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Reducing Global Inequality is Vital to Help Make all Societies More Resilient Against Global Crises Such as the Covid 19 Pandemic

Reducing Global Inequality is Vital to Help Make all Societies More Resilient Against Global Crises Such as the Covid 19 Pandemic

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Global inequalities

Article by Laura Goodwin Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash   First of all, global inequality is defined as the uneven status, resources, opportunities or rights that affect people’s life chances. This social relation affects the 8 billion individuals on our...

Beyond the Melting Ice: How Capitalism Fuels the Climate Crisis

Beyond the Melting Ice: How Capitalism Fuels the Climate Crisis

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Climate change and sustainable development

Article by Aqeel Alharbi Photo by Joseph Vary on Unsplash   Is climate change a mythlike issue we just hear about? Unfortunately not; it’s an urgent crisis with current tangible implications. Although melting ice caps and rising sea levels get most of the media...

Why Should Men Care About Climate Change? Mother Nature is a woman after all…

Why Should Men Care About Climate Change? Mother Nature is a woman after all…

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Ecofeminism

Article by Lily Keegan Photo by Brice Cooper on Unsplash   Climate change is not a new issue, links showing that carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere leads to global warming were made as early as 1938. However, with September 2023 being the hottest month ever on...

Corporate Social Responsibility: Why its ignored and avoided

Corporate Social Responsibility: Why its ignored and avoided

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Corporate power

Article by Charlotte BowlerPhoto by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash In today’s society where consumers and stakeholders are more morally aware and conscious than before, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should be virtually unavoidable, however it is often treated as an...

Who’s the Real Culprit? The truth of how large corporations are taking away autonomy in the Global South

Who’s the Real Culprit? The truth of how large corporations are taking away autonomy in the Global South

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Corporate power

Article by Coco Marcus As a child, I remember standing in the village my Nani (Grandma) grew up in located in Gujarat, India asking myself why them? Why don’t they have access to basic resources like water and I do? It filled me with a sense of guilt. Under a decade...

Is Renewable Energy a Viable Solution to the Climate Crisis?

Is Renewable Energy a Viable Solution to the Climate Crisis?

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Climate change and sustainable development

Article by Louis MorrellPhoto by Antonio Garcia on Unsplash The climate crisis poses an existential threat that requires urgent action. By 2030, the IPCC predicts the damage of climate change to be irreversible. Without effective intervention, a tipping point will be...

Poverty and Inequality: The root of all evil

Poverty and Inequality: The root of all evil

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Global inequalities

Article by Lucy Stevens Photo by Mihály Köles on Unsplash   “As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality exist in our world, none of us can truly rest.” – Nelson Mandela As the UK battles against the increasing cost of living crisis, the gap between the...

Profit vs Planet: how capitalism shapes our future

Profit vs Planet: how capitalism shapes our future

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 14, 2025 | Climate change and sustainable development

Article by Cicely WaltersPhoto by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash As climate change escalates with global temperatures increasing, sea levels rising, and ice caps melting; it is time to closely examine the intricate relationship between capitalism and climate change....

Unlimited Power: How Global Corporations Shape our Everyday Lives

Unlimited Power: How Global Corporations Shape our Everyday Lives

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 13, 2025 | Corporate power, Prize Winning Articles

Article By Tobias KellyPhoto by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash In modern life, corporations operate not merely as business entities but as powerful social institutions with significant influence over culture, governance, and even our personal values. They mould our...

Include Women in Environmental Justice, Before it’s Too Late

Include Women in Environmental Justice, Before it’s Too Late

by GSC Blog Administrator | Jan 13, 2025 | Ecofeminism, Prize Winning Articles

Article by Suha IbrahemPhoto by Li-An Lim on Unsplash In a time where the UN emissions gap report indicates that the world could warm by 3.1C, it is safe to say that the majority agree that climate change solutions are imperative to save the planet from environmental...

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