SPAIN IS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION
UncategorizedFilomena It is Saturday, the 8th of January of 2021. It is half past ten in the morning andCarmen waits for her train at the train station of Alicante. Christmas holidays are over. Afterspending two great weeks with her family and friends in her hometown, Carmen has toleave Alicante and travel to Madrid, where she
Sweden and The Greta Thunberg Effect
UncategorizedOn 20 August 2018, a then 15 year old Greta Thunberg took her bicycle and began her first strike from school. She sat down outside the Swedish Parliament in central Stockholm, holding up a sign saying Skolstrejk för klimatet (School Strike for climate). The strike lasted every school day until the parliamentary elections in Sweden
Get Your Hands “Dirty” in Germany
Authors . City life . Climate Change . Society . Student lifeFor the general public, throwing rubbish into the right bins could be a great starting point for environmental protection. Best Recycling Rate Around the Globe When I first moved into the Olympisches Dorf in September, my eyes were immediately caught by its intense colorfulness – not just those exquisitely-painted facades of the bungalows but also
Challenges for Indonesia as a tropical country in facing extreme climate change
UncategorizedClimate change is a global disaster whose magnitude is estimated to be the same as the Covid-19 pandemic. Later, no country will be able to escape or be free from the threat of climate change. Climate change is a real global threat and has been studied by various scientists who describe that the world is
COP26 and the Future of our Climate
Climate Change . Culture . Politics . SocietyWritten by Sofia Oloyede 01/12/2021 In her passionate speech at the ‘Youth4Climate’ convention, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg criticises world leaders and their approach to the climate crisis. The event was held prior to the highly awaited COP26 conference, where leaders congregate and discuss how they will approach the ever-growing climate-related issues of our world. COP26
Sofia from London: A Very Short Introduction
UncategorizedGrab yourself a cup of tea before you read! Who am I? This was a surprisingly difficult question to answer. I’ll start with the basics. My name is Sofia. I am 20 years old, and I am from London. My mother is Austrian, and my father is Nigerian. I am very proud to be from
Not Quite 73 Questions with Sadie | A Vogue Inspired Interview
HealthThe Wonderful World of Vogue An interview like this is usually conducted in a video format and focuses on the interesting and everchanging lives of celebrities. The world of Vogue is one where celebrities flaunt their fabulous houses, incredibly healthy diets, and flawless skincare routines for our consumption. We are bombarded with models, actors and
How Reputation Gets In The Way of Reparations
City life . Climate Change . Culture . Media . Politics . Society . UncategorizedThe Battle For Hearts And Minds To Achieve A Better World. London is a city that can be comfortably prosecuted as guilty for its crimes against the environment. The concrete landscape is impressive, filled with the old and new. An efficient transportation system runs like streams below but above, lies a lack of bike lanes
The Czech Republic, a country where climate change does not exist?
Climate Change . Media . SocietyNovember 17 is one of the most important Czech holidays. It is also the latest one. On 17 November 1989, the Velvet Revolution began, a non-violent transition of power in Czechoslovakia. The riot police suppressed a student demonstration in Prague on International Student’s Day. On the street, where it hapenned – Národní/National street – there
Set sail in the sea of green dream
Society . Student lifeAn idea ignited a green dream. In the year 1998, the Yangtze River suffered a massive basin-wide flood. The destruction of vegetation in the middle and upper streams of the Yangtze River, which was exposed during the disastrous flood, caught the attention of seven girls, including Yan Yun. Soon afterwards, in 1999, when everyone saw using