Author Archives: Elias Markee-Ratner


Elias Markee-Ratner

Elias Markee-Ratner is an eighth grade student at the Little Red School House and Elizabeth Irwin High School in New York City. His social justice topic is marine pollution. This topic is of critical importance to communities and ecosystems across the world. As someone who cares about the environment and lives in a coastal city, he feels that this human and environmental rights issue is of extreme importance in an era of ever-increasing and unsustainable pollution.

Meeting With Keanu Arpels-Josiah, Climate Activist and LREI High School Senior

On Friday, my group (along with the climate change group) got the opportunity to speak to Keanu, a high schooler at LREI who is heavily invo [...]

Exploring the Deep Ocean: Puffins, Plastic, and People

While the ocean may seem like an inhospitable place for avian life, the truth is that over 300 species of birds call it home. For them, endi [...]

Visiting the Governing Body of the World

The United Nations is definitely an amazing place to visit: it's crazy to know that just about every world leader we hear about in the news [...]
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