Article by Ellen Khan Photo by Tobias Rademacher on Unsplash For anyone living in contemporary society, climate change is not a new concept. News channels, school curricula and everyday conversations all acknowledge ‘global warming’; a product of the rapid spike in...
Category: Climate change and sustainable development
Is getting off the ‘treadmill of production’ rudimentary to combat climate change?
Article by Kayla TruterPhoto by Remy Gieling on Unsplash‘Six promises you can make to help reduce climate change’[1] was the title of my Monday morning Guardian read, whereby the author claimed that ‘dressing retro’ and ‘eating green’ would inevitably save our planet...
The Corporate Psychopath and Their Implications for Climate Change
Article by Elena IsingPhoto by Thijs Stoop on UnsplashIf by law, a corporation can be considered a person, then that person would be a psychopath. Corporations exhibit all the classic signs[1] of psychopathy: repeated lying for the purpose of profit, a lack of...
WHY ARE WE STILL POLLUTING OUR PLANET?
Article by Kirsie HorsleyPhoto by Antoine GIRET on UnsplashHumans are the biggest cause of climate change. Collectively we emit around 50 billion tonnes of Co2 yearly {an increase of 40% since 1990}. This mass amount caused a total of 401 natural disasters to occur in...
Can we stop climate change in a capitalist system?
Article by Lola-Fleur WhittakerPhoto by Markus Spiske on UnsplashOver the last 100 years, the average temperature on earth has increased by 1°C and the temperature is only rising faster. The main issue with global warming is that we cannot see the difference in our...
Large Corporations or Individuals: Who is Responsible for Climate Change?
Article by Catherine BellPhoto by Kelly Sikkema on UnsplashThe mainstream climate change movement has unfortunately placed too much emphasis on an individual’s power to make more environmentally conscious decisions, such as not using plastic bottles and straws, and...
It’s time for the Global North to take responsibly for climate change.
Article by Jack WrigleyPhoto by Leonard Regazzo on UnsplashWe are rapidly approaching disaster as a world, and it is all through our country’s actions. The Holocene has now ended, and we have entered the age of The Anthropocene. The Global North are beginning to make...
Corporations, Climate and Control: Domination in a corporate society.
Article by Hannah LearyPhoto by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash By the 34th office working hour of the year, in 2021, it was found that bosses of top British companies already earnt the amount of money of an average UK worker. [1]With that amount of power, it is...
The Climate Crisis uncovered: who is really to blame?
Photo by Li-An Lim on UnsplashArticle by Isabella LaceyThe world is ending. The planet is tired. Throughout the global climate crisis movement, a narrative has been pushed centred around everyday citizens being the drivers of the climate emergency. This is a narrative...
Drive-through to climate change destruction and imbalance
Photo by Pascal Bernardon on Unsplash Article by Angelica Melek Teenaged girl, Greta Thunberg[1] protests to pressurize the government to undertake necessary actions towards climate change. Threatening news Climate change is no longer a topic that can be dismissed as...
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