Plant-Based Edinburgh propose motion to make EUSA venues 100 per cent Plant Based
The Plant-Based Edinburgh Campaign has submitted a motion at this month’s EUSA Student Council Meeting that would see a transition towards fully plant-based catering across all EUSA venues. The proposed…
Preparing Edinburgh for net-zero: Edinburgh Council’s climate plans
Having declared a climate emergency in 2019, Edinburgh council is currently on track to meet its target of net-zero emissions by 2030. The plan aligns with the Scottish Government’s target…
The University of Edinburgh’s climate action plan
In 2016 the University of Edinburgh set out its Climate Action Plan that outlined the university’s climate goals, including its aim to be carbon-zero by 2040. This plan represented an…
Is English Literature relevant in a climate-ravaged world?
Is my English Literature degree relevant in a world ravaged by climate change? This question relies on whether you think art can help change the world. Many contemporary books and…
Touring after Taylor
Green touring is inevitable as more artists become aware of their footprints, but mistakes will always be made, and the simple action of offsetting carbon has damning critiques and failures…
Ecology and Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach
The Gorillaz universe reigns with a sense of apocalypse. Through the video clips or the canon universe behind the fictional band, we are subjected to surreal bleakness and fantasy. Founded…
Björk: Inextinguishable Environmentalism
Few artists demonstrate a biophilia as strong as Björk, and not just because of her homonymous 2011 album. Her work and life are forged out of facing the elemental conditions…
(How) are we engaging with climate change?
A 2021 survey across ten countries (involving 10 000 participants aged 16-25) led by Bath University revealed that 60 per cent of the young people approached felt worried/extremely worried about…