by Ethan Maday | Sep 5, 2025 | Featured, In My Town, Student Dispatch
This dedicated team of volunteers in Santa Barbara responds to disasters. And in between, they take on year-round projects, restoring parts of the community each week. It was January 9, 2018 when the high-pressure storm system of the season hit Montecito, California....
by Nathanael Jean-Gilles | Feb 24, 2025 | Student Dispatch
A school trip to the sea-bound city of Havana, Cuba, offers a glimpse into what rising ocean levels means for coastal communities. Havana, Cuba. Walking through the streets, we could smell the hearty fragrance of fried tostones and hear the bouncing, rhythmic sound of...
by Lauren Peloquin | Jan 16, 2025 | Climate Conversation, My Roots, Perspectives
A Cape Cod resident reflects on the effects of a changing climate on the shoreline, marine life, and her childhood memories. By Courtney Peloquin, as told to her daughter, Lauren Peloquin Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1980s, the ocean was an ever-present part of my...
by Lena Goings | Jan 16, 2025 | My Green Job, Perspectives
Solar investment in rural communities gives them a much-needed economic boost. As the Vice President of Community Outreach for Solar Development, Kim Jawanda is bringing green energy capacity far and wide. As the world inches closer to 1.5 degrees of warming above...
by Izzy Morgan | May 16, 2023 | Art, Poetry
She was walking on a beach. Her eyes gazing across the majestic expanse of deepest blue beside her as waves danced at her feet. This child had always been fond of the ocean and, most especially, the creatures that lay within its grasp. She loved the way each clownfish...
