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Tourists & their Negative Impact on the Country

With summer approaching, tourists’ behavior can sometimes be disrespectful not only towards the country’s culture and its people but also harmful to the animals and environment.

Sirine bougacha June 26, 2022

Fast Fashion: Everything You Need but at What Cost?

Women standing on a pile of clothes holding a postcard written on it “Overconsumtion=Extenction”

Sirine bougacha April 12, 2022

Citizens marching for climate justice (Source: Unsplash)

Could COP26 be the Environmental Lifeline our planet needs?

With the consequences of climate change increasing day by day, this year’s International UN COP26 Climate Summit and its decisions, in particular, are rumored to impact our lives and create change, even for years to come.

Ashera Ambawatte December 7, 2021

The image of local men fishing in the backwaters of the Sundarbans.

The Mosaic of Biodiversity and Ethnic Multiplicity: An Endangered Fairytale from the Sundarbans

The Sundarbans are an ecological enigma. There is more to this heavenly abode than biodiversity. Read on to learn how unique they are!

Anitta Thajudheen Jia October 15, 2021

Why we ought to be worried about Space

Transferring all the junk from Earth to aerospace,With few traces and no concrete chase. Endeavoring to alter the world’s harrowing face, To send out some spacecraft, just in case Oh dear, that’s what we’re wanted to embrace To forget all sort of ethics, morality and grace And let anyone launch their machines, apace. They commence…

Ilyes Rekhis June 25, 2021

What Is The Eco Gender Gap and How Can We Bridge It?

The eco gender gap acts as a barrier in environmental conservation. Bridging this gap will lead to greater contributions towards saving our planet.

Yasonil Piyatissa May 22, 2021

Reducing Air Pollution, Key To Better Life

Sensitizing people to protect their environment is an act that definitely should be done recurrently and not only on the occasion of the United Nation International Days, as the World Environment Day. In this context, different members of the civil society in Tunisia and different organizations participated in the Car-Free Day event in order to…

Safa Mnassri August 5, 2019

Environmental Volunteers: Conference of Youth in Morocco

What is “Conference of Youth”? Conference of Parties (COP) is the supreme decision-making body of the Climate Change Convention. With the presence of all the States that are parties of it, they review and discuss the solutions to prevent our planet from the risk of climate change. Starting from 1995, all those States meet to…

Abdessamad Ejjiar July 11, 2019

Ports, Reefs, and the Chinese: Sri Lanka’s Call for Justice

Ashanee Kottage is a freshman at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, who was born and raised in Sri Lanka. The current ministerial crisis in Sri Lanka is a surprise to many, but not to the 600,000 people in the fishing trade, or to the environmentalists across the island. The inconsistency of election promises was…

Ashanee Kottage December 5, 2018