It is without a shadow of a doubt that our natural world is deteriorating at unspeakable speeds only comparable to the mass annihilations found in the Cretaceous period. Climate change, habitat loss and resulting encroachment […]
A Second Chance for Seagrass
A million seagrass seeds, enough to cover 20,000 square meters of seafloor, have been gathered from existing meadows to be planted this upcoming winter in the Dale Bay in Pembrokeshire in an effort to undertake […]
The Eco-Friendly Student Guide
Chloe-Nicole shares her insights into being eco-friendly as a student.
Is XR Shooting Itself in the Foot?
Extinction Rebellion (XR) has three clear demands of the UK government; declare a climate emergency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025 and create and lead a Citizens’ Assembly on climate and ecological justice. […]
A World on Fire: What widespread protests worldwide mean for the future of political activism
As I write this, there are protests happening in Ethiopia, Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Australia, Paris and London – to name a few examples. With people around the world subjecting themselves to tear […]
The Amazon Is Still Burning
Over the summer, social media cried out for governments around the world to save the Amazon from the wildfires destroying it. Two months later, the world seems to have moved on. However, this tragedy is […]
We’re Not Scaremongering. This Is Really Happening.
So goes Radiohead’s ‘Idioteque’, from 2000 album Kid A. An album that Rolling Stone ranked as the best of the noughties, an album which, upon release, charted at number 1 in the UK, the US, […]
Retired Rebels Rise Up
Uncooperative crusties” and “importunate nose-ringed climate protesters” must abandon their “hemp-smelling bivouacs,” PM Boris Johnson has demanded. Johnson turned to dated stereotypes that surround protesters when commenting on Extinction Rebellion’s worldwide demonstrations, exacerbating the already […]
Victims of a Greener World?
Anyone who watched the first episode of The Americas with Simon Reeve on Sunday night would have been stunned by two things. Firstly, the incredible natural beauty of the Alaskan landscape, and secondly, the major […]
XR: Go forth or back down?
Bob Dylan, when asked what he thought the 1963 March on Washington had achieved, famously replied: absolutely nothing. This was the same march where Martin Luther King gave his iconic ‘I have a dream speech’. […]
Systems Change, Not Climate Change: The Discord Between Young Climate Strikers And Our Political Systems
Young people are more politically active now than ever before. The climate action movement sweeping across the world has created a platform for youth to have their voices heard and demand governments to prioritize tackling […]
Arrests made at Extinction Rebellion protest in London
Extinction Rebellion activists initiated global demonstrations on Monday, with over 600 arrests already having been made in London alone. Organisers have stated that the protests, which have already seen people barricade themselves to vehicles and […]