Today, 22nd April 2022 we celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the Earth day. First established in 1970, suggested by the peace activist John McConnell, it was conceived as a day to honour the Earth and the concept of Peace. In fact, that year was affected by an environmental catastrophe: a well drilled by Union Platform … Read more
Climate change is a major issue of the 21st Century and everyone has been having the chance to be more educated about its effects and threats on the current and future populations. However, one aspect of it might still be unknown for the public – that is the tight link between the climate crisis and … Read more
Can the average person maintain a healthy diet while also being conscious of their food’s environmental impact? As the planet’s population grows it’s a question that is starting to be asked more and more. The Food Foundation, a UK-based charity which works to promote a ‘sustainable food system which delivers health and wellbeing for all’, … Read more
Leaving or suffocating, that is the hard question Both climate change and migration are the most alarming challenges of our current and next generations since the beginning of the XXth century. Although their evolutions and dynamics are different, in the sense that the impact of migration flows is more visible and quicker, the climate emergency … Read more
The Zero Waste Movement is a road towards NO BURY in landfills and NO BURN in incinerators. With these purposes, several municipalities commit themselves to reach “zero-waste” goals and to stop the incineration methods. All around the world, over 500 municipalities joined this movement. Some of them started as a bottom-up initiative from the citizens, … Read more
The Direction for the Environment of the Principality of Monaco is leading the transition from single-use plastic. Their policy aims to gradually reduce single-use plastic until 2030, when this kind of products will be totally banned. The decision has been taken following some of the most alarming data. According to the Australia National Agency for … Read more
Excellent news has recently enlightened the conservation world: Iceland will ban whale hunting from 2024. The country has been one of the three left—together with Norway and Japan—to still allow commercial whaling. The decision is said to be linked to an important decrease in whale meat demand; nevertheless, the wonder of whales, driven by literature … Read more
The fashion industry is often criticised for its damaging environmental impact. In recent years ‘fast fashion’, where clothes are purposely manufactured to be worn for a single season, has further increased the problem. Keep Britain Tidy reports that 10,000 items of clothing are now sent to landfill every five minutes in the UK. Despite fast … Read more
Ahmed ELHADJ is a 22-year-old Master student in environmental engineering, and one of the active members of Youth for Climate Tunisia, he has also been one of the youngest climate negotiators in COP26 in Glasgow. He works with several associations both internationally and nationally. Let’s get a view with him on climate activism in Tunisia. … Read more
You may have felt fragile and powerless in the midst of a climate emergency. ActNow is here to alleviate these feelings: a campaign promoted by the United Nations that places individuals and their potential to change things at the centre of the sustainable revolution, without leaving them alone. “You’re not a drop in the ocean, … Read more