{"id":11,"date":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T18:35:32","slug":"content","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Student Stories of Sustainability\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Welcome to Rooted, a collection of USC student narratives on sustainability efforts on and around our campus and throughout their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spotlight \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spotlight\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Repair Is the Point: USC\u2019s Tune-Up Tuesday<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The best part of it all was that it felt normal. Nobody was giving speeches about sustainability or handing out flyers. Just students helping students, asking me to come back next month if anything else broke. Sustainability wasn\u2019t the point of the pop-up. It was the event itself. I rode home that day on a bike I had been about ready to give up on. Repairing your items doesn\u2019t feel like saving the planet, until you realize that\u2019s exactly what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/repair-is-the-point-uscs-tune-up-tuesday\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Read the full story\"  \n>\n    Read the full story \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    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My ceramic Frog Witch Mug refuses to be pigeonholed. It sits on my desk with its grass-green glaze, bulbous eyes fixed in placid contentment, and a removable purple witch\u2019s hat balanced at an absurd angle. By morning, the hat sits by the side so steam can rise from jasmine tea. By afternoon, the hat is jammed onto a highlighter, and the mug holds pens, scissors, and a half-eaten granola bar. It is my only mug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/the-accidental-ecology-of-a-frog-witch-mug\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about The Accidental Ecology of a Frog Witch Mug\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M28,7v7.9h-2.6l0-3.4l-4.3,4.3c-0.3,0.3-0.6,0.4-0.9,0.4s-0.7-0.1-0.9-0.4c-0.5-0.5-0.5-1.3,0-1.9l4.3-4.3h-3.4V7H28z M7,28v-7.9h2.6v3.4l4.3-4.3c0.5-0.5,1.3-0.5,1.9,0c0.5,0.5,0.5,1.3,0,1.9l-4.3,4.3h3.4V28H7z\"\/><\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"collapse\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n   viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n  <\/svg>\n\n              <\/button>\n            <\/div> <!-- .expand-collapse-controls -->\n\n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/article>\n\n                  \n        \n          <article class=\"swiper-slide card\">\n            <div class=\"card-inner\">\n\n                                        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/a-call-to-all-artists-the-planet-needs-you\/\"  aria-label=\"A Call to All Artists: The Planet Needs You!\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/05\/20240326_SDA-Classroom-Visit_SD_6499-768x432.webp\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/05\/20240326_SDA-Classroom-Visit_SD_6499-768x432.webp 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"text-container\">\n                                <h4>\n                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/a-call-to-all-artists-the-planet-needs-you\/\" >\n                    \n                      A Call to All Artists: The Planet Needs You!\n\n                                          <\/a>\n                                      <\/h4>\n              \n              <div class=\"read-more\">\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>On Saturday, February 28th, I stood in the school of cinematic arts for the yearly USC Eco Media Festival. That day, although I was surrounded by a group of people I had never met, it was certain to me that we shared two things in common: a passion for sustainability and an admiration for art. In that room those two passions came together, not only forming a powerful tool that inspired social change amongst us, but also bringing us together as a community. I believe that is the essence of climate activism, and I felt this as soon as the short film screenings began. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/a-call-to-all-artists-the-planet-needs-you\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about A Call to All Artists: The Planet Needs You!\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M28,7v7.9h-2.6l0-3.4l-4.3,4.3c-0.3,0.3-0.6,0.4-0.9,0.4s-0.7-0.1-0.9-0.4c-0.5-0.5-0.5-1.3,0-1.9l4.3-4.3h-3.4V7H28z M7,28v-7.9h2.6v3.4l4.3-4.3c0.5-0.5,1.3-0.5,1.9,0c0.5,0.5,0.5,1.3,0,1.9l-4.3,4.3h3.4V28H7z\"\/><\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"collapse\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n   viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n  <\/svg>\n\n              <\/button>\n            <\/div> <!-- .expand-collapse-controls -->\n\n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/article>\n\n                  \n        \n          <article class=\"swiper-slide card\">\n            <div class=\"card-inner\">\n\n                                        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/watering-seeds-of-resilience-growing-sustainability-in-our-backyards\/\"  aria-label=\"Watering Seeds of Resilience: Growing Sustainability in Our Backyards\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/07\/USC_UCOM_New_NAI_Class_20180908_09-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/07\/USC_UCOM_New_NAI_Class_20180908_09-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/07\/USC_UCOM_New_NAI_Class_20180908_09-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"kids\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"text-container\">\n                                <h4>\n                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/watering-seeds-of-resilience-growing-sustainability-in-our-backyards\/\" >\n                    \n                      Watering Seeds of Resilience: Growing Sustainability in Our Backyards\n\n                                          <\/a>\n                                      <\/h4>\n              \n              <div class=\"read-more\">\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC is university heaven on earth. You walk across brick quads where every leaf seems placed by design and every fountain flows with mechanical precision. Sustainable efforts to reduce waste and preserve the beauty of campus are evident everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>However, as you pass through those iron gates and cross into South Central Los Angeles, the scenery shifts.<\/p>\n<p>The manicured lawns vanish, replaced by the realities of a neighborhood shaped by redlining and systemic neglect. It is a community of lower-middle-class families working to build stable lives while confronting financial insecurity, food insecurity, violence, and long-standing structural disadvantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/watering-seeds-of-resilience-growing-sustainability-in-our-backyards\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about Watering Seeds of Resilience: Growing Sustainability in Our Backyards\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M28,7v7.9h-2.6l0-3.4l-4.3,4.3c-0.3,0.3-0.6,0.4-0.9,0.4s-0.7-0.1-0.9-0.4c-0.5-0.5-0.5-1.3,0-1.9l4.3-4.3h-3.4V7H28z M7,28v-7.9h2.6v3.4l4.3-4.3c0.5-0.5,1.3-0.5,1.9,0c0.5,0.5,0.5,1.3,0,1.9l-4.3,4.3h3.4V28H7z\"\/><\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"collapse\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n   viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n  <\/svg>\n\n              <\/button>\n            <\/div> <!-- .expand-collapse-controls -->\n\n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/article>\n\n                  \n        \n          <article class=\"swiper-slide card\">\n            <div class=\"card-inner\">\n\n                                        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/a-place-that-can-go-quiet\/\"  aria-label=\"A Place That Can Go Quiet\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/05\/USC_WIES_Kelp_Elevator_Seaweed_20180919_01-copy-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/05\/USC_WIES_Kelp_Elevator_Seaweed_20180919_01-copy-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"text-container\">\n                                <h4>\n                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/a-place-that-can-go-quiet\/\" >\n                    \n                      A Place That Can Go Quiet\n\n                                          <\/a>\n                                      <\/h4>\n              \n              <div class=\"read-more\">\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The first thing you notice is the light. Above the surface, the sun is flat and ordinary. But the moment your face goes under, it fractures \u2013 bending and shifting through the water, making everything below look like it exists slightly outside of reality. Then the sound changes. The surface chatter of wind and waves becomes a low hum, and beneath it, you hear life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/08\/23\/a-place-that-can-go-quiet\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about A Place That Can Go Quiet\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" 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I thought I would miss the noise, the chaos of a game day, but instead I found myself feeling quietly content in the gentle rhythm of the ocean. The world was silent around me, and everything felt impossibly still. My limbs relaxed as I adjusted to the crisp, freezing water. I let myself sink deeper into this peaceful abyss. I felt my mind go soft, the constant ticking of tasks and obligations seemingly floating away in the underwater breeze. With my mind unrecognizably quiet, I began exploring the coves and reefs that surrounded the Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/03\/10\/beneath-the-surface-in-catalina\/\n    aria-label=\"Read Story about Beneath the Surface in Catalina\"  \n>\n    Read Story \n  \n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div> <!-- .text-container -->\n\n            <div class=\"expand-collapse-controls\">\n              <button class=\"expand-collapse swiper-no-swiping\" aria-label=\"Expand\/Collapse Description\">\n                <svg class=\"expand\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000000\" d=\"M28,7v7.9h-2.6l0-3.4l-4.3,4.3c-0.3,0.3-0.6,0.4-0.9,0.4s-0.7-0.1-0.9-0.4c-0.5-0.5-0.5-1.3,0-1.9l4.3-4.3h-3.4V7H28z M7,28v-7.9h2.6v3.4l4.3-4.3c0.5-0.5,1.3-0.5,1.9,0c0.5,0.5,0.5,1.3,0,1.9l-4.3,4.3h3.4V28H7z\"\/><\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"collapse\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n   viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n  <\/svg>\n\n              <\/button>\n            <\/div> <!-- .expand-collapse-controls -->\n\n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/article>\n\n                  \n        \n          <article class=\"swiper-slide card\">\n            <div class=\"card-inner\">\n\n                                        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/03\/10\/geodesign-a-better-future\/\"  aria-label=\"Geodesign a Better Future\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/01\/USC_BVD_PreCollege_Summer_20240701_057-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/01\/USC_BVD_PreCollege_Summer_20240701_057-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2026\/01\/USC_BVD_PreCollege_Summer_20240701_057-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"text-container\">\n                                <h4>\n                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/rooted\/2026\/03\/10\/geodesign-a-better-future\/\" >\n                    \n                      Geodesign a Better Future\n\n                                          <\/a>\n                                      <\/h4>\n              \n              <div class=\"read-more\">\n                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>What happens when the solution becomes the problem? In Los Angeles, the Metro rail line system intends to support marginalized communities, but it also threatens to displace those same residents in those homes through gentrification. I had the opportunity to address this paradox through my Geodesign major at the University of Southern California. 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Be it mango, lime, chili, there was always one glistening in mustard oil somewhere on the table. The jar that it came in though, was the real overachiever. Every time the last piece of pickle was scooped out, the jar somehow never found itself in the trash. 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