 AuthorHarry Holmes Like a Frankenstein’s monster of history, we seem to have awoken to a planet fixated by space travel and the possibilities it holds for humanity. But this is no 20th Century fever dream, increasing amounts of time and money are being spent on space projects, and there are real implications for environmental movements.
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 AuthorMyles Allen Is the Church of England, like my own University endowment fund, avoiding the financial headache of divesting from fossil fuels by ducking the main point? This may seem an uncharitable question, in the week that the Archbishop of Canterbury opened the Stock Exchange, and the Synod will be debating a motion welcoming the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), tracking the alignment of corporate business plans with the Paris Climate Agreement.
 AuthorRachel Parlour Recognised as an international leader and world authority on global climate change, Christiana Figueres, born in Costa Rica, is one of the most influential and prominent women in global climate change.
 AuthorNuala Burnett Climate change is arguably the one disaster that unites the world; something that will wreak havoc across countries and oceans alike due to its all-encompassing nature. Despite the unbiased nature of CO2, climate change itself is not a gender-neutral phenomenon; the impacts are found to have disproportionately negative effects on women, especially those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. With the fate of (effectively) half of the world’s population hanging in the balance, this is something that deserves immediate attention though research in adaptation and prevention specifically targeted at the impacts on women.
 AuthorHannah Fuchs It is easy to forget just how many aspects of our existence are infiltrated by the effects of climate change, how closely climate is interwoven with and can impact social constellations. This Trinity Term’s last panel event on Monday, 14th May 2018 aimed to shed light on an area that is often overlooked: how climate change affects women – how women and climate may influence each other. Judy Ling Wong, painter, poet and environmentalist best known as the Honorary President of Black Environment Network (BEN) and Lisa Shipper, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute, spoke about their views on this matter.
 AuthorJefri Ho While cities are the main contributors towards climate change and are highly vulnerable to its impacts, they are also poised to effectively tackle climate change. This was the crux of the insightful talk presented by Dr Radhika Khosla, Senior Researcher at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and Research Director at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development.
 AuthorJefri Ho The Oxford Climate Society was honoured and pleased to have Dr Susan Bartington, Jenny Bates and Mai Jarvis for a panel on the public health effects of air pollution. With approximately 40,000 deaths, a loss of 6 months of life expectancy per person, and costs – social, economic and environmental – of £20 billion are caused by air pollution each year, it is a clear threat to public health. Furthermore, the UK is no stranger to air pollution, with London already breaching the legal limit for air pollution in February 2018, and Oxford itself being one of 10 cities to breach the limit for air pollution in 2016.
 AuthorLucy Fellingham Earth Day began in 1970, founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as a teach-in to educate students, with a wider aim of bringing environmental considerations into the public eye. Nelson had been inspired by the large-scale student anti-war movement across America, and realised that this was a path through which environmental considerations could be brought to the national political agenda.
 AuthorNuala Burnett Situated in Cowley and open for only a few months (since Dec 17), Happy Friday Kitchen is Oxford’s answer to vegan junk food. Although located a bit of a trek away from town centre, the bright diner aesthetic and incredibly cute dog (follow his antics on their Instagram account @happyfridaykitchen and #hfkdog) are well worth the effort.
 AuthorJefri Ho With the end of Easter and the Hilary term break, it is important to reflect on how concerns regarding sustainability and climate change are linked to our holiday celebrations. Not only does this involve reflecting on how Easter affects and is affected by climate change, but also on how we can celebrate Easter in a more sustainable manner.
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