China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Can it be sustainable?
In 2013, China announced the One Belt One Road initiative. A global infrastructure development strategy, the Belt and Roads initiative connects Africa, Asia, and... Read more.
The ethics of fashion: When slow is good
Fast fashion is not just cheap clothing. It’s human exploitation, involving sweat factories. Here people, usually women, work for below minimum wage. Worse,... Read more.
Abortion Laws: Conflict and Consequences
According to the World Health Organization, 45% of all abortions worldwide are unsafe. More than 22,000 women die from these unsafe procedures every year. As it... Read more.
Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Source
Nuclear energy as a clean energy source remains a heavily debated topic. When we think of clean energy, many of us tend to think of wind or solar. We tend to overlook... Read more.
Sustainable Energy: A Revolution on the Orkney Islands
Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for everyone is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In a world largely driven and... Read more.
Poverty and COVID-19: Pandemic within a pandemic.
COVID-19 became officially a pandemic on the 11th of March 2020. Nobody then could have guessed its long-term socio-economic impacts. Like all global disasters,... Read more.
Urban Slums: How to Sustainably Fix the Problem
Urban slums are called different things in different places. Favelas in Brazil, townships in South Africa, villa miser in Argentina. There is a sensitivity around... Read more.
Kiruna: How to Move a city and Make It Sustainable
Kiruna has to move. Home to the largest iron ore mine in the world, fractures in the ground from mining activity are threatening to swallow the Swedish town. Far... Read more.
Carbon Neutral Cities: Mission Impossible?
In 2014, a collection of leading global cities formed the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA). This alliance committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by... Read more.
Sustainable Tourism: How your holiday can save the world
Who doesn’t love to travel? For many, the desire to visit new places and explore our surroundings is inescapable. However, tourism can also place a negative... Read more.