Earth Day 2024
Catriona Eke looks at Earth Day and why we still need it now, over fifty years since it began.
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Is there space for pollution?
An underlying question of the subject of this article is whether the advancements in space exploration and technology can be justified at the expense of the earth's environment and climate…
The hospitality industry’s over-reliance on single-use plastic
The hospitality industry's over-reliance on single-use plastic has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, the industry's usage of plastics is in vital need of an overhaul.
A Message in a Bottle
"Sitting at the top of the shore was a clear plastic bottle containing a rolled up piece of paper with sellotape wrapped intensely around the screw-top. I had just found…
All The Fires We Do Not See
One of our environment editors explores how the urgency of the current climate crisis is presented in the mainstream media. What do we read? But, more importantly, what do we…
Plastics and Us: How Pollutants in Our Oceans Affect Us
Chemicals compose everything, including items that we are entirely dependent on, such as plastics and antibiotics to name a couple. Nonetheless there remains a sense of chemophobia - the fear…