environment
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Rita Borg
Before Covid-19, Outdoor swimming was seen as a niche hobby. Now, swimmers are championing for better environmental and access rights in the UK.
Alienor Hammer
Only rare success stories exist amidst the ever-increasing number of unresolved environmental issues threatening our planet. Every time an environment-related issue is identified, mitigation efforts are targeted at reducing the environmental hazard, but do not address the structural inequalities that place individuals in a position of vulnerability in the first place.
Michael Shyer
For communities situated along the banks of the Mekong, the river plays multiple roles. It is the historical, artistic and cultural root for many local peoples, and simultaneously supplies the region’s fresh water and plays host to the world’s largest inland fishery. Over the past few decades, it has also become an important source of hydroelectric power and a target for development projects.
Arzucan Askin
Racial thinking shapes the spaces in which we live and the way we perceive the environment. The concept of ‘race’ is inseparable from contemporary environmental issues and inherently linked to colonial legacies. In Brazil, racial discrimination is deeply intertwined with development and the protection of the Amazon rainforest.
Adela Jones
Try and imagine our world in 2050.
Julia Ryng
Several months have passed since the Polish presidency jumped for joy at the conclusion of the 2018 United Nations climate conference, COP24 in Katowice, Poland. For some however, the cheerful reaction may have been premature.
Arzucan Askin
Around the world, people, often indigenous, are becoming “conservation refugees” forced to leave their ancestral homelands for the creation of protected areas and wildlife reserves. Through this process of displacement, conservation has created racialized citizens and politicized landscapes.
In this compelling piece, Björn Jóhann Ólafsson explores the exploitative nature of animal slaughterhouses, highlighting their devastating impact on human life.