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The Influence of Climate Misinformation on Political Discourse and its Impact on Marginalised Communities
Please click Here to see the infographic exploring the influence of climate misinformation on political discourse and its impact on marginalised communities.
Marine Conservation And Indigenous Fishing Rights In Vanuatu
Of Tides and Traditions In the heart of the ocean, where waves cradle stars, Where the coral breathes life in mosaic hues (Lobo and Parson,...
Balancing the scales
Ayt Azɣa (People of Sand) - Poem - Noah Lakehal
Ayt Azɣa (People of Sand) My great grandmother’s face etched with stories, Tattoos tracing lines of her journey, Like desert dunes shifting with time. A...
The Colour Hyde Park Project: Fusing art and development
Hello – I’m Ale, my current sustainability project is to develop the second phase of Colour Hyde Park Project! We are looking to create inclusion...
How to reduce the increasing environmental footprint of aviation
Although the aviation industry emphasizes that aviation is only responsible for around 2.5% of global CO2 emissions (Chèze et al., 2012) there is no denial...
Local research towards global goals: The 2020 Student Sustainability Research Conference
As a Student Sustainability Architect working on the Leeds Sustainable Curriculum and Conference projects, the days and weeks leading up to the 2020 Student Sustainability...
"No-one is too small to make a difference" - Greta Thunberg
“No one is too small to make a difference” is an inspiring book by Greta Thunberg, the girl who in 2018 started a global youth...
Just Another Brick in the Wall? The London Housing Crisis and Unfair Distribution
We don’t need no wealth taxation. We don’t need no land controls. Re-distribution? Not on our watch. Hey, Corbyn, leave our wealth alone! As house...
Fresh Water – the truth for Aboriginals communities in Canada
Water covers over two-thirds of our planet, yet, less than 3% is freshwater suitable for consumption [1]. Certain countries are water-rich, while many others are...
Against the clock
For the fifth young person queuing in front of me, an assembly line boxing opinions and ideologies in confined choices, I see the young ones;...
The New Story Run and Post-growth Zurich
In December 2019, two former Leeds students met for a conversation about System Change and Degrowth in Zurich. Rosie Watson (BA Environment & Business graduate)...
Ghost Fishing: the spectre of unsustainable scale haunting our seas
We’ve all heard about the plastic problem in our oceans. We’ve seen pictures: great floating garbage islands, and remote beaches covered in straws and bottles....
Food for thought: a student sustainability architect's perspective
We all need food. We do not need food in the same way that we need transport or clothes or anything else that makes our...
Biodiversity Action Planning across the University of Leeds residences
Habitat loss and fragmentation are key drivers of biodiversity loss [1], with urbanisation having a greater impact on species than any other habitat conversion [2]. The...
Food inequality: humanity's biggest moral failure?
“The number of overweight people in the world, suffering their own health problems, is roughly equal to the number of hungry people” [1]. A shocking...
Is the scale of our current plastic waste sustainable? No, not even close
100 billion is a big number. Whilst it may be trivial to understand what this number and its digits represent in a purely mathematical sense,...
Understanding waste management at the University of Leeds
Who knew waste management could be so interesting? During my time as an architect, my role is to understand the current waste management practices at...
The Earth's Forests are at their tipping point
The average life span of a tree in the amazon is approximately just over 300 years old, and have lasted generations, though due to deforestation...