The energy of the future: the renewable energy communities
Since its beginning in February, the tragic war in Ukraine has monopolized the newscasts. And with Russia being one of the biggest world exporters of gas and oil, the energy […]
Author: sofia.mazzon@studio.unibo.it
Fifty shades of greenwashing (and how to avoid it)
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals include in SDG 12 the objective of “ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns”. In the last decade, environmental awareness has increased rapidly and consumers […]
Who will pay the price of climate change
Extreme heat, drought, wildfires. Unfortunately, summer 2022 has been an eye-opening season for many people. As the effects of global warming become more concrete and severe every day, we might […]
Russia and European energy independence: the REPower EU Plan
Since its outbreak on February 24, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has altered the political, social, and economic balance of the world and, above all, of Europe. At a […]
Is 4 the magic number? The rise of the four-day workweek
Work is a fundamental part of the life of an individual. If we think that the average person spends 90.000 hours at work, a third of their life, we can […]
Don’t Look Up is the movie about climate change that we needed
Since it was released on Netflix last December, Don’t Look Up has been at the top of the platform’s most viewed titles. Adam McKay’s new movie portrays the fictional story […]
How fast fashion is harming people and the planet
In the USA alone, 11.3 million tons of textile materials were disposed in the landfill in 2018. This number was almost half (6.28 million tons) in 2000, and it was […]
Climate migration might be the next great emergency
Migration is a fact as ancient as human history. The first evidence of migration dates back to tens (if not more than a hundred) of thousands of years ago, when […]
What will we eat in 2050?
The world population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion in 2050, an increase of 2 billion people with respect to today. Considering that Earth is able to produce a […]
Is climate change affecting our mental health?
Rises in temperature, droughts and heatwaves, increase of sea-levels and ice melting: these are just some of the effects that climate change is having and will continue to have on […]