The Revolution Will Be DM’ed to You
The phenomenon known as the “Facebook Revolution” has evolved markedly since the so-called Arab Spring lasting from 2010 to 2012, when anti-government protests across...
A Tale of Two Cities: Response, Resilience, and Recalibration
As COVID-19 transmission occurs through droplets in the air, overcrowded cities mounted a massive problem for governments around the world. Those who could, fled...
Unwrapping Our Plastic Future
Plastic enjoys a critical role in the global economy, rivalled by few other hard materials. Not least since the publication of the Austrian movie...
Phosphorus – A Silent Emergency
Phosphorus – A Silent Emergency
If I asked you to list the greatest challenges facing the world right now, you might first think of COVID-19,...
The power of zero: Rethinking the economic system
We want, we deserve, we need a zero waste society
In an ever-changing globalized world, environmental problems such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and...
Weather(ed) Refugees
“no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well...
Facing one of the world’s deadliest enemies: its toilet problem
Diarrhoea kills more people than war, terrorism and murders combined. In 2017, 2.5 percent of global deaths (1.3 million in total) were caused due...
Australia: a future climate action leader, or too little too late?
In the developed world, Australia is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. Despite this, the IMF, amidst an...
From Sensing to Preventing: Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Disaster Management
By: Jaewon Son (Guest Writer)
In recent years, water-related disasters have occurred more frequently as a result of climate change and urbanisation. For example, according...
Golden Opportunities? The Socio-economic Footprint of Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining
By: Brigitte Simone Gerstmann (Guest Writer)
As an international endeavour to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic mercury emissions, the Minamata Convention was signed...
