Photo by Patrick Perkins on UnsplashBy Charlotte EphgraveCapitalism has caused climate change to become a global issue that humans now face. This effect on the environment is because of human activities associated with greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Met...
Category: Climate change and sustainable development
TNC’s and Society: Destroying our people and planet
Photo by Matt Palmer on UnsplashBy Ruby ManderHave you recently noticed increasing climate change and more disparity within wealth? This is most likely down to the offender known as TNCs (transnational corporations) who continue to intoxicate our surroundings and...
Climate Change and Capitalism: A Sociological Problem
According to Urry (2009, p. 85), the past century has caused global temperatures to rise by at least 0.74ºC. It is apparent to partly be a result from the higher levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere: an outcome largely deriving from the long-term...
Plastic Straws and Capitalist Wars.
Photo by micheile dot com on UnsplashBy James OkulajaIf I was a billionaire… why on earth would I support a movement that takes money out of my pockets? Capitalism. Capitalism fuels our climate challenges and enhances poverty but the proletariat continue to support a...
Climate change: Born out of society and killed by society
Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on UnsplashBy Madeleine Van RuitenClimate change: a global emergency that threatens the survival of the human species. We are in the midst of a mass extinction of our own making (Extinction Rebellion, 2022). The earth is a jigsaw made up...
Is the large-scale promotion of electric cars a solution to ease the climate change?
Photo by Andrew Roberts on UnsplashBy Bingzheng XuAs we enter the 21 century, climate change has gradually become one of the most crucial environmental issues that cannot be ignored. The earth has witnessed the most considerable population growth in the history of...
Capitalism: the driving force behind irreversible climate change
Photo by William Gibson on UnsplashBy Lucha Partington MomberClimate change is undeniably an issue we have to face in contemporary society; “the world has already heated up by around 1.2C, on average, since the preindustrial era” (Milman et al, 2021). This is widely...
Is capitalism responsible for destroying the planet in addition to the spirit of the proletariat? Does the persistence of capitalism equal severe climate change
Image credit: Photo by Daniel Thiele on Unsplash By Lauren NewburyWhen considering capitalism’s contribution to climate change, it is also compelling to compare its detrimental economic impacts for certain people in society, and how the two interrelate. There is an...
The Anthropocene: Shutting down scepticism
Image: https://unsplash.com/@shaikhulud The world is tired of hearing about climate change. Whether it’s because of a constant injection of anxiety, or fatigue from attempts at a cleaner, greener lifestyle. But there are still so many who refuse to acknowledge the...
Is the Fundamental Cause of Climate Change Capitalist Economic Growth?
Image: https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske By Fanchao SunWith the progress and development of society, global climate change is a problem we have to face. This environmental problem has become the focus of public opinion in contemporary society, stemming from its...
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