Veganism and the pitfalls of “ethical” consumerism
Creative Commons: Unisouth Throughout 2018 it seemed awareness around environmental impacts of food rose to unprecedented levels. Though the year is young, 2019 does not seem to be reversing this…
With Brexit looming, environmentalists must fight for a robust, codified constitution
Photo credit: flickr user Gerry Machen Creative Commons license: The right to peaceful protest has been highly effective in the hands of the anti-fracking movement in both stalling the…
Sargassum Seaweed is Strangling the Caribbean Coasts, the Latest Example of Climate Chaos
Photo Credit: Caroline Stoddard Sargassum is sometimes referred to as a “golden floating rainforest”, which seems like an inappropriate moniker at the moment. As rainforests are decimated at an…
Stop saying we are the future, we are the present – young voices from #COP23
Youth forum at #COP23. Photo by Sustaining All Life. On Saturday 11th of November the young members of Sustaining All Life led a forum called Young People Leading Climate Change…
A city of two zones #COP23
Young activists from Engineers without Borders and the UK Youth Climate Coalition canvas COP23 participants on their opinions of growth and climate. Photo by Sustaining All Life. After only a…
The post-Brexit challenges facing the Greens
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons There is considerable discussion of how the Green Party should position itself following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as…
What we’re saying Yes to: Indigenous rights
Photo: flickr user 'ecolabs' Creative Commons license Naomi Klein is not wrong when she says in her latest book, “No, is not enough!” The power of no is stifled when…
DUP deal will destroy literary landscape
In June 2017 the DUP temporarily became the most powerful political party in the UK. The Tories had just lost their parliamentary majority, while the DUP had their best General…
Let Them Burn: The Logic of Capitalism Meets the Reality of Climate Change
Image credit: Pixaby user 'skeeze' In her piece titled “Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World,” Naomi Klein takes aim at the handful of fossil…
Queen’s University Belfast set to divest from fossil fuels
Photo credit: flickr user Gerry Machen Creative Commons license: Queen's University Belfast last week announced their intent to end all investments in fossil fuels by 2025. The announcement on…