an in depth look at our environment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8D2czlzcM 2017 has seen its fair share of natural disasters. From the fatal hurricanes in the East Coast and Central U.S., to the destructive earthquakes in countries across the globe, the world has witnessed death and property damage in record-breaking numbers. California was among the many victims this year as flames raged across the vineyards …
In addition to putting animals through pain and putting human health at risk, livestock agriculture depletes our world’s natural resources more than any other action we participate in. Livestock farming takes between 34 and 76 trillion gallons of water per year--that is 55 percent of the U.S.’s yearly water consumption (Cowspiracy, 2014). As most already …
In creating this section, my main goal is to bring awareness to the cruelties of livestock agriculture. We don't realize it when we pick up a frozen steak from the grocery store or a turkey on thanksgiving, but we are participating in something that is unpleasant on many levels. It's understandable that animals and the …
Continue reading "The Environmental Impact of Factory Farming"
It appears President Trump is slowly causing the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] to disappear, restricting its ability to advocate and educate, as well as regulate--a sure danger to our planet. The first indication of this is Trump’s pick to head the EPA. Scott Pruitt is the chosen one. Trump’s pick has a lot of environmentalists …
2015 marked the first year that global temperatures exceeded the averages of the 1800s. The rate that sea level has increased in the last decade is nearly twice the rate of the last century. And since the Industrial Revolution, ocean water acidity has grown by 30 percent. All this evidence points to one of the …
Continue reading "Climate Change is a Problem, But What’s Next?"
As most people know, president elect Donald Trump is not the biggest supporter of climate change activism. The policies Trump hints at worries scientists and other activists because he has vowed to pretty much disassemble the Environmental Protection Agency, the Paris Climate Agreement, and Obama's Clean Power Plan. In fact, Trump has appointed a conservative …
Continue reading "Trump’s Election Worries Climate Change Activists"
Based on personal observation, USC seems to be watering its grass a lot more often than it should. Nearly every day, I walk by a plot of grass on campus that is being watered aggressively. Currently, the LA County has a three-day-a-week watering policy that USC should be adhering to. The same exact plots of grass on …
https://soundcloud.com/user-501461200/simrins-world-climate-change-interview Ambient noise source: https://youtu.be/bIhKKlvmGRE
