(Tuala, Kenya) In a strategically placed location, Caroline Anyango, a 32-year-old mother of three, runs a small business of cooking and selling chapati. She sets up her table and a rechargeable solar lamp, hanging it on the wall outside her...
Long ago Mr. Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, unveiled his plan to remove and renew the recycling in China. One might expect a certain level of organisation from the most populated country in the world, but...
Gazing out over Subic Bay one morning last month, onlookers will have witnessed a turning of the tide. Before them was a behemoth ship – the M/V Bavaria cargo vessel – chugging away from the Filipino coast. On board were...
In Kuzbass, the biggest coalfield in Russia, open air mines are popping up everywhere, turning the territory into a lunar landscape. The coal dust, which is highly toxic, spreads into the air, taints the rivers and poisons the crops.
In Kuzbass, the biggest coalfield in Russia, open air mines are popping up everywhere, turning the territory into a lunar landscape. The coal dust, which is highly toxic, spreads into the air, taints the rivers and poisons the crops.
In Agbogbloshie, Africa’s largest rubbish dump, the impoverished inhabitants take the refuse that they collect at the port and the various habitations so as that they can dispose it and, by burning out in the open, they can then collect the metal parts which can then be sold base on weight to be recycled.
A recently published article at JSTOR Daily asked: “Is militarizing rangers really the best way to combat illegal wildlife hunting?” A rise in environmental security, or what has been termed a “war for biodiversity” or “green militarization”, particularly in the context...
The mighty lion is emblematic with the arid wilderness of the African plains. But unbeknownst to many, there is another habitat in which even more roam. All across South Africa, thousands of lions are bred in farms for the sole...
To attempt to explain how the Legislative Branch of American government works would be a Herculean task and best left to a political scholar. But for all its many faults and vast dysfunction, it chugs along. Occasionally, a high-profile piece...
As the days lengthen and weather warms with the new season, a usual sight is the common bee – buzzing in his own bustle. Yet, as humble and inconspicuous as he may seem, he is crucial to the Earth’s ecosystem...