Awareness

This past Sunday, November 2, 2014, the 43rd TCS New York City Marathon took place. While the first New York City Marathon in 1970 was held entirely in Central Park with only 55 finishers, today the race stretches 26.2 miles…Read More

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we here at Eco18 decided to take part in this campaign to help increase awareness. We each took a moment to ourselves to reflect on what breast cancer means to each one of…Read More

Cell phones have transformed from a luxury into a necessity for the people of today’s generation. Children are starting to use cell phones at increasingly younger ages and more adults are upgrading their flip phones to smartphones and encouraging their…Read More

Confusion began surfacing on social networks two weeks ago as newsfeeds were flooded with videos of people dumping ice water on their heads. Everyone questioned the purpose of this strange trend, but now it is well known that this viral…Read More

We all need iron in our diets. Whether it’s from red meat, leafy greens, or specifically made iron enriched granola bars-we have to get it somehow. There are a ton of individuals out there that suffer from iron deficiencies, but…Read More

Sure, it might be exhilarating to treasure hunt discounted Coach bags at the outlet mall – or snag a coveted patterned frock from the latest fast-fashion collab at Target. But here’s something even more satisfying: Stocking your wardrobe with a…Read More

Rhinos are big, beautiful creators that are some of the oldest land mammals in the world. There are two species of rhino in Africa – the white rhino which resides mostly in South Africa and the black rhino which lives…Read More

The Amazon Rainforest can help reduce climate change and global warming as long as it continues to keep sucking up carbon from our atmosphere. The Amazon is over 1.4 billion acres of dense forest, considered about half of the planet’s…Read More

We see these natural disasters happening back to back around the globe, devastating earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes, yet a majority of the public still doesn’t take climate change as a serious issue that needs to be addressed. According to a…Read More

This past winter has seen some dramatic and record-breaking weather—artic chills and record snowfalls on the east coast and drought conditions on the west coast. The unprecedented drought is extensive, reaching from north to south across parts of 11 counties…Read More