On April 26, 2022, SOSGlobal.earth and the MIC teamed up to celebrate the craft of creative activism. Creating Visual Noise Around Climate Change presented an opportunity for young changemakers to create and engage with art. There was an emphasis on the interconnection between nature and visual expression--the ability to find inspiration and meaning in our ambient surroundings provides a foundation for wonderful masterpieces.  County Executive Calvin Ball attended the event, and he...

Climate change has our generation envisioning the loss of vibrant flora and fauna, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and chemicals tainting our atmosphere--perhaps we are overlooking a matter that hits even closer to home: mental health. As we grapple with the imminent fear that our future is quickly fading out of view, it must be recognized that climate change is not only a threat to ecological systems, but a force that obscures individual thoughts...

Inhabiting frosty, arctic regions, the polar bears are accustomed to the biting cold and the white, wintery wonderlands. Yet, with each passing year, their homes are gradually melting away, victim to the clasps of climate change. Seasons are morphing together-- the lines between summer and winter are blurry and hazy, and while their adaptive capacity is relatively high, polar bears' dependence on sea ice places them in an extremely vulnerable position against...