A Dying World By: Ethan Huang
Dew-riddled grass glows in the birth of the sun’s light. Birds sing sweet tunes, calling for each other. Plants face the sun to welcome its presence. We stand here, experiencing an indescribable beauty, one that will inevitably be destroyed by our own hands. If we do not realize our detrimental impact on our Earth, our home will never be the same. Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a research preserve where Stanford Biologists have made many groundbreaking studies, such as Paul Allred’s studies on species collapse. Although Jasper Ridge continues to host more studies, many are on the verge of being discontinued due to a
multitude of issues, such as pollution and global warming. We not only see the future of our education in danger but a place of beauty and safety too. Jasper Ridge is a microcosm of our world, as many of its issues are essentially global. As humans, it is our duty to protect and preserve the Earth if we expect to survive. Many of us do not have the time or energy to be pollution and global issues activists, but we do not have to do so to make a change. Change starts with small actions of preservation in our everyday lives. Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, or JRBP for short, is a private biological preserve built on three main ideas, research, education, and conser-