By Louis Grelot, GSS film critic PARIS — "An Inconvenient Truth" is an Academy Award-winning documentary released in 2006. Technically, it is a recording of a presentation by Al Gore, who lost the U.S. presidential election to George Bush in 2000.…
PARIS — For months now, the ASPire journalism program at the American School of Paris has been planning to cover COP21 for Global Student Square, an international student journalism network. The opportunity to cover COP21 and possibly see world leaders in action, such…
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…
By Jack Campbell, GSS correspondent PARIS — Social media can give you a TMI headache — too much information and sometimes confusing and conflicting information as well. But many handles, hashtags, pages and photo and video streams have a purpose. Social…
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…
Le Bourget, PARIS — What the next generation can do to cool a warming planet was the focus of today's "Youth and Future Generations" day at the COP21 climate change summit in Paris. Dragon parades, bicycle-powered battery charging stations and art…
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — The Conference of Youth ended Saturday with new ideas, hope, and renewed commitment to taking action against climate change. An estimated 5,000 participants from around the world — a global outpouring that included students from Columbia, Egypt,…
Video, tweet and photo by Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — Earth Guardians is a self-described "tribe" of artists, activists and musicians advocating for environmental sustainability and climate change action. Guardians Jasmina Sikora and Jaiia Cerff gave an hour-long rap concert…
Reported by Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent Visualize Bali, and chances are you think of a serene, pristine environmental paradise. But students at Green School in Bali, Indonesia, came to the Conference of Youth today in Paris determined to tell a…