Chemically enhancing agricultural yields has been a process used in America since the 1930s and spurred an agricultural boom that has led to an unprecedented production of efficiently grown produce. However, this doesn’t come without adverse effects. Soil leaching,...
“99.9% effective at killing illness-causing germs and bacteria”. But at what cost? Surely many of us have had this revolutionary slogan embedded into our subconscious-posted with its gimmicky font and bright red color- on every Lysol disinfectant spray can there is....
Naomi Davis is a student at the University of Central Florida, studying social work. She is one of Ecolink’s six $500 scholarship recipients. We wanted to get to know a bit more about Naomi and her winning essay, so we asked. Here is what we learned about Naomi: Naomi...
Getting to Know Sydney Manns Sydney Manns is a student at the University of Central Florida, studying English – Technical Communication with minors in Spanish and Hospitality Management. She is one of two of Ecolink’s one-thousand-dollar scholarship recipients. We...
We touch chemicals every time we go to the store—the cleaning wipes for the cart, the plastic packaging of foods, the grocery bags…but what about the receipt? While the smudged black residue that a receipt’s ink often leaves on your fingers may not be the most obvious...
I was fortunate to grow up around water and attend college just minutes away from the James, a river flowing down from the Appalachian Mountains and emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. I’ve lived in the Chesapeake River Basin my whole life, as do more than 18 million...
