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Image description: An area of deforestation A 2021 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature Cymru (WWF Cymru), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Cymru (RSPB Cymru) and Size of Wales titled “Wales and Global Responsibility: Addressing Wales’ Overseas Land Footprint” emphasizes the ways in which Welsh imports of cocoa, palm oil, […]
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By now, anyone on social media has most likely seen a slurry of posts denouncing ‘fast fashion’ for its detrimental effects on the environment. ‘Fast fashion’ is cheap, mass-produced clothing that typically imitates the high-fashion trends of the season. Online stores like ASOS and SHEIN, as well as physical stores such as Primark, Zara, and […]
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Image description: As is usually the case, the protest’s effects were felt before it could be seen. Longwall Street was filled with the cacophony of car horns blaring, a steady drum beat and the faint hum of brass instruments. Once on the High Street, the source of this noise could be determined: Thousands of people […]
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Image description: Chickens being farmed in battery cages Last December a new strain of avian flu caused concerns at a Russian factory farm. Chickens started to collapse and die, and over the course of a few days 900,000 birds were quickly killed to prevent the spread of this strain known as H5N8. While avian flu […]
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Image description: An aerial view of Glasgow, where the COP26 Summit is being held Often described as Earth’s last best hope to limit the effects of global warming, pressure begins to mound as state leaders, climate experts and activists prepare for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26). The summit, already a year postponed, will […]
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Image description: plastic waste floating in the ocean by a small fish The earliest investigations of microplastics focused on microbeads found in personal-care products and pellets of virgin plastic that can escape before they are moulded into objects, as well as on fragments that slowly erode from discarded bottles and other large debris. These are […]
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Image description: A dam holding back a body of water In the past month alone, flash floods and torrential rain swept through Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Guinea, Pakistan, Nigeria, Thailand, and Slovenia. Two hurricanes hit the United States this summer and left devastation in their wake. Flooding events turned deadly in China and Germany late this […]
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Image description: An offshore wind farm The announcement of the government’s uncharacteristic success in raising £10 billion to fund green projects in the UK in the form of “green gilts” is one that is welcomed. Many schemes that benefit the environment on both a small and large scale simply require the necessary funding: a gap […]
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Image description: A picture of a rainforest From 6th September, amidst Extinction Rebellion’s two week “Impossible Rebellion”, young people from WTFWWF and XR Youth began occupying WWF UK’s headquarters in Woking. They asked WWF UK to take part in a Zoom call with Indigenous communities from Tanzania, Cameroon and Kenya and demanded WWF UK to […]
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Image description: a sign at a climate change protest On 2nd August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report on the planet’s current environmental state, and as ever, it was not good news. In the first report of its kind since 1990, 234 scientists collaborated to reach the same damning […]
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Image Description: A natural landscape with dry plants and distant mountains Arnold Schwarzenegger once compared the fantasy of movies to the world which we might see materialise around us if CO2 levels keep climbing, and the greenhouse effect takes off: “I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, […]
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Image Description: boats on a canal in Denmark with colourful houses on either side Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is often described as a city with a small-town vibe. In recent years, this atmosphere and the high quality of life has attracted more and more people into the city, driving the need for more living […]
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Image Description: three bitcoins against a black background. PROPOSITION (Anjali Kawa) For many, the rise of cryptocurrency marks a method of returning financial power and security back to the people. The ability to take advantage of markets – which usually take advantage of us – has convinced at least 2 million British people, including some […]
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Image description: A pond in a moor Peatlands are remarkably valuable ecosystems when treated well and extremely damaging when not. Young activists and local communities, including in Oxford, are fighting to restore and protect what has been perilously overlooked, while the government slowly catches up. Peatlands are a type of wetland ecosystem found all over […]
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Image Description: A plant growing out of coins in a glass pot. Increasing pressure is dictating that individuals, businesses and companies all must take accountability for their contribution to environmental damage, especially when in the public light. Most recently, it is investors who have been thrust into the spotlight and have responded with a number of […]
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Image description: Boris Johnson standing behind a podium advertising the UN 2020 climate change conference. The background is blue and features an artistic impression of the Earth. November 2020 was supposed to be the month when the eyes of the world would be on Glasgow for arguably the most important conference on climate change the […]
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Image Description: A dolphin upright underwater, its head pointing towards the surface, just above the seafloor. Netflix’s Seaspiracy has reached millions of viewers worldwide and remains in the Netflix top 10 most-watched even now. The documentary, which reported on the wide-ranging scandals surrounding commercial fishing and the apparently devastating impacts the practice is having on […]
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Image Description: Banners that read ‘climate justice for all’ and ‘Stop HS2’ “It’s not politics, it’s science!”. For years now, this has become something of a mantra for a whole swathe of different movements. Coronavirus is the latest example, but long before that, it was embedded in the discourse around climate change. There, as with […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Siân Berry against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Siân Berry: Alumni Series’ This week’s alumni is Siân Berry, a former Materials Science student at Trinity College who went on to become politically active within the Green Party. Since 2018 she has been co-leader of […]
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