FLEET: TAKING OFF EDITION I

FLEET Magazine

TAKING

Our first edition: who we are, and how climate change is affecting Californiaoff

CONTENTS

september 2022

Meet Your Editors

Get to know the faces behind FLEET Magazine

Climate Change

Climate change is transforming California's land and sea

Get Involved

Join our team; we are submission based and open to all contributions!

R I T I N

FLEET Magazine is a literary magazine, fostering a community to uplift local talent and recognize the adversities of Californian youth. Our monthly digital publication aims to create, inspire, and amplify the voices of our generation.

Erin Yoon is a high school senior in Southern California. She is an editor for her high school Yearbook and focuses on writing and online design. She created FLEET Magazine with Nadia after finding her passion for interviewing others. Her goal is to uplift voices and educate youth on social issues. Erin hopes this magazine will help create a generation more involved in their community.

WHO ARE WE?

Nadia Razzaq

Nadia Razzaq is a high school senior in Southern California. She is passionate about writing and photography, evident in her work as Web Editor in Chief for her school publication FLEET Magazine is a passion project developed by Nadia and Erin that she hopes to see flourish. Her primary goal is to reach a diverse audience and to involve anyone willing to contribute. Through the magazine, Nadia believes that we can inspire change and spread awareness to our youth.

Erin Yoon

To publish a monthly edition

To add to the conversation

To inspire change

To share as many voices as possible

To print a final edition in May

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

Nadia Razzaq

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Foliage fleets as giants rip at the skies grasping, gasping, choking back on embers A desolate forest runs on for miles in search of Solace Eternal Longing is Eternally Silenced in ignorance

COMMUNITY VOICES ON

CLIMATE CHANGE

How can students become advocates for climate change awareness?

“Do your research first; see what an agenda of a city council looks like, watch a couple of videos on Youtube about etiquette, even step in on a city council meeting to see how it really functions. The city council wants to see our youth getting involved… frankly, we don’t have enough people. Your voice is one of the most underrated privileges in our system. We take it for granted ” Kenneth Pilco, Local Environmentalist

What do you believe to be the solution to climate change?

“It is a very multi tiered approach we’d have to take It comes down to how do we hold industries accountable. How do we hold different folks accountable? How do we, as legislators, make sure that we ’ re legislating in a way that we are actually forward thinking?” Dr Priya Bhat Patel, Carlsbad City Councilwoman

What is your perspective on climate change?

“It’s real, we’ll start there. I know some people do not believe in climate change and I don’t know how that’s possible because we have science and data For many of us, we can understand that we ’ ve seen water shortages and droughts, ingrained in us as Carlsbad kids… the biggest thing you can know is that it’s real and learn what you can do to combat it. We have been.”

Zoe Goldstein, Former C3 Club President (C3 Club is a local cleanup organization in Carlsbad).

BLOOMING ACTIVISTS

CALIFORNIA STUDENTS ACT AMIDST CLIMATE CRISIS

Erin Yoon, Co-Founder and Head Editor

For years, scientists have warned about the dangers of climate change and the consequences for humanity.

The Public Policy Institute of California, otherwise known as PPIC, released a statement in January 2020, claiming that Californians can expect sea levels to rise by “2 to 7 feet,” and a higher frequency of “ extreme events such as droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and floods”, and, obviously, higher temperatures (Public Policy Institute of California).

As of September 2022, the effects are already setting in; just this September, the state underwent a heat wave to the point where California’s ISO (the state’s electrical power system operator) declared a Stage 3 emergency (California ISO).

With climate change becoming a part of everyday life, Californian students have begun to take matters into their own hands. High school senior Davian Rangel is one such example.

“What I do is minimize my plastic waste with reusable containers, bags, and water bottles. I also have a home garden and started a gardening club at school for more environmental awareness, ” Rangel said.

High school clubs are one method of raising awareness among youth. Another Californian youth involved in the conversation is senior Evelyn Parra. Through this club, Parra has learned how to take part in the climate change discussion regardless of her age.

“My family and I try to use reusable materials I have also participated in different conferences to talk about environmental issues. Additionally, this summer I was able to teach elementary students how to recycle,” Parra said.

Senior and vice president of a high school environmental club, Kimrut Kaur, had a different take on how youth should tackle the environmental crisis: we must demand change from the government.

“I think the most important thing youth can do right now is educate themselves and others about climate change. Real long lasting change can only occur with governments around the world working together to make laws to control what big corporations can do in order to make sure they don’t make decisions that harm the environment,” Kaur said.

Kaur holds the belief that climate change is greatly exacerbated by unregulated in terms of pollution companies. The facts agree with her.

Geographer Richard Heede compiled peer reviewed research that proves only 90 corporations are to blame for almost two thirds of anthropogenic carbon emissions (Science). Kaur’s aspirations for the future are bright, nonetheless.

“So my hope would be that as our generation grows up and takes notice of our environmental situation, we can influence the government to make the changes necessary to help slow down or stop climate change,” Kaur said

Despite the necessity for governmental action, Rangel finds that youth can still take many measures to fight climate change, no matter how small the deed may be.

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SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP MEDITATION GARDENS

Nadia Razzaq

THE TIDE IS HIGH

Nadia Razzaq, Co Founder and Head Editor

Californian culture is composed of endless hours spent at the beach, day in and day out. The ocean ’ s limitless activities draw in crowds of locals and visitors, typically for surfing.

Catching a wave has become easier amidst unpredictable weather hitting the Pacific coast, evident in September’s Hurricane Kay that interrupted San Diego’s ordinarily clear conditions. This aspect of California’s climate crisis leaves some wondering if big wave surfing a side effect of drastic climate conditions is something to revel in or reason to be concerned.

Surfer Curren Brown finds a silver lining in how climate change may transform the local surf scene.

“Actually, for Southern California, climate change will be great for surfing by bringing warmer water and large and more powerful waves despite the obvious consequences of global warming like sea level rise and erosion,” Brown said. “One thing I noticed in the water is that the kelp forest that normally exists only a few hundred feet offshore at Tamarack Beach has disappeared because the water temperature in the winter no longer gets cold enough for the kelp ”

Greenhouse gas emissions worry researchers; more emission creates more vapor, equivalent to more rain that infests our waters. The New York Times reports that by 2072, California will have 1.9 inches of rain an hour if emissions continue at their current rate.

Surfers are advised to stay out of the water after rain, and for good reason. Sewage and urban pollution can make their way into the water more easily, destroying coastline health and harboring infections up to 72 hours after. A predicted increase in rainfall and turbulent storms during wintertime in California infamously known as the “California Megastorm” may compromise safe water conditions (The New York Times).

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Variety in oceanic conditions around the world draws a big question mark next to any consistent statement regarding surf and climate, yet, a cause and effect relationship between the two is undeniable. Since 1973, San Diego’s sea surface temperature has been on the rise by 0.6 °F per decade (California Office of Environmental Health Hazard). Simultaneously, tides are rising and beachside cliffs are receding

Wave power is predicted to rise within the century between 32% to 122% (Washington Post). Waves may grow in height anywhere between 16% to 48%.

In the long term, a rise in coastal temperatures implies a decline in the atmosphere, marine ecosystems, and water conditions. Carlsbad City Councilwoman Dr. Priya Bhat Patel recognizes the importance of taking action in a timely manner.

“It’s so urgent and incumbent on us to make sure we ’ re doing everything possible with the sea level rise,” Bhat Patel said. “We might see parts of our community impacted, whether that's erosion of areas of residential properties or just roads and infrastructure. Ensuring that future generations like my kid, making sure that as we go forward we ’ re doing everything possible to ensure he can live in a community that we ’ ve been able to enjoy the natural wonders of. Those things might slowly but surely not exist if we don’t take care of it.”

Canvasser for U.S. Congressman Mike Levin, Augustin Dao, has felt the drastic shift in California’s climate while on the campaign trail

“This week I went door to door in both extreme heat and tropical storm just to get people to care, ” Dao said. “We’re fighting for everything from protecting our coasts from off shore drilling to just keeping our utilities running in unprecedented drought and heat, and that’s just the fight for today.”

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CLIMATE CHANGE

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"The Wheel of California weather"

ALESSANDRA KAHATT-AGUILAR STUDENT ARTIST

"I was inspired by my conversations with my friends about the weather, because we always talk about how it feels almost randomized. I feel like Southern California is stereotyped to have really nice weather but sometimes it can get pretty cold or reeeaaallllyy hot, or sometimes both in a single week, so I thought it made sense to visualize it like a roulette wheel."

"Medium rare please"

DIANA SALAZAR

STUDENT ARTIST

"Humor is usually a way to soften the approach of a potentially controversial topic, in making the piece more childish it might not only get a laugh but also spark thoughts of the issue. Climate change is affecting our world and small changes we start to do right now will collectively make a difference in our future."

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