Topic Guide for Contributors

Please use this page as a guide for selecting the topic of any piece you wish to submit for consideration or publication.

Unsustainable will publish content in the following 8 categories: Main Stories, Facts & Figures, Design, Lifestyle, Garden, Recipes, Travel, and Interviews. Each category will be further divided into sub-categories or topics, as described below.

Category Descriptions

Main Stories (Feature Articles)

These are of two types: General and News / Recent Events

General stories give the reader an overview of the history and current state of the topic.

Example: https://www.unsustainablemagazine.com/climate-change-where-are-we-now/

News / Recent Events stories discuss recent world events.

Example: https://www.unsustainablemagazine.com/cyclone-idai-devastates-southern-malawi/

Topics for Main Stories may include:

  • Climate
  • Poverty
  • Renewables
  • Ecology
  • Waste
  • Equality
  • Politics
  • Crises

Facts & Figures

These are short articles with infographics illustrating current information on the threats, shortages, and crises that the world faces.

Topics may include:

  • Climate
  • Ecology (Deforestation and species loss)
  • Waste

Design (function and beauty without destroying the earth)

Articles describing, interviewing, or profiling designers, design stores, or movements in the design world.

Sub-Categories:

  • Art
  • Innovation
  • Interior Design

Lifestyle

Sub-Categories:

  • Sustainable Living
  • Zero Waste Living
  • Kitchen tips, as well as recipes

Gardening (Organic Gardening in particular)

Sub-Categories:

  • Tips (general advice for organic / permaculture gardening)
  • Planting guides
  • Garden tours (write ups or photography of a garden featuring some element of sustainability)

Travel (How to experience the beauty and richness of the world’s peoples, places, and ecosystems without at the same time bringing them to ruin)

Sub-Categories:

  • City Travel Guides
  • Country Travel Guides
  • General advice articles on low-impact travel
  • Stories of the harm caused by tourism

Interviews

Interviews with scientists, politicians, activists, influencers, or anyone of note in sustainability.

Example: https://www.unsustainablemagazine.com/ollie-langridge/


Full List of Topics

  1. Main: Climate
  2. Main: Poverty
  3. Main: Renewables
  4. Main: Ecology
  5. Main: Waste
  6. Main: Equality
  7. Main: Politics
  8. Main: Crises
  9. F&F: Climate
  10. F&F: Ecology
  11. F&F: Waste
  12. Art
  13. Innovation
  14. Interior Design
  15. Sustainable Living
  16. Zero Waste Living
  17. Fashion
  18. Kitchen
  19. Recipes
  20. Gardening Tips / General Advice
  21. City Travel Guides
  22. Country Travel Guides
  23. General advice articles on low-impact travel
  24. Stories of the harm caused by tourism
  25. Interviews