Jun 21, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
As the effects of human activity on the environment become more widely felt, people are turning to crowdfunding campaigns to help conserve the Earth’s environment. But are they effective? If not for the public’s generosity, the iconic Statue of Liberty might not have...
Jun 14, 2018 | Science & Technology
Our options as a humanity may be dwindling in the face of climate change. The coming changes may completely alter the world as we know it with collapsed ecosystems, mass immigration of climate refugees, and more devastating wars over basic necessities such as food and...
Apr 24, 2018 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Dr. Daniel Hikuroa from Māori and Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, “Why are we killing our rivers?” Hikuroa’s research addresses fundamental foundations and applications of knowledge, particularly with respect to...
Apr 5, 2018 | Politics & Society
The world is facing a water crisis. The World Bank and the United Nations have reported that some forty percent of the world’s population is now affected by water scarcity. Two billion people rely on unsafe drinking water, and some 700 million people are at risk...
Oct 11, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Business & Economics
What is ‘greenwashing’? In his new book, Toby Miller argues that culture has become an enabler of environmental criminals to win over local, national, and international communities. Miller examines the complicity of culture in our environmental crisis with...
Sep 2, 2017 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Storms and fires are rising in both quantity and severity, bringing disastrous consequences to lives and livelihoods. How do we deal with the storms, particularly with the loss of power? Maria Armoudian talks to Steve Matthewman and Julie MacArthur. Steve Matthewman...
Aug 3, 2017 | Science & Technology
Our fates are tied to the fate of our oceans, which generate half of the world’s oxygen, as well as provide water, food, recreation, culture, and some $24 trillion of the global economy. But ocean life is under threat by multiple stressors — climate change,...
Jun 30, 2017 | Politics & Society
With unprecedented global warming, wealth disparities and peak everything, there is no question that we need to act now to meet the power, heating and transportation needs of growing populations, and to do so sustainably, equitably and democratically. What are the...
Jun 7, 2017 | Politics & Society
How are non-governmental organisations, social movements and transnational networks working to combat climate change globally and locally? Maria Armoudian is joined by Astrid Carrapatoso to discuss this. Carrapatoso has published studies on climate change policy...