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You may think that your $10 Uniqlo basic tee is worth every penny because you’ve worn it many times and it’s still in great condition, or that your trendy bikini purchase from Shien won’t make a difference in the grand scheme of things – because it’s just one bikini after all! But slow fashion and
The 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is no longer a regional health emergency. In a matter of weeks, this virus has spread faster than national and international systems can contain, crossing into Uganda and threatening, once again, to destabilize a region already strained by conflict, displacement, and climate-driven
In The Sea Around Us, one of the most successful books ever written about the natural world, Rachel Carson describes the inextricable link between humans, other life on the planet, and the ocean: “Fish, amphibian, and reptile, warm-blooded bird and mammal – each of us carries in our veins a salty stream in which the
Immediately after COP27 and only 45 days into the UK’s new government under Rishi Sunak, chaos and controversy over a plan to open a new coal mine in Cumbria has split the conservative-led government. Some ministers are hailing the project as a step forward for jobs and prosperity in a historically disadvantaged region of England;
In October, the UK is going to have a third prime minister of the year, an unprecedented crisis in British politics – and the quickest turnover of power we have seen in modern times. Liz Truss to resign as UK prime minister after 45 days in office https://t.co/WdW4QyHMyl — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 20,
After months of political turmoil and the sudden resignations of senior cabinet members, Boris Johnson resigned as UK Prime minister on July 7. The decision also followed a press scandal regarding the sexual misconduct of Conservative deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, the final “nail in the coffin” after a deluge of other scandals. Johnson’s resignation
On Monday, the foreign ministers of Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Niue met with China’s Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in Fiji (partly virtually due to ongoing COVID restrictions) to discuss a region-wide economic and security deal proposed by Beijing. Some of the nations want to defer action on the
Editor’s Note: After “War and Peace?”, “Close to the Edge: Climate Change: Focus on Africa, Asia and the Coastal Poor”, and The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Intelligence Era: What Next? , we are happy to publish the fourth excerpt from Dr. George Lueddeke’s highly commended and timely book, Survival: One Health, One Planet, One
In this second and final part of our media coverage the first-ever Circular Textiles Business Matchmaking Showroom we take a look at some of the companies that have made presentations at the event as well as some of the exhibitors. As important as city leaders and NGOs are for creating change, the industry itself is
Once again, the New York Times highlights the vaccine mess in Europe: The continent is way behind Israel, the U.K. and the U.S in rolling out vaccines and this delay will cost lives. The Times has even come up with a neat diagram showing how countries that have forged ahead with their vaccinations are doing
Health illiteracy haunts the COVID-19 response in most of the Western democracies. Health illiteracy is defined as the inability to comprehend and use medical information that can affect access to and use of the health-care system. Conversely, health literacy refers to the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic
How evaluating impact contributes to driving investment in adaptable and scalable strategies. Several years ago, a mango farmer in Burkina Faso told us something that forever changed our approach to impact evaluation. “I don’t want to answer any questions,” the farmer said as one of our impact surveyors approached him. “Here you come to ask