By: Ilana Cohen & Rachel Lee

PHOTOS BY ERIK MCGREGOR

On Saturday, July 21st, thousands of students, adult allies, and organizations across the globe marched and rallied to demand that our lawmakers act on climate change. Here in NYC, 300 …

While taking an environmental politics course the second semester of our senior year in high school, we quickly realized what is so often omitted from the rhetoric we hear about climate change: it’s not just an issue that affects our …

#5 – April/May, 2018

The first week of April was spring break for my school, and my family and I went out west to experience some of the beautiful places there, quite different from New York. We hiked through Zion …

Climate Change in My Eyes 
by Sonia Zinkin-Meyers

#4 – March, 2018

On February 14th, a 19 year old former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida broke in and started shooting. 17 people at the school …

#3 Fear – February, 2018

One thing I’ve learned from my experience with learning about and speaking about climate change is how to cope with fear. When I started doing research about climate change, I learned how devastating its effects …

Climate Education – January 2018

Climate change is a problem right now, and it will only get worse. My generation will be dealing with effects of climate change more than any previous generation. That is why activism is so important …

#1 Introduction – December 2017

My name is Sonia Zinkin-Meyers, and I’m twelve years old. I’ll be the writer of this column, along with some of my schoolmates and friends. My column will be focusing on how those with less …