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Special Issue January 2017: Environment

    ‘CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A NEW POLITICAL ERA’

    How will Trump and Brexit affect environmental sustainability?

    What can you do personally to reduce our damaging investment in fossil fuels?

    Can we change the way we design products to move towards zero waste?

    In this Special Issue, the first of 2017, we investigate the state of the environment at this uncertain moment in our history. In this moment, the future of our planet may look bleak on the surface. However, behind the media image, real people are making real improvements to ensure a sustainable future. Even Trump and Brexit won’t stop their progress.

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    St Kilda: Facing the Change

    The population of Kittiwake seabirds in the island of St Kilda in Scotland is plummeting for different reasons, one of which could be related to climate change. In this video, made for the National Trust of Scotland, wildlife filmmaker Simon Goodall describes some of the...
    Posted On 28 Feb 2017
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    On a Mission to Save the Turtle Dove across Europe

    In this article, Miguel López (SEO-BirdLife) tells us how one man’s determined mission to save the Turtle Dove is taking him on an epic hike across Europe.
    Posted On 28 Feb 2017
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    Divesting Savings to Mitigate Global Warming

    2016 was a decisive year for the global commitment against climate change. Three events in November highlighted a critical moment in the global action against global warming. Firstly, the Paris Agreement came into force on 4 November. Secondly, the Agreement was ratified at the...
    Posted On 26 Jan 2017
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    May: The Month of Global Demonstrations Against Climate Change

    The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere made 2016 the hottest year since records began. Scientists have warned that the exploitation of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) is primarily responsible for carbon dioxide emissions and we need to reduce the production of...
    Posted On 26 Jan 2017
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    Why Trump’s Vow to Kill Obama’s Sustainability Agenda will Lead Business to Step in and Save it

    After Donald Trump’s victory in the recent United States elections, the future of the country’s sustainability agenda seems uncertain. Trump has denounced climate change as a hoax and has stated, among many other things, that he will dismantle the Environmental...
    Posted On 26 Jan 2017
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    Brexit and the Uncertainty of the Environmental Agenda in the UK

    The disconnection process of the United Kingdom of the European Union (EU) has unleashed uncertainties in many areas and sectors of the country. Some experts are wondering how it will affect the exit of the EU to the environmental agenda and how they will respect the different...
    Posted On 26 Jan 2017
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    To beat the ‘throwaway’ waste crisis, we must design loveable objects – that last

    In this world of disposable products and programmed obsolescence, achieving the goal of Zero Waste goal seems like an unattainable dream. Is it possible to change our entrenched tendencies to consume and possess more and more things? Jonathan Chapman, professor of Sustainable...
    Posted On 26 Jan 2017
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