Earth Day is even more relevant during a pandemic
Moments of universal crisis bring our world as it is into sharp focus, and also show us what it could be. Though celebrities have been gleefully taking to social media to declare themselves fellow victims of the Coronavirus along with us common folk, this pandemic has been far from a...
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Locust swarms: climate change’s terrifying new trick
A locust invasion is currently devastating the crops of one of the world’s most impoverished regions. Climate change has given us many fun new experiences. First, it gave us rising sea levels, making regions uninhabitable. Then it increased wildfires in disaster prone regions, making them uninhabitable. Then it increased...
The documentary exposing the beauty industry’s dark side
Beauty Laid Bare is the new documentary revealing the ugly truth about the cosmetics industry, making us all seriously rethink our makeup habits. They may be young, but Gen Z is changing the world with their activism. Once again leading the call for transformative and urgent change, Zers have turned...
How easy is it to convert to veganism in 2020?
A new study has found that while veganism is now widely accepted as the ethically superior lifestyle, many people still find it difficult to convert. Could things be changing soon? It’s not easy to get away from meat. Every supermarket is stocked up to the ceiling with burger patties, sausages, cuts...
Understanding the scope of Australia’s wildfires
Australia’s wildfires may not be circulating in mainstream headlines now, but the ramifications of last year’s catastrophe are staggering and will take years to recover from. The giant, sweeping fires that spread across Australia in 2019 have finally been extinguished, over 240 days after they first began. While we’re...
Company responsible for Amazonian deforestation to launch meat-free burger
There’s a new plant-based burger in meat-free town, but we have reason to doubt the ethics of the company producing it. Cargill Inc is fitting to challenge Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods with new plant-based meat alternatives, which it hopes to be offering to retailers by April. Cargill is America’s largest...
A rental fashion revolution is tackling the industry’s sustainability problem
Renting an outfit is fast becoming the answer to tackling the fashion industry’s sustainability problem, offering an environmentally friendly way to dress amidst the current climate crisis. We’re all very much aware that sustainable fashion is on the rise. In the last decade, the industry has embarked upon a massively progressive period of change, ditching traditional production methods in favour of cruelty-free and eco-friendly alternatives. But you knew that already didn’t...
Coke and Pepsi among corporations being sued for lying about plastic pollution
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, and Procter and Gamble are some of the corporations targeted by a new environmental lawsuit. It’s likely that at some point in 2019 you saw the cloying ads by the Coca-Cola company littering buses and tube stations which declare the beverage conglomerate is ‘investing in new technologies to recycle in unrecyclable’. Like many companies today, Coca-Cola is trying to get on top of the outcry against climate change...
Greta Thunberg to launch docu-series on Climate Change
Gen Z icon and eco warrior Greta Thunberg is bringing her ‘international crusade’ to save the climate to the medium of TV, with her own upcoming BBC docu-series. At the tender age of just 17 Greta Thunberg has already become one of the most recognisable faces across the globe. And is about to become even more so. The Stockholm born teen has singlehandedly organised mass school strikes, has rightly earned a...
Court Rules to kill landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a case that would hold the US government liable for their failure to address climate change. On 14th Feb, the US federal court system ruled against Juliana v. United States, meaning that the North American government will not yet be held formally accountable for neglecting to act on climate change. Months ago I wrote a feature on Juliana v. United...
