Bruins For the Future

I decided to join this ecochallenge because I want to do my part to save what's left of the environment. Through my experiences this quarter, I have learned about the importance of environmental education, especially for kids. All of my research on this topic reminds me of just how important it is to uplift the youth and how much of an impact...

The environmental issue that scares me the most is the buildup of plastic waste. Seeing how much single-use plastic ends up in landfills, oceans, and even in the food chain is deeply unsettling. What’s most frightening is how long plastic takes to break down, while continuing to harm wildlife and ecosystems in the meantime. Even efforts like...

Recently, I went out to eat with my girlfriend at a restaurant called Blueys. It was clear to me that Blueys was a climate conscious restaurant, but what stuck out to me the most were their straws. While I strive to only use more eco friendly straws made of paper, they tend to become soggy and collapse quickly, making it difficult to enjoy a...

After completing my own plastics audit, I found that I use the most plastic when buying groceries, where most things, whether vegetables, convenience foods, snacks, or cleaning supplies, come packaged in plastic containers or wraps. The easiest actions that I have already been doing to reduce my own plastic consumption is to use my own Hydro...

Today, I spent 30 minutes researching alternative transportation solutions, specifically regarding electric cars since my family has two of them. I wanted to see if they were truly as environmentally friendly as I previously perceived them to be. And indeed, according to Project Drawdown, if we increased the number of electric cars on the road...

I visited the Marina del Rey harbor as my coastal site. Although it's not a coast in the traditional sense, there was still a lot of aquatic life to observe. Two things stuck out to me while out in the harbor on a kayak. The first was the number of sea lions that were swimming around in the water, and the second was how visibly polluted the...

We always hear to eat your fruits and vegetables. Recently, I have been trying to add more fruits and vegetables into my diet. It is easier for me when I am home, and definitely a lot easier when I am at my grandmas house because we go down to the garden and grab any fruit of vegetable we feel like eating. Eating more plant based foods means...

Whenever I am home, I try to work in my grandma's garden with her. She has been into gardening for years, as my grandpa had a PhD in agriculture and was a professor on this topic out of a book he wrote himself on the topic. My grandma loves educating her grandchildren on agriculture and how to take care of a plant or a tree and overall finds so...

I made spam musubi with some of my fellow club members (Active Minds), and it turned out SO GOOD - better than in the restaurants I have bought it at. I saved a leftover pack of seaweed and a can of spam for shaping the spam musubis to make it again.

Although I have my car here at school, I have been making a conscious effort to walk to places where possible and "use muscle power" rather than taking the car out of convenience. For example, this weekend, my friend and I wanted to get coffee and visit the grocery store. Normally, I'd suggest we just drive there to save time, but...