When Plastic Becomes a Park: An interview with the Recycled Island Foundation
On 4 July 2018, the city of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, unveiled a new and exciting part of the city’s landscape: the world’s first floating park made entirely of recycled plastic waste. Appropriately named the Recycled Park, the initiative comprises
Brexit Domino Effect: Risks and Consequences
The world woke in surprise on the morning of Friday June 24. The Brexit referendum proposed by ex-Prime Minister David Cameron resulted in Britain voting to leave the European Union. This will have its own set of implications, both for Britain
Diary of a UN Official #3: When Women Make the Difference
Guinea-Bissau, October 1990, I don't remember which day. But I remember how it was that morning when I woke up. Hot, very hot, the way it is in the tropics, damp and cloying, with a low sky of dark clouds,
Climate Change: the Dutch Solution
Will the Netherlands disappear with Climate Change? Global warming will cause (probably) a third of a meter rise in sea level this century - a small rise perhaps, but it will threaten all the coasts around the world and some