Aria's blog

 Environmental and health impacts I read a very informative article called Pollution (nationalgeographic.org) while reading this article I have learned so much about health impacts and how the environment is changing. I have never been someone who really cared about what I put in the trash and recycling bin. As I am getting older, I can see how much the world is changing and how people's health is getting worse due to the environment. I have always wondered, why is it important to recycle. What does it do?  let's start with why we should recycle. Recycling helps keep the environment clean and healthy, and it also reduces the amount of waste that is produced throughout the environment. I get it, recycling can be tricky with all the different kinds of materials, so let's try and simplify it. A lot of trash cans today have labels or colors on them that indicate what materials go in that bin. The materials also have numbers on them that tell you how they can be recycled. Belie...

 Ever since I was little, my grandparents would take me and my sister on vacations. One year we went to this beautiful beach and from that moment it became our summer trip. We go to Virginia Beach every other summer so we could explore more of the world. This year we will not be going. instead, we will be going to Arizona. Virginia Beach has a very special meaning to me and my sister. The water is always like bath water; the waves are so fun to ride. You meet so many people there and form so many little bonds.  Throughout the little streets off the strip, fun little performances leave you on your toes. My favorite shop to go into is the Boba tea place. OMG, IT'S SO GOOD.    This picture was taken from the balcony of the hotel my family and I always stay at. It is in the dead center of the whole strip and has an amazing Mexican restaurant built inside.   I took this picture on the boardwalk in Virginia Beach. At night, the boardwalk is full of people fishing...