Meeting SDG 12 Requires Addressing Drilling Waste
Sustainable development is defined as meeting current needs without compromising the needs of future generations. In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 goals for sustainable development, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are meant to “leave no one
The Plastic Challenge: Are We Solving the Plastic Problem or Creating Demons for the Future?
When plastic became the “wonder” product for solving so many modern issues in the 1970s, we did not envisage that 50 years later, it would be considered the “biggest environmental disaster” that humans have caused. Talk to anyone on any street,
Increasing Diet Diversity in Low-Income Communities
If you look in my store cupboard, you will see a range of dried and canned goods. Some are basics like oats, tinned tomato, and baked beans. Others are a bit more exotic, like Shirataki Noodles made from the starchy
Vegan Messaging Not Easy, But Essential
Warning: Graphic Photos Within According to Sentient Media, for just land animals alone, greater than 150 million animals are killed daily. From this fact, 56 billion land animals will be slaughtered each year. This is not even including the millions of
Climate Change Doesn’t Have Time for Broken Two-Party Politics
Earlier this month I appeared on a BBC morning talk show with Victoria Derbyshire discussing the climate emergency. The presenter opened by talking about climate change and inquired 'Don't we know about all of this already?' And I'm wondering if we
Innovators and Disruptors: 10 Indigenous Activists to Follow
Indigenous peoples are regularly erased from discussions in North America, be it during presidential debates, the design of school curriculum, or in entertainment. In instances where they are in fact mentioned, it is all too frequently on colonial terms, from
CuanTec – The Biotech Company Fighting Against Waste and for the Environment
In December 2017, BBC’s Blue Planet II was broadcast. David Attenborough’s latest documentary showed the world the harsh realities that human behaviour, particularly our relationship with plastic, which is ruining the aquatic environment. Garbage is being dumped into oceans with
Will We Ever Solve the Plastics Problem?
Everyone has a view on plastics. They wrap our favourite products, and they’re in our clothes and cars. We come into contact with them hundreds of times every day. We seemingly have no choice but to accept our world is
Violating Women’s Reproductive Freedom Helps (some) Clinics
The Trump administration’s antagonistic rhetoric and repressive policies have encroached upon women’s reproductive freedom. Attempts to enforce the ‘gag rule’ which bans state-funded family clinics from issuing abortion referrals serves as one example of how the current administration is attacking
Climate Change & Rising Sea Levels are Claiming Their First Victims: Islands
2019 is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded. Heatwaves in Europe saw the mercury peak past 45℃ this summer, while major fires ravaged the United States, Russia, and Canada. In Australia droughts and severe weather events worsened.
Why There is No Climate Debate in American Politics
Was the climate crisis able to take center stage in the Democratic presidential debates? Simple answer: no. It had more of a poorly spot-lit role in the stage wings. We still have no serious climate debate in American politics, not