Category / 2020 / Color / International / Themes
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The EU Green Deal Lacks Eastern Support
The European Union’s Green Deal, which is the product of the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen, has the goal of making all of Europe carbon-neutral by 2050, entailing a net-zero carbon footprint, meaning that carbon emissions and carbon removal combine to equal zero. The Green Deal has another goal: to encourage sustainable development…
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Grey Rainforest, Concrete Jungle
Walking along the dirt footpath, I watched a family of white spotted deer feeding on the leaves of a rosewood tree. A pair of rhesus macaques quietly dart between their toes leaping onto a nearby branch and quickly darting up a neem tree. A trio of Hanuman langurs rests on a pile of hay picking…
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Coloring Outside the Lines
As kids, questions regarding “identity” were an opportunity for my younger sister and I to show off the Indian-Venezuelan-Irish heritage that we knew would prompt further questions from confused friends and only slightly less puzzled adults. Over time, “identity” evolved into something more meaningful; at times a source of insecurity about our appearances, linguistic limitations,…
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What Magenta Tells Us About Political Interpretation
What is a color? If answering pragmatically, one might claim that a color is the wavelength it occupies on the visible spectrum of light. But while this interpretation easily accommodates colors like red and violet, which are perceived respectively at about 700 and 400 nanometers, other colors simply do not appear on the visible light…
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The Return of the Yellow Vests
If the title above sounded more like an 80s action movie, or a squad of superheroes in yet another dystopian universe, it most definitely is a consequence of my flare for dramatization, but you just might want to read on. If the words, however, automatically induced an image of a mob of protesters, donning flashing…
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Coral Bleaching: Loss of Color, Loss of Life
Somewhere in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a yellow fish just emerged behind a bright pink coral. A nearby black-tipped reef shark (with a remora under its belly) chases a school of bright blue fish as a jet-black stonefish hides in the sand below and an orange scorpionfish swims amidst the chaos. Somewhere else though, the…
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Peloton, the Gift that Gives a “Beach Bod”
I don’t remember the first time I rode a Peloton bike, but I was turned. The spunk, energy, and excitement to be a part of this exclusive family was real. Robin Arzòn became my hero, Ally Love became my best friend and DJ John Michael was my shining light. I knew Peloton, an exercise equipment…
