 documentary “Cowspiracy: The Sust...
