By Jonah Zigman, GSS correspondent PARIS — I'm an Oregonian, and I’m proud. Until I moved to Paris last year, I'd never lived anywhere I remember other than Portland. Oregon is a pretty quiet state that is known for a few things:…
By Irene Kim, GSS correspondent SONGDO, South Korea — China’s recent report criticizing its own air quality was no news to South Koreans, who found themselves suffering earlier this year from a problem that typically occurs in early spring — the…
Le Bourget, PARIS — Students from Green School in Bali, Indonesia, staged a flash mob performance to highlight the fires burning in Borneo, which have resulted from slash-and-burn land clearing techniques by palm oil producers. Indonesia has the world's largest flora and…
As the world gathers for the COP21 climate change conference in France, students at the American School of Paris gathered on campus to express hopes for peace in the wake of terror attacks that hit their city on Nov. 13.…
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — Asher Jay's Twitter profile @AsherJayNYC defines her goal and her process — "Asher Jay creates to comment, conserve and contribute" as "a designer, artist, writer and activist" through art, design installations, film, and advertising. But…
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — [Editor's note: GSS news editor Bethany Ao is attending COY11 in Paris, where she met Diana Ríos, a leader of the Asheninka people in Peru. In September 2014, four activists in Pullcalpa, in Peru’s…
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — It's like the old joke: How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Or bring energy and light to places where there is none? A nonprofit group called Liter of Light is offering an…
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — In the wake of terrorist attacks in this city less than two weeks ago that stunned the world and threatened to sideline a long-awaited summit on the environment, some 5,000 young people descended today on…
By Jack Hennessy, GSS correspondent STANFORD, California — As the world continues to mourn for Paris in the wake of last Friday’s terror attacks, students at a vigil held at Stanford University on Sunday questioned why the show of solidarity did not extend…
By Lea Blix and Nicholas Abraham, GSS Correspondents REDWOOD CITY, California — As you’re reading this, a child in the United States could be dying from a gunshot. There have been over 300 mass shootings so far in 2015, 45 of…