Article by Thijs Jozef Willem Schmidt image: The BASF factory at Ludwigshafen, Germany, pictured on a postcard in 1881. Courtesy Wikipedia Capitalism’s unfulfilled demand for growth has unleashed environmental forces that are spiraling out of control, threatening...
Article by Matthew Hill BaptistaPhoto by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash Ever since its origin, capitalism has grown in power and therefore its impact on the environment both positively and negatively. Through its drive to increase profitability it can damage the...
Article by Toby BowesPhoto by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash Global climate change is upon us. As the temperature of the planet fast approaches the agreed-upon tipping point of 1.5° above pre-industrial levels, it is undeniable that action against global warming needs to...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
Article by Flavia Vigliotti Photo by Eelco Böhtlingk on Unsplash ‘The United States is responsible for 40% of climate breakdown in the world today’, the EU is not far behind with 29%. The Global North (GN) sums together with a catastrophic 92% [1]. How is it fair...
Article by Anna LawesPhoto by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Removing the threat of climate change means eradicating the pandemic of capitalism.As western powers are swallowed into the ongoing phenomena of capitalism, our chances of mitigating a worsening global climate...
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