Sierra Sumner

Sierra Sumner is a senior at University of Massachusetts Amherst studying English and Legal Studies. She is a writer with interests spanning numerous topics, including sustainability and travel, consumer impacts, and legal policy. She is also a mentor and editor for other writers at the UMass Writing Center. Sierra is from Massachusetts, California, and Hawaii.

Stories from Sierra Sumner

Corporate Responsibility

'Caste System' at Google Shows What's Wrong with the Gig Economy

Google now hires more temporary and contract employees than full-time workers. Critics say the results show all that is wrong with the gig economy.

Sustainable Living

Lab Created Fish: Innovation That Could Help Save Our Oceans

California-based BlueNalu is working to make lab created fish, or “cellular aquaculture,” a possibility. Could this innovation help save our oceans?

Community Development

Plogging: The Hot (and Environmentally-Friendly) Fitness Trend

Get acquainted with plogging, a new way to inspire your employees, stay physically fit and clean up the local environment.<br />

Boost Sustainability and Community at Your HQ: A Case Study in Permaculture

At the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, permaculture gardens have become an important part campus life—and they could offer companies ideas on new ways to engage employees and the local community.

Facebook has actually lost users the past couple years

Younger Consumers Warn Facebook: Win Back Our Trust

Facebook has actually lost users the past couple years, notably among younger Americans; partly because the company has lost younger consumers' trust.

Sustainable Living

Barbie Done Better: Mattel Launches More Inclusive Dolls

Before the film Crazy Rich Asians (2018), some people didn’t believe a movie with an all-Asian main cast would succeed […]

February 16, 2019