Climate Change
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The sci-fi shorts imagining our cities of the future
Life in 2097 — Featuring five short visuals and an interactive app, 2097: We Made Ourselves Over imagines a world 80 years from now in which humans come together as agents of change.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Naomi Klein's guide to resisting power
It's time to take a leap — Tragedies can be a gateway for radical neoliberal agendas, says award-winning writer Naomi Klein, and that’s why we need to knuckle down and get real about the future.
Written by: Andrea Kurland