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An Environmental Dilemma: Fireworks

An Environmental Dilemma: Fireworks By Taiga Yoshida, age 17 I have always cared about the environment. I do what I can to lower my impact on climate change, pollution, and water usage. I make an effort to carpool. I avoid single-use plastics. I try to take shorter showers. And I get upset when I read about the huge issues facing our environment today. Over the summer, my environmental awareness increased drastically. My mind continued to be clouded with environmental thoughts and worries while I was on a trip to the beach. On the fourth of July, a few friends and I walked down to the bay to watch the annual fireworks show. We brought a picnic blanket and found a spot in the middle of the grassy field. The chatter and excitement of all the people surrounding us filled the vast space and heightened my anticipation for the show.  My friends and I waited among the crowd for the show to begin. I imagined how the town had likely prepped for weeks for this spectacle, saving up money and hiri
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A Message to Litterbugs

By Taiga Yoshida, age 17 Dear litterbugs, Please, start throwing your trash away. I know what you want to say; that small right corner of the Skittles bag just “blew” out of your hand, or that the extra plastic straw you grabbed at Starbucks found its way out of your driver seat window “on it’s own” while you were driving. Still, for every little piece of trash you litter, it creates far bigger problems than you would assume. I believe that in the world, two types of communities exist: those that leave small bits and pieces of waste lying on the ground, and those who manage to keep that small piece of aluminum from flying away in the wind, the community that keeps the extra plastic straw for the next person to use. This is the difference between Santa Monica and Singapore, and I learned about this difference and the ripple effect of littering at my local skatepark, where I saw trash all over, gum turned black, and floor flooded with plastic, where no one looked twice at a litterbug. Th

A Most Beautiful Land - A Climate Change Poem

A Most Beautiful Land By Lía, age 15 When Earth became a most beautiful land,  grand mountains and oceans sprouted with trees  for flora and fauna to breathe and stand  To settle within the shores, states and seas  They lived in harmonious existence adapting their ways along with their Earth  When we then put Earth’s beauty at distance  we bitterly found how much she was worth  Our Earth’s cry for help was more than wilting flowers:  conditions and toxins ruined our air, unpredictable weather and showers,  and our whole Earth had turned hot with despair  The only way to stop all this dying   is to work together and keep trying  Publish your writing to EarthPlex!

An Open Letter to Starbucks

An open letter to Starbucks: Think of the environment, not the Siren Written by Mia Risser, age 18 Dear Starbucks corporations,  I am writing to inform you that the amount of plastic you produce and use every day is a big problem.  As one of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world, you must try to better the environment in any way possible.  Whether it be making a reusable alternative or producing less plastic as a company in general, your impact on the environment must change.  A better environment is important for safety.  A strong environment is important for development.  A clean environment is important for human lives. As someone who has worked at Starbucks for almost two years, I know I have a significant reason to be writing this letter.  In just a few hours, we go through hundreds of plastic cups.  Starbucks—more than any other to-go coffee shop—“uses more than 8,000 cups in a minute, which adds up to more than four billion in a year,” as stated in the article by

How the Top 1% Are Making Global Warming Worse

How the Top 1% Are Making Global Warming Worse By Maya, age 15 Every day we are bombarded with articles about climate change, global warming, and the climate crisis. The truth is climate change is a major issue that threatens our future existence on this planet. While the insinuation, that as a result of our past behaviour, we may not live long enough to see a future isn’t pleasant, it is true and we must acknowledge first if we are to ever reverse our actions in time. We, normal people, are repeatedly told how to decrease our own individual carbon footprints, and while individual habits have formed part of the problem, it is mainly corporate giants and the ultra-rich that are currently the biggest players in the pollution of our planet.  Between 2030 and 2050, a total of 250,000 additional deaths are expected to occur because of climate change, and most of these deaths will happen in developing countries that don’t have the facilities nor the resources to deal with the effects of clim

America's Birthday Tragedy

America's Birthday Tragedy By Kelila Betancourt, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

They're Hungry Too (PSA)

 They're Hungry Too By Esmeralda Gonzalez, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Meat is Heat (PSA)

  Meat is Heat By Beatrix Englar-Carlson, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

A Plea From the Sea (PSA)

  A Plea From the Sea By Jocelyn Munoz Lopez, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Grow With it (PSA)

Grow With it By Greta Dunn, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

See the Sea (PSA)

  See the Sea By Pele Wells, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

We Love Our Ocean... Right?

  We Love Our Ocean... Right? By Annika Hurtig, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Boom (PSA)

Boom By Aaliyah Johnson, grade 9   This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Know Where it Goes (PSA)

Know Where it Goes By Gaby Zifcak, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Cleaning Up Our Spills

  Cleaning Up Our Spills By Jack Sexton, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Wear With Care (PSA)

Wear With Care By Evan Lam, grade 9   This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Only You (PSA)

  Only You By Laney, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Sustainable Fashion (PSA)

  Sustainable Fashion By Bella Pollock, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

Share it. Make it. (PSA)

  Share it. Make it. By Sarina Rizvi, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!

The Wildfire Crisis (PSA)

  The Wildfire Crisis By Darian Mayorga, grade 9 This submission is part of an environmental PSA project created by students at Ocean View High School.  Visit our  Submit a Post   page to feature your work on EarthPlex!