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Queer People Are More Vulnerable to Climate Change: Include the LGBTQ+ Community in Your Activism

Jun 28, 2022
2 min

Queer People Are More Vulnerable to Climate Change: Include the LGBTQ+ Community in Your Activism

Although much of the conversation surrounding global warming is about projection maps, it has become increasingly apparent over the last...

Russia’s Assault on Ukraine Is Becoming a Climate Catastrophe, Internally and Globally

Finn Does

Mar 30, 2022
6 min

Russia’s Assault on Ukraine Is Becoming a Climate Catastrophe, Internally and Globally

By: Finn Does In late February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of scientists facilitated by the United...

Nuclear Power: renewable energy source of the future or recipe for catastrophe?

Alyssa Goldfield

Feb 27, 2022
3 min

Nuclear Power: renewable energy source of the future or recipe for catastrophe?

Nuclear power has been in debate since the first self-sustaining nuclear power plant went into effect in 1951. The debate has never been...

Ariel Fu-Chen

Feb 27, 2022
3 min

How to Talk about Climate Change

Climate change is low on the priority list for many American voters - currently, Americans think about 16 other issues first when they...

Dory Miller

Aug 28, 2021
2 min

How Important Is the Recall Election?

Among the current chaos of our country, world, and even California’s climate struggles, chances are that any media coverage or commercial...

Can't Beat the Heat: Record-Breaking Temperatures Kill Wildlife, Marine, and Human Life

Meredith Foster

Aug 28, 2021
2 min

Can't Beat the Heat: Record-Breaking Temperatures Kill Wildlife, Marine, and Human Life

As a key ingredient of pool parties, beach days, and tropical vacations, warm summer weather is eagerly awaited year-round. However, as...

Write Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act

Amelia Fortgang

Jul 29, 2021
2 min

Write Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act

What is the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act? The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020, introduced by House Natural Resources...

Erika Tam

Jul 29, 2021
1 min

5-Minute Action: Plastic Free Petitions

Want to help promote a plastic-free future? We've compiled some petitions for you to sign -- a task that takes 5 minutes or less! Get...

Jane Fonda: The Founder of Fire Drill Fridays

Dory Miller

Apr 30, 2021
3 min

Jane Fonda: The Founder of Fire Drill Fridays

Take it to the polls! Take it to the streets! Tell me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like! The seas are rising...

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Jamie Margolin

Dory Miller

Mar 29, 2021
3 min

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Jamie Margolin

At only nineteen years old, Colombian-American climate activist Jamie Margolin has already accomplished more than some adults do in their...

Op-Ed: the Paris Climate Accord's Effect on the American People

Giovanni Ocon

Feb 28, 2021
3 min

Op-Ed: the Paris Climate Accord's Effect on the American People

Remember 2015’s Paris Climate Agreement? The agreement was monumental for the world’s climate policy and general responsibility. Drafted...

Canceling the Keystone XL Is a Good First Step, Now Let’s Create Green Jobs

Shireen Katyal

Jan 29, 2021
2 min

Canceling the Keystone XL Is a Good First Step, Now Let’s Create Green Jobs

President Joe Biden is not biding his time in the White House and has set to roll back several Trump administration laws in his first...

CAP Spotlight: Sophia Ware and Students For Solar

Erika Tam

Jan 26, 2021
2 min

CAP Spotlight: Sophia Ware and Students For Solar

This September, Sophia Ware, a junior at Piedmont High School attended the Bay Area Youth Climate summit. She was pursuing a Climate...

Bay Area Youth Climate Summit

Jan 26, 2021
2 min

January: 5-Minute Action Monthly Recap

This January, BAYCS started a new Instagram story segment: 5-Minute Actions. Here are the three features and the actions you can...

Biden’s Climate Team: Nominees & Appointees

Bay Area Youth Climate Summit

Dec 31, 2020
3 min

Biden’s Climate Team: Nominees & Appointees

Now that Biden has been confirmed as president-elect of the United States, he has started to put together a team of people who will be super

Dory Miller

Dec 30, 2020
7 min

23 Ways to Be More Sustainable in 2023

Still need a New Year’s Resolution? Here are some ideas for how to live more sustainably as we enter the new year. Heading into the year...

Emily Lao

Oct 27, 2020
5 min

Climate Change & the Election

By now, you have most definitely heard about the upcoming election. The race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has been highly...

Opinion: Why I Don’t Think Everyone Has to Be Vegan

Oona Clark

Oct 26, 2020
3 min

Opinion: Why I Don’t Think Everyone Has to Be Vegan

There’s no doubt about it, the meat industry—and specifically beef and dairy—is a big issue when it comes to how we can sustain a healthy...

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