By BRITT GOOSMAN & RICHIE AHUJA —- IF as a country you want to provide a healthy economy for your people, to ensure issues such as food and job security, and to encourage sustainable agriculture–for instance, by building better soil or allowing the doubling of farmer incomes–you need to provide energy for all of it.…
COUGH, cough, cough. Achoo. Those were the sounds on my flight back from celebrating Diwali in Delhi. The air quality was so poor, it was just a film of haze over the city as we took off. While many of us are generally aware of the worsening outdoor air quality during Diwali, crop burning, and…
CLIMATE change is a global emergency. Even if you don’t think you feel the effects of this phenomenon, they’re here. Do you hate how it gets hot earlier and stays hot longer throughout the year? Global warming has led to “prolonged periods of high temperatures”, which lead to wildfires, droughts, and other crises. Exposure to…
CLIMATE change became a talking point nearly 30 years ago. So why are we still arguing whether it’s real or not? The evidence is pretty irrefutable, see NASA’s temperature graph below. Yet, people still seem to think this is a political talking point that they can choose not to acknowledge as an emergency, calling it one…
IT’S that time of year again when we are enthusiastic about making changes and bettering ourselves. Resolutions don’t have to be big changes, we can start with a small step. In the coming year, let’s take those steps towards making healthier, more conscious choices not only towards ourselves but also towards our environment. So, here are…
WE all love to read about what our favourite celebrities are up to, but it’s always nice to hear that they’re doing more than going to yet another party, shopping or travelling. Stars supporting charitable causes isn’t a new concept, but once Angelina Jolie and George Clooney made it cool to support social activism, the…
WANT to change the world but aren’t sure where to start? Get inspired by watching one of these documentaries: 1. The Thin Blue Line and Making a Murderer are two documentaries following the cases of men exonerated of the crimes that they were convicted and details how mistakes, misconduct and malintent within the justice system (of…