Guardians of “Mother Nature”: Why Women Lead the Fight for Environmental Justice
Article by Mouna Ben KaddourPhoto by Greenpeace Nature is often personified as feminine in not only contemporary language but also in literature, mythology and many cultures. Terms like "Mother Earth" and "Mother Nature" show a sense of nurture, as often associated...
Educational Inequality: Why the Education System ‘Falls Short’ for the Working Class
Article by Emelia Bulmer What is Educational Inequality?Educational inequality refers to the disparities in opportunities and outcomes in education between privileged and disadvantaged groups (Educational Inequality - an overview I ScienceDirect Topics, 2015). This...
Capitalism’s Chain Reaction: Climate Crisis and the Collapse of Wildlife
Article by Joseph McCormickPhoto by Parsing Eye on Unsplash Wildlife populations have crashed by 69% over the past 50 years (Davis, 2022) as an almost direct result of capitalism which I will further expand upon in this article. Capitalism by its very nature drives...
The Way We Live Damages the Place We Live: Capitalism and Climate Change
Article by Zitong ZhangPhoto by Karen Dalton on Unsplash The urgency of addressing climate change has grown due to environmental issues such as rising sea levels, flooding, and drought. An essential factor worsening the situation is our economic system—capitalism....
The Death of Capitalism or the Death of Our Planet?
Article by Salem SokpoliPhoto by Matt Palmer on Unsplash Our planet is on fire. We are in unprecedented times with one another and it seems that every day there is a new problem. From the rise of the far-right/extremism to Israel’s bloody rampage, and hunger crises...
Should we Focus on Making Equal Societies Within Each Country Rather Than Reducing the Gap Between Other Countries?
Article by Mizuki ImamuraPhoto by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash As globalization advances and economies evolve, disparities—both between countries and within them—intensify. This phenomenon raises the question: is the economic inequality within nations a more pressing...
The Domination of Women and Nature: A mutually reinforcing cycle
Article by Caitlin HarleyPhoto by Leonardo Basso on Unsplash The time has come to stop addressing only the symptoms of climate change and instead confront its underlying drivers, and they may not be as obvious as you think. Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism that...
From Individuals to Institutions: Does Protesting for Climate Justice Still Work?
Article by Estelle DerrajPhoto by Koshu Kunii on Unsplash Protest is a conversation between individuals and institutions. For climate justice, protest creates an increasingly necessary dialogue between environmental activists, communities, corporations, governments,...
Growing Inequality: fair or not?
Article by Yuyang RenPhoto by Elyse Chia on Unsplash Is the inequality existing fair, because it results from legal processes and fair competition? This is a question often doubted by people, after the world’s ten richest men increased their fortunes from $700 billion...
Comparison is the Thief of Joy: How digitisation of the West is fuelling the climate crisis
Article by Elektra Kalvin-HoneywillPhoto by Carol Magalhães on Unsplash In recent decades, exponential digitisation has become a global phenomenon. The cultural and social institutions of the global west have been particularly impacted by this digital revolution, for...
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