Happiness, Social Connection, Loneliness
Monday, 03 August 2020 / Published in Blogs
How happy are we in today’s world? Are we satisfied with our current life? What can we do to improve our happiness and life satisfaction? These are all extremely difficult
Biopiracy of Neem
Thursday, 30 July 2020 / Published in Blogs
Genetic research has existed for a while now and it is becoming more sophisticated. For a lot of people, this is good news. Improved genetic research means we can potentially
Informal Waste Ecosystem
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 / Published in Blogs
What things about us humans are unnatural? That was the first question we were all asked during our opening lecture on environmental science. The most popular answer given was technology. Not
Child Labour
Thursday, 11 June 2020 / Published in Blogs
There are some topics you report on that just makes you angry and depressed. I will be talking about one such topic today – Child Labour. Just so that we
World Environment Day 2020
Friday, 05 June 2020 / Published in Blogs
I don’t think it is dramatic to say that we humans are at a dangerous crossroads because of the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 virus has brought our entire existence to
IUU Fishing
Thursday, 04 June 2020 / Published in Blogs
I think the fishing industry has taken a literal sense of the saying “there is plenty of fish in the sea” and decided it is time to catch them all.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 / Published in Blogs
Leading up to 2003, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was getting concerned about the rise in work–related accidents and illnesses. There were 268 million non-fatal accidents, 160 million cases of
Earth Day
Wednesday, 22 April 2020 / Published in Blogs
It was on this day, 50 years ago, people around the world came together to celebrate the first-ever Earth Day. Today, we celebrate it as the largest secular observance in
World Heritage Day 2020
Friday, 17 April 2020 / Published in Blogs
You may be wondering, “what does heritage have anything to do with sustainable development?”. With tomorrow being World Heritage Day, I thought this is the best time to answer this
Agenda 21
Thursday, 09 April 2020 / Published in Blogs
Have you ever wonder why the United Nations (UN) calls the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) the Agenda 2030? Well, get in for a mildly adventurous ride through recent history to