Environmental Hypocrisy – The H-Factor: A Personal Essay
A personal essay on the difficulty of trying to live in an environmentally progressive way, accepting imperfection, without losing all hope.
Stories on Sustainability
The Malawi Water Crisis: Initiatives Aim at Universal Access
To address the Malawi water crisis, a collaboration between the government and key NGOs is attempting to curb the disastrous lack of access to this resource that is affecting broad swathes of the country.
Tackling a Locust Plague in the 21st Century: A Sustainability Issue
In East Africa, experts are warning of new threat to food security, that of an unprecedented locust outbreak that began at the end of 2019.
Chitetezo Mbaula: When Women Take the Lead to Fight Deforestation
Chitetezo Mbaula: The innovative cooking stove that is sweeping across rural Malawi, and encouraging environmental conservation in its wake.
Black Lives Matter, Environmental Racism and Climate Injustice: What They Have in Common and What You Can Do to Help
Dismantling the white supremacist foundation underpinning all three of these movements will take everyone working together. Get involved undoing the harms ravaging your local community using these 3 tips.
Sustainability Education: How Schools Can Safeguard the Future
Sustainability Education, the exploration of sustainability issues as an essential component of school curricula, is well overdue for global recognition.
Urban Composting: A Complete Guide
Urban Composting: Food waste is a global issue, but one which several cities are taking steps to address, in a movement that is now beginning to spread.
Pineapple, Banana & Coconut: Sustainable Fabrics – Out of the Kitchen and Into the Closet
Banana, pineapple, and coconut might make you think of a fruit salad; yet all three plants are now being used to make durable and sustainable fabrics.
Water, Air and Land Nexus: A Safe Space for Preserving Climate and Achieving Food Security
Water, Air and Land (WAL) Nexus: Creating a Safe Space for Preserving Climate and Achieving Food Security while wisely using the free gifts of nature.
Mangrove Restoration: Sustaining Mangroves for Better Livelihoods Along the Kenyan Coast
Mangrove forest restoration: Communities living along the coast of Kenya are protecting these ecosystems while also utilizing them to support livelihoods
Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development
Combating the climate crisis requires a global effort, but governments of poorer nations must also consider economic development, and the needs of their struggling populations.
Community Urban Gardens in Santiago, Chile
Recently, the value of community gardens has become multifaceted and unique, from providing fresh food for neighbors to rejuvenating and sustaining the environment.
Choose the Dark Side to Discover Light: The Effects of Light Pollution and How to Reduce It
It’s important to educate people on the negative effect of excessive light and what they can do to reduce energy consumption and preserve the darkness of the night sky.
The Greenhouse Effect: Denial and It’s Strong Consequences
Albeit some very powerful figures encourage denial, we have to stop ignoring the damage caused by greenhouse gases and start acting towards stopping climate change.
Waste Management: How to Handle the Waste We Produce
Although some people may be intimidated by the zero waste movement and its restrictions, those of us who aren’t able to ‘go zero’ can also do their part.
Land Reclamation: A Destructive Force on Malaysia’s Coastlines
Coastal development in the Southeast-Asian nation might be doing more harm than good.
On the Need for a Global Ban on the Production, Distribution, and Sale of Plastic Water Bottles
The banning of disposable plastic water bottles is the most reasonable, sustainable, and conscientious plan for the future; and this ban should begin now.
Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees
Recycled paper can save the Earth, and in developed countries it’s very easy to purchase, yet not nearly enough people are making the switch.
Capitalism and The Advent of Garbage
Could the end of capitalism pave the way from a reduction in our creation of garbage, towards a truly sustainable future?
Climate Change is Boosting Global Inequality
Climate change and anthropogenic warming have devastated the economies of warmer, poorer countries; while financially boosting colder, wealthier countries.
Food Security vs Legalising Cannabis
Does the question of why cannabis should or shouldn’t be legalized create an unnecessary distraction from world hunger and the climate crisis?
An Argument Against Pesticides: Fuming Over Fumigation
When a nearby farm is sprayed, we have to shut all our windows and doors to keep the fumes out of the house, but there’s nothing we can do to save the bees.
Environmental Action: A Teenager’s Simple Call
This Earth is our home, it gives us shelter, food, and nurtures us; yet we continue to destroy this planet day after day. This is not right.
Planetary Boundaries, Food and Humanity
Due to the complex interaction between human activities and the ecosystem, humanity’s food system is facing severe threats.