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The Stars Tonight...
Look at the night sky. With its velvet colors and glittering waves. Look at the stars and how they scatter across the darkness like drops in the sea. You can't. Stuck in the city with its smog and smoke. Trapped within walls and constraints. You can’t see much past the smoke except for a few glimmers here and there if you strain your eyes. You can’t see much at all thanks to all the light pollution smothering out the soft stars in their blinding light. Pollution is one of the leading causes for global warming. It’s also one of the main causes for us never being able to see the night sky. Light...
Four flowers and Four seasons
In Spring, Magnolias will help you smile. Magnolia, Magnolia, Magnolia. Come on and show your beautiful flower. In Summer, Sun Flowers will help you to eat. Sun Flower, Sun Flower, Sun Flower. Come and show your seeds. In Fall, Cotton Flowers will help you to stay warm. Cotton Flower, Cotton Flower, Cotton Flower. Come on and give your Cotton to people. In Winter, Camellia Flowers will help you to melt your frozen heart in winter. Camellia Flower, Camellia Flower, Camellia Flower. Come on and melt people’s cold hearts. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter... All these Flowers will make you smile...
MONSTERS
Don’t treat Cats Like They’re Little monsters. Don’t treat them Like They’re Annoying creatures. They are just FLUFFY, LOVELY, CUTE AND SHY Living beings.
Which house will stand up? An experiment about building better
How can you stop flooding? I believe by building a better house. Lots of places in the world have houses that are built in different ways. But when they are not built with good materials and hurricanes or hard rain come. It can cause a flood in your house plus it can destroy it too. So how can we stop it and build better? Have you ever wondered why a house gets destroyed in a flood? Maybe houses are not built with the right materials. Many people have been hurt and it's sad to see their house be taken down by a flood. For my experiment I want to see if I can add different ingredients to build...
Compost to the Rescue?
Why is there a lack of agriculture? Or way too much food waste? Well, contaminated soil is one of the main issues. I chose to work on these problems because my island is going through a lot of deforestation. What better way to help than to answer our greatest questions: What causes contaminated soil? How can we help fertilize our soil? My project is working with compost. Why not kill two birds with one stone? My initial plan was to grow two plants: one with compost, the other without, looking to see if the one with compost would grow more than the one without. If I put compost in one of my...
The Australia bushfires and the relevance of The Lorax in 2020
“The Trees Have No Tongues.” - Dr Seuss In light of the devastating Australian bushfires, it is important to come together and realise that a change has to be made in the way that we as a society operate. If not, we are heading towards the beginning of mass extinction to an incomprehensible extent. Dr Seuss wrote the book “The Lorax” in 1971, that depicts a world with no trees left. The children’s picture book was a response to climate change after scientists became more convinced about the warming effect of carbon dioxide. Still, the extreme movement of reducing climate change was far from...
COVID-19: Combating social isolation through photography and community
Modern Renaissance My name is Sophia, I live in Seattle, and an avid 16-year old social media user. Of course, I was ecstatic to hear that I would have no school or homework for over a month because of the coronavirus crisis; however, it wasn’t until about two days in when I started to feel the effects of not being able to see my friends. This is why the Covid-19 Photos For Teens was created. The fact that my first year of high school was likely going to be cut short left me with a feeling of frustration and confusion. As of now, my school has not started online schooling, and I found myself...
Why you should choose zero waste gifts?
During Christmas and New year people are actively seeking gifts for family, friends or co-workers. Unfortunately, this beautiful and exciting season is associated with a rapid increase of waste such as labels, wrapping papers, gift cards, in fact, millions of gift cards are thrown away and they end up in nature or on the landfills. It's no secret that recycling those waste takes several decades and causes damage to our environment. Often it is hard to even realize how much waste we generate during the holiday season. Fortunately, each of us can contribute to changing this sad reality for the...
COVID-19 and an Overshadowed Earth Day
This year's Earth Day will be starkly different from all the ones I have spent at school. As I am stuck staring at the pale white-yellow walls of my room that confine me, I find myself itching to do more. Struggling to speak out, try to make an impact- in a world that is deteriorating in so many ways. As one problem overshadows the previous, we forget some of the other projects, passions and movements we have been working on for so long. Living life under the coronavirus has become the new normal, especially living in Singapore- a country that’s been hit especially hard. It’s only taken a...
A Burkini is not a Burka
Lebanese Water Wars
West! Value your Values!
Grey-headed globetrotters on the road
A Note to the One After
Environmental warning of COVID-19
COVID-19 is a respiratory syndrome that has caused many damage to economic or human casualties etc. So people refrained from social activities through social distinctions or self-quarantine. However, due to the environmental changes that resulted from this, I think COVID-19 is warning about an environmental to mankind. It shone brightly with blue fluorescent light along the coastline of Acapulco Beach, Mexico. The local tourism agency said the luminescence was the result of biochemical reactions caused by the bioluminescent plankton flocked that came to the beach. Marine biologist Dr. Enrique...
A vision for my generation
How Youth Can Help Fight Climate Change
Climate Change is one of the most pressing global issues in our world today. Almost every country in the world has issued their own environmental laws in order to minimize the effects of climate change and a lot of ads, slogans, posters and campaigns against climate change have been launched by concerned environmental organizations and government institutions in order to raise awareness to the public of how we could help stop this global crisis. But it's sad that out of billions of people in the world, only few have responded to the call. When a climate change occurs, temperature drastically...
International Indigenous People Day: Empowering Indigenous People
Today is a day entirely for celebrating indigenous people and their unique cultures. Indigenous people lead very amusing lives, something I'm quite keen about as personally, I find learning about cultures quite fascinating, especially under-represented and unheard ones. Indigenous people have quite a history too, dating back thousands of years. They are found in over 90 countries, speak 4000 of the world's languages and there are 476 million of them in this world! In my country, Bangladesh, the main ethnic groups are Garo, Marma, Shawtal, Monipuri and Tripura. Bangladeshi tribes either have...
Beirut dreams.....
Yesterday's dream is about a beloved angel she carried me in her wings to the heaven She uplifted me from the poisonous air filled with Ammonium nitrate, which is proportionally burning with screams, Tears, fire and desire I hope the next air i inhale, will fill my lungs with light and love....not fire and tears....