Climate Emergency
2022
Machines for the environment: 10 Simple machines that made our lives more sustainable
Your home appliances used to be slow, smelly and awful for the environment. Thanks to new technology and the modern machine things have changed: here are 10 new tech that has helped us increase our efficiency and make our lives more sustainable.
Poems for a Better World: An Ode to Environmental Restoration
Partho Pratim Chatterjee's submission during UN-aligned 2021 poetry competition
2021
"There is too much stupidity around": The UN's Climate Change Report
The Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was published on August 9, 2021. The Report paints a grim picture of the planet’s health owing to human induced climate change and rising temperatures.
UN is failing to combat Climate Change
Climate change is the world’s biggest collective enemy, which threatens to destroy the very planet that we all live on. Whether it be rising sea levels, global warming, record-breaking temperatures, melting ice caps or an overall shift in severity of natural disasters, we as humankind need to strategise together for immediate solutions.
Seven Ways to Create a Healthy Economy with Kate Raworth - Podcast
Economist Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut' model provides a visual framework for a healthy economy, outlining a safe and just space for humanity to thrive between its social and planetary boundaries.
The Doughnut Economy: "humanity to thrive sandwiched between its inner and outer limits"
Over the last few centuries, economics has been dominated by a doctrine of perpetual growth. The prevailing idea was that there were no limits to how much we could exploit the earth and its resources.
How cultivated meat can save the planet
Cultivated meat will present a futuristic alternative to the callous, unwieldy and unnecessarily wasteful way animals are farmed today.
Accidentally Vegan Feature?
If you’ve pondered veganism but haven’t yet followed through, it may be that you are put off by the myth of the diet being restricted. As with any lifestyle change, slow and steady tends to lead to longevity. It is much better to gradually cut animal products from your diet permanently than trying to be a strict vegan for a month, falling off the wagon, and being put off enough to never try it again.
2020
Waste and Mismanagement: The Devil in the Detail That is Back to Haunt us!
Creation often leaves a hidden trail of waste. Unlike nature’s cycle, much of our artificial refuse resists renewal, threatening the environment. This article highlights the overlooked role of waste in creation and explores creative solutions to turn it from problem to asset.
An end to the “Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth”
On Thursday 27th February, a British appeals court ruled that a planned expansion of Heathrow airport is unconstitutional because the planning process was not in accordance with the government’s own climate policies set out in the Paris Agreement. Lords Justice Lindblom, Singh and Haddon-Cave ruled that when setting out their support for the measures in their National Policy Statement (NPS), the government did not take adequate account of its contribution to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
“Klaatu barada nikto”
These words are taken from the classic 1951 film directed by Robert Wise: The Day the Earth Stood Still. The film, based on a short story by Harry Bates, is about an alien, Klaatu, who comes to earth in order to warn humanity of its pending obliteration by an interplanetary police force, unless it mends its destructive ways.
2019
Japan and its nuclear waste problem
Nuclear leaks are probably among the most horrifying accidents possible due to their long-term detrimental damage to life and environment. Eight years after the nuclear leak from Japan’s Fukushima power plant, local residents, many of whom are fishermen, are still suffering the consequences.
UN-aligned’s view on the climate protests: the days of self-serving governments are over
As CO2 emissions hit a 10-million-year high, people in 185 countries unite across continents to protest political inaction on this urgent crisis.
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