GEOG/ENVS 600

I have always been used to public transportation as I would go to Bogota pretty often by bus and "trasmilenio" and I used to be picked up by a private van that would pick up about other 10 kids to take us all to school. After moving to the USA I relied heavily in car but since I started attending SFSU I decided to take bart to cut...

Commuting from fremont allows me to save money, time and help the environment

I did a fun one yesterday regarding refrigerants. In the "Industry" section, there's an action called "Find a local climate-friendly supermarket." Remember how refrigerants are one of the very worst contributors of greenhouse gasses? There's an interactive map where you can look at your local grocery stores and see what...

I always take the train to class it is faster, cheaper and environmentally friendly.

I learned from Project Drawdown what a big deal refrigerants are. Here I found there's a map of which grocery stores have switched to climate-friendly refrigerants, which was interesting. And you can sign a petition to get more grocery stores to change. Next, I found instructions on how to "spy" on the refrigerator cases at stores and...