By Alexandra Phelps | Staff Writer A vast variety of greenery exists on Florida International University’s own Modesto A. Maidique campus, and the Garden Club can tell you all about it. As sorghum stalks towered and the air caught a scent of Brazilian pepper, students were given a tour of MMC’s Organic Garden, found just […]
Mariantonia Mejia | Staff Writer As it stands, there is less than two percent of the already endangered Pine Rocklands remaining in South Florida. Miami Wilds put this at risk. For the past 17 years, South Florida residents have been hearing about the plan to build Miami Wilds, a waterpark that would go directly over […]
Gabriela Muse | Contributing Writer Not everyone knows where their food comes from before it hits grocery stores. FIU’s Garden Club gives its members a behind-the-scenes of that process of growing produce. The FIU Garden Club, founded through the Agroecology program under the Department of Health and the Environment, aims to educate members about gardening […]
Carlos Pino/ Staff Writer As bacteria that once gave life to a lonesome rock in this indifferent universe, Our symbiosis gave birth to Earth. Our every breath, our every heartbeat worship our dear Mother Nature, as Nature worships us with her gentle breezes, her quiet rustling, her soft grounds full of more life, her tranquil […]
By: Fabian Osorio / Contributing Writer Coconut Grove resident Maria Brown says that trees such as oaks and palms around her building are becoming less with each development project. “In Coconut Grove there are few protected trees, but developers find loopholes to have even these removed,” said Brown. “There are no intention or incentives for […]
by: Victor Jorges / News Director Oscar Valverde works at the International Center for Tropical Botany at FIU and specializes in the Amazonian rainforest – which is still burning for the third week in a row. This year, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research says they detected over 39,000 fires in the […]
Eduardo Alvarez/ Opinion Director The threat of climate change is only being addressed on the basis of electoral politics, and it’s wrong. The scientific consensus is overwhelming. Humans are offsetting the Earth’s climate. It doesn’t matter if you’re a liberal, conservative, climate alarmist or outright denier. This will affect you. It’s hard to think of […]
Ossman Darwiche/ Staff Writer Climate change is a pretty hot topic in today’s society. While many people know about the phenomenon, most people are tragically unaware of the catastrophic consequences our planet could be facing in a not so distant future if nothing is done in our generation. We know for a fact that Earth […]
Image by -Abhimanyu via Flickr Amid Bennaim | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com While some might automatically relate millennials with hipsters, Facebook and oversized eyeglasses, the truth is that our generation is about so much more. Millennials like to enjoy the simpler things in life as much as any generation before them; with the added benefit that we […]
