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Feb 4, 20223 min read

2022: What’s on the Climate Agenda?

As declared on the Extinction Rebellion (XR) official website, “The Next UK Rebellion will begin at 10:00 am Saturday 9 April in Hyde...

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Jan 21, 20224 min read

What’s Wrong? You Look Like You’ve Seen a Ghost (Flight)

The announcement echoes through: “Flight 1046 to Brussels, now departing. Please fasten your seatbelts and await the seatbelt light...

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Jan 13, 20228 min read

The War on Man’s Best Friend amidst the Climate Crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic

Let me open this up by first admitting that I am a dog person, through and through. I have a two-year-old mixed breed Nova Scotia Duck...

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Dec 2, 20212 min read

COP-OUT26

Earlier this month, the long-awaited and much talked about COP26 drew to a close in Glasgow. For the second time this year, leaders from...

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Nov 25, 20212 min read

How to Create QR Codes for Easy Document Circulation

This year, The Climate Crisis Project strived to encourage all Pro Bono groups to go paperless for the Activity Fair. Usually, fair...

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Nov 18, 20213 min read

Cowspiracy (2014)

From executive producers Leonardo Dicaprio and Jennifer Davisson, Cowspiracy highlights the devasting impacts of the animal agriculture...

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Nov 4, 20212 min read

Pondering about Banking during the Climate Crisis

Recycling, reducing plastic use, opting for alternative modes of transportation – these are all ways that are frequently suggested for...

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Oct 28, 20213 min read

Climate Change Is Making the Middle East Uninhabitable!

Over the last decade, war in the Middle East has led to social unrest, ineffective governments, and dilapidated energy infrastructure...

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Oct 21, 20213 min read

Billionaire Space Race

As the state of the environment significantly worsens, some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men have begun taking...

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Oct 14, 20212 min read

Celebs on Climate Change

“Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work..."

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Oct 7, 20213 min read

The Lesser of Two Evils: Paper VS Plastic

It ends up floating through deep currents and harming marine wildlife, decomposing at a glacial rate at the bottom of the ocean due to...

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Sep 30, 20215 min read

PORTAL TO HELL OPENED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

On the morning of 2 July 2021, during an electrical storm, a 12-inch gas pipe running underwater in the Gulf of Mexico ruptured and...

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Sep 23, 20213 min read

Climate Shame

On the kitchen floor, shoulder deep in a rubbish bin, I scream “THIS YOGURT POT IS RECYCLABLE!!!”. I waft through the mess finding more...

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Sep 9, 20212 min read

Preserving Trees Is More Important Than Planting Trees!

Planting trees, or reforestation, is the most evident solution for combatting deforestation. Currently, it is one of the most popular...

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Sep 2, 20214 min read

Four Positive Steps Taken to Tackle Climate Change

Climate change is indisputably a hot topic these days. Reports frequently expose countries failing to adequately address the growing...

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Aug 26, 20214 min read

GRETA THUNBERG: Profile Series

Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg is an 18-year-old Swedish environmentalist who has taken it upon herself to make the world’s...

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Aug 19, 20213 min read

Bashing Big Oil Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

May 2021 was a devastating month for big oil companies. Shell was ordered by the Hague’s Court to cut its global carbon footprint by 45%...

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Aug 5, 20213 min read

A Bite-Size Guide towards Environmentally Friendly Legal Careers

Picking the right career for you is essential, but how often is your future employers’ carbon footprint a key consideration in the job...

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Jul 29, 20212 min read

G7 Summit: World Leaders commit to “Green Revolution”

Leaders from some of the world’s most advanced economies met this past June to discuss global issues at the G7 summit. The 7 countries of...

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Jul 22, 20213 min read

The Harmful Effects of Drug Production

Most of us will have heard of the consequences of drug use – addiction, withdrawal, crime, domestic abuse, disease, and in worst cases...

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Jul 15, 20215 min read

You Want Proof? I’ll Give you Proof!

The greatest invalidator of the true severity of climate change is distance—the further the disaster, the less urgent the problem. When...

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Jul 8, 20213 min read

Climate Refugees: The Unacknowledged Human Collateral Damage Of the Climate Crisis

The year is 2050. The combination of droughts, heavy rainfall and crop failure have led to food and water shortages in poorer developed...

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Conor Cooper and Sonia Gandhi

Jun 24, 20213 min read

Seaspiracy (2021)

The director and narrator, Ali Tabrizi, examines humanity’s impacts on the oceans and seeks to expose harmful fishing operations...

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Jun 17, 20214 min read

Environmental Intersectionality – Sexuality, Disability, and Immigration (Part 2)

Climate change and LGBTQ+ liberation: a global catastrophe of epic proportions and a social struggle for acceptance and equality...

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Amrit Notay and Unaisah Bhula

Jun 10, 20214 min read

Fashion Disaster - Sustainable Brands Are Fast-Fashion in Disguise

Let’s be honest, in the last year, most of us have spent large amounts of time (and probably money) browsing through and buying outfits we..

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May 27, 20214 min read

The Side Effects of Playing God: Can technology end the climate crisis?

When you make a mistake, the onus is on you to fix it. This is a lesson we are all taught as early as primary school, along with the...

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Conor Cooper and Sonia Gandhi

May 20, 20214 min read

The Climate Lawsuit of the Century: Portuguese Youth Climate Case v 33 Countries in the ECtHR

Can positive climate action really be enforced by legislation? The severity of the climate crisis is slowly becoming more prevalent in...

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May 13, 20214 min read

Environmental Intersectionality –Race, Gender, and the Climate Crisis (Part 1)

The Climate Crisis exacerbates existing inequalities. Intersectional environmentalism advocates for underrepresented communities...

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May 6, 20213 min read

Money Can’t Buy Us A New Planet – The Devastating Climatic Effects of the Wealthiest Lifestyles

The burning of coal, oil and gas—the quintessential greenhouse gas trio— are the main contributors to the production of CO2 emissions...

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Apr 22, 20212 min read

TO RECYCLE OR NOT TO RECYCLE: Mismanagement, misinformation and misconceptions about recycling

A shocking news report has shown that millions of Brits, despite having constant exposure to recycling practices, are unsure of how to...

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Apr 14, 20213 min read

HOT GIRL SUMMER: How Vacation Culture Glamorizes Global Warming

Coming to the end of this pandemic, I’m sure we are all looking forward to enjoying a well-deserved hot summer of leisure—nothing beats...

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Apr 8, 20214 min read

Chapter of Disaster: A transferable death toll from COVID-19 to Climate Change

As we sit in our homes and ponder the last thirteen months of our lives, there is a certain dissociation that’s become commonplace...

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