A note on Black Friday and the buying season
Sustainability editor Flora Dickie explores how to sustainably buy and how to resist the temptation of cut price offers
Lockdown kills Imperial bees
The new hives brought in this year after last year's hive collapses have also died
Inspiration of the week : Andre Henry
The weekly sustainability inspiration this week is Andre Henry's podcast
Gardening for resilience
Sustainability editor Flora Dickie explores how urban gardening can be a source of resilience during the pandemic and can help build stronger local communities
Shell loves to gaslight us
On the 2nd of October 2020, Shell (that big energy company) tweeted to its 550,000 followers, ‘What are you willing to change to help reduce emissions?’ with an attached poll for people to choose between 1) Offset emissions 2) Stop flying 3) Buy electric vehicle 4) Renewable electricity. This
Why is climate change a social justice issue?
This topic isn’t news to anyone interested in worldwide justice issues, but this question seems to get on the nerves of climate change deniers, so I feel like we should address it. When we conceptualise the climate crisis in the Global North, we primarily see the effects of climate
The 2020 Plastic Straw Ban
On the 1st October 2020, a ban on throwaway plastics came into place in England, including plastic straws, plastic cotton buds and plastic stirrers.
Why is waste normal?
Humans are not inherently wasteful, yet our behaviour shift started to happen after WWII, as industry saw an opportunity to make profit gains quickly.
Being an environmentalist is a death sentence depending on where you are
Sustainability Editor Flora Dickie discusses the risks that environmental activists take when trying to protect the planet
Indigenous leader in the TIME 100 List
Nemonte Nemquino, the first female leader of the Waorani of Pastaza an Ecuadorian indigenous group has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on the planet for her sustainability work
Inspiration of the week
This week Sustainability editor Flora Dickie recommends the book 'Beyond the gender binary' as an important sustainability read
Is the amazon still burning?
The lack of outrage surrounding a topic does not mean that it has ceased to be a problem. Deforestation caused by wildfires and deliberate tree clearance in the Amazon continues regardless of its time in the public eye and this year could be worse than ever