By Alice O’Connell In 2013 French legislators introduced a law requiring stores and office buildings to turn off their signs an hour after the last employee leaves. Yet enforcement is sporadic; while people are confined […]
Category: Environment
To be or not to be… That is the climate change question?
By Toryn Whitehead | Rehabilitating Earth 1.5°C may not sound like a lot, but more frequent and extreme weather events such as flooding, droughts, wildfires and other climate-related disasters are pushing people to the brink […]
Bottom Trawling: What do Paloma Faith, Brexit and granite boulders have in common?
By Amie Williams | Rehabilitating Earth Industrial bottom trawling is an extremely efficient method of fishing, yet it completely destroys the habitats that host a vast array of marine organisms. the poor protection of UK […]
The Evil Twin of Climate Change
The acidification of our oceans is happening at a rate far greater than ever witnessed before, but why does it matter and can it be prevented? | By Natalie Burnett
Why Climate Change is a Feminist issue
By Samira Rauner At least since 2018, when Greta Thunberg began the global strike movement ‘Fridays for Future’ and Extinction Rebellion held demonstrations which brought London to a standstill, people have started to wake up […]
To Veganuary or Not to Veganuary: The underlying issues of seasonal veganism
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 […]
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 […]