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Oct 21, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
With the outdoors we can bring learning back to life. When we truly prioritize education, we can overcome the world’s greatest challenges and seize its most exciting opportunities. October 21, 2024 This article was originally published in the Outdoors print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands on September 23, 2024. It has not been updated and some information may be out of date. Education is highly beneficial for individuals and societies.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
This article was originally published in the Welcome Home print issue of The Daily Utah Chronicle, originally in stands on August 25, 2024. It has not been updated and some information may be out of date. When unnecessary artificial lights fill the night sky, humans, wildlife and the environment suffer. Light pollution threatens us all. Utah has one of the globally. However, light pollution will only become more damaging as Utah’s population and tourism grow.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
Secondhand stores were originally to alleviate poverty and help low-income individuals afford low-priced clothes, furniture, toys and . Today’s cost of living is significantly higher than previous generations, making affordable options provided by thrift stores especially crucial. Unfortunately, recent thrift store price increases are making secondhand buying unaffordable for low-income individuals who need them most.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
Agriculture is one of the to climate change. Yet, we cannot live without it. Livestock agriculture alone contributes between 10% to 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture uses 70% to 85% of total human water consumption and drives almost 90% of deforestation. are widespread and exacerbate this planetary damage. We must make agriculture sustainable. As populations rise, this becomes increasingly dire.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
Microplastics are worldwide. Whether chipped off larger plastic objects, or made deliberately into items like glitter, they put human and environmental health. Plastic-associated industries use deceptive tactics that prevent plastic and microplastic mitigation. These industries must start reducing plastic production. The government fails to keep these industries in check and exacerbates plastic dangers by permitting unsafe chemicals in plastics.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
Imagine a healthy, socially connected, pollution-free and safe society. brings us closer to this reality. Passenger rail is an often overlooked form of public transportation. We must invest in it to meet our public transportation needs. The 2021 federal infrastructure law allocated $66 billion nationally for railways. This presents us with a rare opportunity to improve passenger rail substantially. But Utah is not prepared to take advantage of these funds.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
Native bees are the hearts of our ecosystems. They are vital in pollination ecosystem support and human health. And if we love wildflowers, we have to love native bees. In this age of alarming bee population declines, protecting native bees is more important than ever. It may come as a surprise that honey bees can cause more environmental than good. As a species, honey bees put delicate native bees at risk. Honey beekeepers can request permits to place their honey bee hives on public lands.
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May 28, 2024 | 
dailyutahchronicle.com | Emma Smith
Recent U.S. K-12 math and reading score deterioration, college enrollment declines and are concerning. It is more important than ever that we encourage education for all Americans. These failures coupled with state governments’ in education are disappointing. The sour truth is that our current system does not value education enough. The government must play its part in invigorating U.S. education.
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Jan 21, 2024 | 
tes.com | Emma Smith
Schools have been attempting to close the GCSE attainment gap between boys and girls for a long time. In my own secondary school, we have been focused on for a number of years, and although we have made progress in some subjects, in others it’s been harder. This raises an important point: subject-specific knowledge and pedagogy have to be applied alongside broader pedagogy if we hope to tackle gender differences in attainment.
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Jul 23, 2023 | 
globalaffairs.org | Emma Smith
About This EventFar removed from the days of Cold War “duck and cover” drills, are young Americans on the same page as their elders when it comes to nuclear weapons? To find out, the Council partnered with the Carnegie Corporation of New York to conduct a benchmark survey that gauges American awareness of nuclear issues across generational lines. Join our panel of experts on the livestream as they dig into the data and weigh in on how to better engage the broader US public on nuclear policy.
