Syd Lucas was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally thinking that she would be a teacher, she began her freshman year at Baylor University as an elementary education major. However, a class on the social issues in education spurred her to change to Great Texts of the Western Tradition where she would hone her research and writing skills. As a research assistant for a renowned political science professor at Baylor, she began to be interested in public policy on the state level and thus pursued TPPF. She desires to continue to learn and begin a career in public policy.
Worldwide, a child dies every 90 seconds from water-borne illnesses. Yet Americans can turn on faucets and fill glasses with water largely unafraid—and unaware—of the many diseases borne by contaminated water. In February 2021, however, Texans all became aware of the importance of clean water as pipes froze and water treatment plants were without power....
Last week, President Joe Biden announced that climate change is a “code red for humanity,” which will likely exacerbate a very current phenomenon spreading among young people ages 16-25: eco-anxiety. Like some fads, eco-anxiety is trendy, contagious and, in some heartbreaking cases, deadly serious. On this year’s Earth Day, a man named Wynn Bruce set...
As there seems to be a national day for almost everything, including peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, our readers may be wondering, does every national day apply to Life:Powered? Our answer is “probably, yes.” You see, energy affects everything that we do. Without it, I would have probably slept through my alarm, not have had...
As a Georgia peach, with “Peachtree” in my childhood home address, I have been skeptical about Texas’s peaches. So, when we pulled up to Burg’s Corner, the retail site of Jimmy Duecker Orchards, a store right off Highway 290 East, I was planning on disappointment. Founded in 1948, the store was the hub of the...
Summer comes quickly in Texas, with the high approaching 100 degrees in Austin over the weekend. We walk outside, grab the mail, and walk inside to turn the thermostat down a little cooler to combat the warmth of Texas summer. We reach in the freezer for ice to fill our glasses and the refrigerator for...
In Dr. Seuss’ book, “The Lorax”, the “Once-ler” pursues his dreams of getting rich by cutting down trees to make Thneeds, without replanting or replenishing the trees. In so doing he awakens the Lorax, the guardian of the trees. The Lorax tells the Once-ler, “I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for...
Today, people will celebrate Earth Day with “Invest in our Planet” events put on by climate change activists, but there are many people who don’t know such a day exists—and yet they are much better acquainted with investing in the Earth for survival than we are. Boniface, 14, knows the toils of the Earth. A...
As a ballerina from ages 3 to 15, my dream was to dance the part of Odette in “Swan Lake”—perhaps the most coveted character in all of ballet. Although I never publicly performed in “Swan Lake,” my ballet company taught us its choreography, and I will never forget the summer morning we learned the “danse...
Two women, friends and colleagues for many years, have joined together to fight the offshore wind farms that threaten Atlantic Ocean fisheries—and our nation’s food supplies. TPPF represents them in a lawsuit against the federal government. Bonnie Brady tells her story. What they have promised does not—and cannot—exist The first time offshore wind turbines appeared...
Two women, friends and colleagues for many years, have joined together to fight the offshore wind farms that threatened Atlantic fisheries—and our nation’s food supplies. TPPF represents them in a lawsuit against the federal government. Meghan Lapp tells her story. I first became involved with offshore wind even before working at Seafreeze. Prior to my...
“BREAKING: The nation’s largest teachers union has approved a plan to promote critical race theory in all 50 states and 14,000 local school districts. The argument that ‘critical race theory isn’t in K-12 schools’ is officially dead” – Christopher Rufo. Critical race theory has been implicitly taught in schools for years. However, now the National Education...