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
Stories on Sustainability
Sustainability sits at the heart of Unsustainable Magazine. This section brings together stories that explore how people, communities, and ecosystems adapt to a world in rapid transition. Here you’ll find reporting and reflections on climate change, ecological resilience, waste systems, energy futures, and the everyday choices that shape our collective impact.
Our aim isn’t just to document environmental challenges, but to examine how they intersect with justice, inequality, and lived experience. From new research on carbon emissions to local efforts to restore biodiversity, these articles connect the global and the personal, the structural and the immediate.
Whether you’re looking for clear explanations, in-depth analysis, or grounded ideas for creating change, the Sustainability category offers a wide-ranging view of the forces reshaping our planet — and the possibilities that still remain.
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.
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.
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?
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.