Global Environment

By Natasha Yen Around the world, hundreds of millions of animals and plants are sold through wildlife trade. Although most of the trade is legal, a growing portion of it is not. Illegal wildlife trade largely targets already endangered species of animals. …

By Sachi Bajaj It is finally August 2018, which means the final vote of the bill SB 100 will be taken this month. This is a critical time in California right now as this is our state’s most crucial climate bill of …

By Kaitlyn Wang On May 18 in the McAfee Center, Saratoga High School’s Raising Interest in Science and Engineering (RISE) Club hosted the speaker series “Engineering a Greener World.” An opportunity for students and members of the community to learn about the …

By Nicole Chan What is the problem? From 1960 to 1995, the population of black rhinoceros has dropped 98%, thus labeling them as critically endangered animals. This is largely due to a dramatic increase of poachers who sell the rhinos’ horns on …

By Natasha Yen Exposure is the first step to understanding, and animal agriculture is a reality that people need to know. On the surface, the term “animal agriculture” represents the raising of animals for human consumption. However, animal agriculture is a more …

By: Sejal Krishnan   Here in the Silicon Valley, you see many Teslas everyday and may think that they are doing something great for our environment and world by its unique feature of using electricity instead of fossil fuels albeit at the …

by Sachi Bajaj Sea levels rising. Coral reefs dying. Ozone layer depleting. Our environment is crumbling, and if we are not quick to act, it will fall. Priscilla Chan, the wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, asserts that we as the “current generation …

by Hamsavardhini Thirunarayanan Foster City voters have approved of the $90 million upgrade to the city’s levee system for combating rising sea levels. All property owners will see a rise in tax rates of approximately $41 for every $100,000 of property value …

by Jamie Minden It’s miserably hot as my car trundles into the grocery store parking lot, heat waves rolling off the black asphalt.  As I open my door, I am overpowered by an unmistakable smell: gasoline. I notice a woman to my …

by Annabelle Law In recent years, owning succulents have become a fad prevalent in millenials and young teens. This strange new craze has profoundly affected social media, and essentially the world. The interest had already spread like wildfire throughout the world, but …