Asheville High School Spring 2024!

If your house is more energy efficient you won't be putting an insane amount of carbon emissions and your power bill would be less and your home would be overall more sustainable.

Family planning is a very important topic centered around accidental birth and pregnancies. Family planning helps individuals in a financially unstable scenario to use protection and birth control so they don't have to struggle to pay for an abortion or avoid an unwanted pregnancy. Not using family planning is a cause for poverty death and...

I learned that refrigerants can cause a burning in our ozone layer, which can expose us to harmful UV rays and cause global warming. Supermarkets use many refrigerants, which is contributing to a lot of the HFC exposure.

Often times stores will label products with a specific date, but more often than not that date is not a safety date, and is for the store’s benefit.

I learned that refrigerants contain CFCs that harm the environment and are a big cause of greenhouse gases. Supermarkets contribute because they use refrigerants like HFCs in their cooling systems which can leak and are potent greenhouse gasses that contribute to climate change.

To after school sports we are able to carpool but we have been doing that anyways. Driving to and from school with people in your neighborhood or on the way is another good idea.

I think that having side walks added to our street would be helpful because it would be more safe. I really enjoy going on walks because now it is getting warm so the breeze and sun feels so good and refreshing. I have noticed that a lot of other houses in our neighborhood are getting renewed. Last year I always did this walk when it was warm...

I learned that refrigerants have a massive impact on the climate. They do this because when they are released they damage the ozone layer. This occurs when UV rays hit it and break it into smaller pieces (chlorine). These smaller pieces then break down the ozone layer. Supermarkets contribute to breaking down the ozone layer by releasing deadly...

instead of using my big light to do my skincare i got a led light mirror with little led light bulbs attached to it. instead of using a plug in ring light.

It is a lot more tiring and takes a lot longer. I biked over to my friends house and it took so much longer and then when I had to leave it was dark out and my mom didn't want me out alone so she picked me up. But once I arrived I felt like I helped out the environment but I only saved 10 minutes in the car.