trees

Berkeley represents a vibrant example of an urban ecosystem, functioning with humans as the primary determinant and as a home to introduced species from around the world. While it is easy to lament the loss of local biodiversity, it is important to pay attention to the existing environment which surrounds us every day and to observe how humans have shaped it.

I am a fixer, incapable of accepting the idea that there were things broken past repair. All my life, I have always wondered when the answer to saving the environment will come, but I never considered phrasing the thought as an if.

Where do acorns come from? Do they come from oaks? Acorns are, after all, the “oaknut.” Or do oaks come from acorns?

To begin, we must travel back in time to ancient grease, where people told stories about trees. Stories were called myths. Myths of the Greek nymphs, who were people who lived in trees but were also the trees themselves. Perchance.

We can’t stop time and aging, and we can’t solve climate change in its entirety by ordering a veggie burger, though I wish we could.

Though there was not a decisive sweep of either team, Cal proved dominant against Stanford in two of the three games.

Practically buzzing with out-of-school ebullience on March 14, Maude Latour lit up San Francisco with spirited, summery energy.

Unfortunately for the Bears, their conference closed out with a 0-3 sweep by the Cardinal.

I believed my teacher when she explained how drawing trees could help you find peace in the midst of chaos. I liked that idea.