Man-made hunger: The income famine of Yemen
While the World looks away, Yemen stands on the brink of a famine that the UN have warned may be the worst in 100 years...
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A basic macroeconomic model of energy depletion in the presence of an alternative energy source
Introduction – why system dynamics System dynamics modelling has grown alongside the development of modern computing, starting with Forrester’s World Dynamics (1971). The purpose of...
Are we running out of fish?
Overfishing is one of the greatest threats our oceans face. By catching more than the seas can sustain, humanity trespasses the limits of the environment...
A Reflection on the Relationship Between Business and Sustainability: Managing my Own Tensions
Initially, I was critical of business engaging in sustainability. I saw CSR as a gateway to reducing the role of the state (Hanlon & Fleming,...
A reflection on Business, Environment and Sustainability
Pasi Heikurinen’s questions over technological innovation providing sustainability solutions (2016) made me think. Previous messages from study/experience hold technology as the solution to society’s troubles;...
Summary and Reflection of Business, Environment and Sustainability
Following the completion of a degree in Environmental Sustainability, I believed that the fundamental role of businesses was to drive profit maximisation, rather than act...
Afloat on a Raft of Plastic
If trends continue, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the World’s oceans than fish [1]. This is an especially shocking prediction seeing as...
Too Much Here and Not Enough There: Unfair Distribution and Food Insecurity
“The explanation for hunger is more complex than “too many people” combined with “low farm productivity”” (Peoples and Bailey [1]) Food insecurity is defined as...
The elephant in the ocean: global plastic pollution
I’ll never forget my snorkelling trip to idyllic Indonesia. Imagine white sandy beaches and a stunning maze of vibrant coral. Now litter the sand with...
Unsustainable Scale: Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
Tropical forests cover just 7% of total land but within them contain 50% of all plant, insect and animal species, making them one of the...
No future for the young?
A modern cure to the epidemic of unemployment The financial crisis of 2008 has had devastating impacts on the world's economies[1]. While economic recovery has...
Making unsustainable business models appear sustainable: are we wasting time?
Prior to analysing the relationship between business and sustainability, I accepted that, because corporations are so ingrained in societal organisation, it would be much more...
Inequality - is it driving the breakdown of trust in society?
Surveys taken in the US show that from 1958 to 2014 trust in government fell from 73% to 24%. From 1972 to 2014 trust in...
A critical reflection: is there a role for sustainability in business?
Our discussions of voluntary regulation leading to political corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the limitations of the business case for CSR have most influenced my...
A critical reflection: is there a role for sustainability in business?
At the beginning of this module my knowledge regarding the business world was very limited. The discussions throughout that led to questioning the motive of...
Why the global air pollution crisis won’t simply blow over
Recently, New Delhi became the latest city to be placed in the global media spotlight for its air quality issues. With concentrations of the most...
We’re suffocating on the fumes of our own consumption.
Air pollution is often seen as a product of modern living, of industrialisation and urbanisation and is essentially taken for granted. A primary source of...
Can we really expect to eliminate poverty in an unfair society?
The extent of poverty in the UK In 2016 the government announced that there were 14 million people living in relative poverty in the UK....
The Great British Housing Horror Show: An Intergenerational Catastrophe
Everyone knows we are amid a housing crisis. We hear politicians blaming property developers and see newspapers pointing the finger at immigration. But the issue...
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada: Expropriation as Allocation
Over the last 35 years in Canada, as many as 4000 Indigenous women and girls have been murdered or have gone missing [1]. These staggering...