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Veggie Tales

Plant-based diets increase in popularity

Adele Fratesi , Managing Editor • October 6, 2021

Walking through the meat and dairy aisles of the grocery store, the increased presence of alternatives to traditional animal products is undeniable. Multiple brands of almond and oat milk often occupy...

Too dry, too fast

Impacts of California drought increase in Bay Area

Amelia Froyd-Kamrath, Senior Reporter • August 23, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE Lake Oroville, the second largest reservoir in California, is currently at 23 percent capacity, the lowest it’s ever been in 44 years. Seven out of nine Bay Area counties have at least...

Ecology club plans week of challenges

Activities starting April 19 to celebrate Earth Day

Darcy Jubb, Senior Reporter • April 15, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE Eco Friends club is hosting a week of environment related challenges beginning April 19 in honor of Earth Day on April 22. Grade levels can earn points by participating and sharing photos...

Thrifting gets shifty

Buying secondhand poses moral issues

Tabitha Parent, Managing Editor • March 30, 2021

Walk down Haight Street and you’re bound to see gaggles of teenage girls holding bags stuffed with $5 or less items from Goodwill or Buffalo Exchange. While there is no denying that buying secondhand...

Looking globally: Don’t let the smoke blind you

Charlotte Ehrlich, Editor-in-Chief • September 25, 2020

It’s one thing to sit in your room in September of your senior year seeing your friends and teachers through your computer screen — we’ve gotten used to that now. But it’s another to glance outside...

Visiting with VR

Colleges establish new online college search forums

Mackenna Moslander and Tala El Qadah • September 24, 2020

While college tours no longer include strolls around the campus and in-person discussions with student ambassadors, prospective students and parents to consider schools virtually. With over 5,000 universities...

The show must go on

Stage crew designs virtual sets for Fall Play

Alina Kushner, Senior Reporter • September 24, 2020

The fall play will address climate change and environmental issues through a set of monologues and with specially-built virtual sets. The drama program is partnering with environment groups such as...

Watch out Earth, holidays are coming

Travel, waste put strain on environment

Gray Timberlake, Editor-in-Chief • December 12, 2019

While giving gifts is on almost everyone’s mind this time of year, the environmental impact of waste over the holidays often gets neglected. Americans throw away 25% more waste between Thanksgiving...

Art students reflect on interconnectivity

Madeline Thiara, Senior Reporter • November 4, 2019

Art Foundation II students are working on a project titled “The Line that Binds Us” as their first project of the year that involves the use of materials rather than research. The project is based...

Individual impact matters

Small changes make a difference

Gabriella Vulakh, Editor-in-Chief • October 7, 2019

The Global Climate Strikes two weeks ago helped many individuals realize that they can participate in promoting environmental issues at the local level and individually take action to reduce their carbon...

Project Green Challenge offered to community

Alina Kushner , Reporter • September 26, 2019

Convent students had the opportunity to sign up for the Project Green Challenge today during Collaboration and lunch as a way to help the environment. Participants in the project in the project receive...

Biodegradable signs created, hung for Earth Day

Madeline Thiara, Reporter • April 27, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Biodegradable signs illustrated with fish stuck in single-use plastic bottles are hanging in front of the Flood Mansion and on the corner of Broadway and Fillmore Streets in celebration of...

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