Posted on April 6, 2021 | By Maria Hernandez
November 3, 2018
IDEAS For Us (IDEAS) began when a group of passionate university students made the choice to stop talking about environmental issues and begin the very difficult work of trying to […]
July 22, 2021
Plastic pollution is one of the most critical environmental issues these days. It is the accumulation of plastic materials ( like grocery bags, drink bottles, straws, food wrappers, plastic packaging, […]
Air pollution is the release of chemicals into the atmosphere which leads to health effects on humans and other living beings, which causes damage to the climate 1. There are […]
July 21, 2021
What is Food Waste? ReFED, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending food loss and waste across the U.S. food system, defines food waste as “uneaten food and inedible parts that […]
July 15, 2021
What is Organic? The United States Drug Administration (USDA) describes organic agriculture as “the application of a set of cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that support the cycling of on-farm […]
July 14, 2021
Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long.1
July 7, 2021
As the summer season rolls around and global temperatures begin to increase, the West Coast faces the start of a long drought. This year’s drought is expected to last till […]
July 6, 2021
Image source: Oil is seen leaking from the Japanese-owned bulk carrier, MV Wakashio 13. What is an oil spill? Oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into […]
Sea level rise is an increase in the standard of the world’s oceans consequent to the influence of global warming 2. According to a study published in Nature Communications, by […]
July 5, 2021
Sea turtles are one of the ancient species that lived in the time of the dinosaurs. Sea turtles are the oldest marine turtle was dated back to 120 million years, […]
July 2, 2021
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recorded 819 manatee deaths from January 1, 2021 to June 25, 2021,1 182 more deaths than recorded in total in 2020 (637 […]
