Moana Addresses Environmental Issues

I watched the movie Moana recently. It is a cute movie. The color and landscape in the movie is wonderful. How clear the water is! I was not born beside the sea. Even when I went to the seaside, I still could not see the sea in the movie. It is a wonderland I want…

When Climate Change Meets Mental Health

Climate change. There’s no secret that there are ALOT of sides to that story; but I’m about to tell you a very crucial one and it’s the impact that climate change has on mental health. Climate change is thought to be the “stable changes in the meteorological parameters like precipitation and temperature over a period…

Urban Gardens

Vacant lots, old tires, wooden boxes are not the typical images that come to mind when visualizing gardens or small farms. But those are precisely what is being used in local areas of Pittsburgh for gardens. Carrots, tomatoes, beets, berries, and corn are just a few of the beautiful crops popping up around Pittsburgh in…

Science 2.0

There are many unanswered questions.  There are many curious people.  What if I told you there’s a connection between these two that may solve many large problems?  Bonney says “We can employ citizens to gather data that we cannot get any other way”. Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing, or Participatory Science is becoming a common practice in scientific…