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Climate Change

Tech

The tech industry has a serious sustainability problem

And it’s going unchecked — While consumers have forced the fashion industry to start confronting its ethical and environmental shortcomings in recent years, the tech world remains unchecked. Why?

Written by: Kat George

Activism

Buying new is not sustainable, no matter how you sew it

A deep dive into fast fashion — The fashion world may be promoting a new, more ‘sustainable’ kind of consumerism – but no matter what they try and sell us, buying new will never lead to real change.

Written by: Kat George

Activism

Climate protestors block roads to ‘disrupt’ Fashion Week

‘People need to consume less’ — This weekend, Extinction Rebellion blocked the roads around London’s Fashion Week venues in a bid to ‘disrupt business as usual.’

Written by: Clara Hernanz

Activism

Protestors call for immediate action on climate change

‘The time to rebel is now’ — This weekend, thousands of demonstrators from environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion blockaded the bridges of London.

Written by: Eva Clifford

Photography

The last days of the Arctic, captured in photos

The final frontier — Photographers Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen travel 10,000 miles to investigate the irreversible changes that are taking place in the region.

Written by: Eva Clifford

Travel

At sea with the world’s first ethical cargo ships

The Travel Diary — Photographer Barry Macdonald joins the crew of Fairtransport – a revolutionary, zero-emissions cargo company powered by sail only.

Written by: Barry Macdonald

Reportage

Citizen volunteers respond to horrific Athens forest fires

The path of destruction — We head to Mati, where hundreds of humanitarian volunteers have joined relief efforts after Greece’s most deadly wildfires in a decade.

Written by: Alex King

Opinion

Heathrow’s expansion spells disaster for politics & the planet

From Where I Stand — The vote for a third runway at Heathrow puts both the planet and the progressive left at risk, writes Ellie Mae O'Hagan. You can't build socialism on a dead planet.

Written by: Ellie Mae O’Hagan

Opinion

Plastic is destroying our planet - it’s time to take action

Save our oceans — Earlier this week, community heads from across the ocean conservation and recycling worlds joined forces to come up with solutions for the plastic crisis. We joined them at Cornwall’s Wheal Kitty Workshops and heard what they had to say.

Written by: Steph Pomphrey

Art

Using film to face up to the devastation of climate change

Time is running out — In Purple, John Akomfrah uses six screens to convey a message, combining archival footage with haunting shots of modern landscapes, and asking humanity to look at its relationship with the planet, before it's too late.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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