![In the 1950s, the first recorded spikes in global temperatures were recorded, and ever since, Earth has been in the midst of a disastrous climate crisis, as rising temperatures wreak havoc on susceptible regions and destroy animal habitats worldwide. Junior Nidhi Pejathaya helped found West’s Sustainability Council to create a space where students can educate themselves about climate change and do their part to preserve the environment. “When you're going out of your way to recycle [or] reuse your clothes to save water, you're saving people. You're saving adults, you're saving families, you're saving children. You're saving a whole generation. Just because we don't see it doesn't mean it's not happening,” Pejathaya said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/new-editorial-feature-1200x800.jpg)
The green generation
Pathfinder Editorial Board
• April 22, 2024

Worth its weight in blood: The problem with palm oil
Lauren Holcomb, Staff Writer
• October 24, 2023
![For the first time in fashion history, thrift stores have become as essential to the middle class as they are to the impoverished communities they were designed to serve. The potential effects on lower-class communities are worrying. As thrift stores increase prices to meet resellers’ upcharges, the longtime, poorer buyers will be left feeling the effects: thrift store merchandise will not be as accessible or affordable to them. “It’s just going to separate the lower class from [the resources] they [need], and it will separate [the] middle and higher classes. It will make things a lot more difficult,” junior Kristen Skordos said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/OVERCOMSUMPTION-10.png)
Is it worth it?
Lauren Holcomb, Staff Writer
• April 5, 2023

“Sus”-tainable fashion
Pathfinder Editorial Board
• November 28, 2022

Sustainable, attainable: Lifestyle changes for the busy student
Addie Gleason, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• April 8, 2022

Sustainability in Parkway
Sarah Boland, Staff Writer
• March 30, 2022

Parkway becomes the first district in Missouri to win a District Sustainability Award
Addie Gleason, Managing Editor-in-Chief
• May 26, 2020

Compost crisis: food waste practices fail to reach district standards
Addie Gleason and Ulaa Kuziez
• February 26, 2020
![Picking up trash from outside of the cafeteria, junior and co-leader of the club Zoe Rutledge participates in the first Campus Clean Up Day. Environmental Club hosted its first Campus Clean Up Day in September, with the goal of raising awareness about trash left behind by students. “[Sustainability] is important because it’s definitely a more pressing issue than before,” Rutledge said. “It's easier to get a bigger impact if you have an organized group who's dedicated to that. So having this group of students who are all here to work towards bettering our environment, that definitely makes it easier to get stuff done."](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/zoe.jpg)
Students make an impact through Environmental Club
Ulaa Kuziez, News and Sports Editor
• January 9, 2020