By Elif Beste Gül Veganuary has started to slip into everyone’s vocabulary much like its elder siblings Movember and Dry January. With each year the debate surrounding the validity of the trend grows: Its top […]
Category: Environment
The Planet is Dying: Sustainability during a pandemic
By Zazie Atkinson 2019 was to be named the Year of Sustainability. After decades of lack of interest and investment in the zero-waste movement (and climate change in general), it finally seemed that people’s mindsets, […]
Plastic ‘bags for life’ add to toppling piles of COVID-19 waste
By Rebecca Cook The plastic waste amassed as a result of coronavirus this year proves the fight against plastic is one step forward, three steps backwards. During the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in […]
Greta Thunberg goes back to school. But what has she achieved?
By Nicole Leslie Charria Three weeks ago marked two years since Greta Thunberg’s first school strike took place. Last week, she returned to school after taking a sabbatical year to spread her message and demand […]
How are climate activists still fighting the good fight amidst coronavirus?
By Lucy Robinson Pre-coronavirus, climate activism had been in the midst of a seismic shift. The movement was developing momentum day by day and activists were taking over the world with their offline campaigning and […]