Gladys Chimkonda has had enough of deforestation in her area. The 28-year-old mother of three says the depletion of forest cover in recent years in her area of Makata, an area located 30 kilometres...
The ongoing coronavirus narrative has dominated every layer of society, whether through news outlets or any kind of digital media. The unintended side-effect? We’ve forgotten about everything else....
Another Friday found me participating in the Climate Strike protest of the town I study in. Another gathering of younger and older people. The same chants with the familiar warm-blooded passion of...
As someone who has been exploring the world’s most isolated wilderness regions for nearly half a century, I have some insight into the state of the planet and the human race’s current...
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We all spend much of our time buried in our phones, keeping up with what social media has to offer. But the good stuff can get lost in the mix. So we wanted to share with you some of the better posts...
Public transport’s great, isn’t it? You can pay a few quid to a bus driver and she’ll take you across the city. Or you can get a train to the other end of the country and avoid the stress of...
There’s nothing quite like the passion with which a 16 year old can hold a belief. It is pure, it is unadulterated and it is uncompromising. And often, despite the way teenagers are accused of...
For most of the month of April, every time I turned onto the news or logged onto some social media platform, I saw something about Extinction Rebellion (or Brexit, but I think everyone has had it up...
No, the world isn’t going to end in 2050. I don’t need a degree in climatology to tell you that — I already have a degree in memes. But seriously, suggesting that the planet might be unlivable...
