The 28th of July marked this year’s Earth Overshoot Day. This means that humans have used all biological resources that Earth can naturally regenerate by next year, and we are critically reminded again that we are living on loaned energy. In 1971,
The trade of goods and services has dominated world economies for centuries. Yet what happens when institutional power initiates and controls an unequal distribution of materials? The export of plastic waste to low-income countries has become a reality along with the concern
Jeff Bezos recently made headlines for forking out $5.5B USD to spend four minutes in Space. For someone whose name is synonymous with the word ‘Amazon‘, a company whose ‘annual revenue continues to outpace the GDP of many countries’ and has come
For each one of us, the first breathtaking encounter with the ocean starts with the sight of the engulfing blue stretch of saline water. As humans, we feel powerless and dwarfed in front of its majestic rise. Yet, what comes as invisible
What do the sun, a lightbulb, and an anglerfish have in common? Our relationship with light is two-fold between inspiration and potential harm.
Amazonian forest, Australian vegetated coasts, Californian hills, Canadian forested areas, and African green spaces – to mention a few – are highly susceptible to wildfires due to the high global temperatures that are rising yearly. This is not a phenomenon of the
Animal products are undeniably one of the greatest generators of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. The production factors and the gases released from the livestock contribute tremendously to climate change. In this ongoing battle against global warming, people have even taken it
Whether we realize it or not, we eat and breathe plastic every day. Plastic is present in almost everything we use. The keys I am pressing on my keyboard to write this sentence contain plastic. So does the electronic device you are