
ENGAGE • ENLIGHTEN • INFORM
The Unspoken Side Effect of COVID-19
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the planet and human civilization have been nothing short of astonishing. Various global changes have occurred or have been exacerbated by the ways in which each nation dealt with the pandemic.
By Sohum Tripathi
Humans vs. Nature: A Short Story

By Yaseen Alam
SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE
100 Seconds to Midnight:
The Billion Dollar Escape to Mars

As the earth burns, billionaires are funneling billions of dollars into private spaceflight and are spending at least $50,000 to travel outside our planet. Are they simply selfish, or the smartest guys in the room?
By Paige Farber
Time to Change Your Calendar to Anthropocene

By Sohum Tripathi
The Future of Progress: A Concern for the Present
Consequences of climate change have been framed as eventualities, giving those in power a comfort zone of inaction. Our generation does not have this privilege.
By Lucienne Bacon and Lucas Kopinski


Does Human Progress Mean
Earth's Destruction?
Paige Farber
THE EDITORS' POINT OF VIEW
As Co-Editors of The Network, we are excited to share with you our summer issue.
Each issue we create focuses on a theme developed from current events. We want to inform our readers about relevant events, provoke them to think, and move them to act. In February 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of the United Nations
responsible for studying human-induced climate change, released its Sixth Assessment Report. It states that the climate change solutions in most countries are not effective and are not being implemented fast enough to make a difference. These alarming facts moved us to ask the question “Does Human Progress Mean Earth’s Destruction?”