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Every year the Global Footprint Network calculates the Earth Overshoot Day or Earth Debt Day. This is the date that marks when humanity’s resource consumption for the year had exceeded Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. In 1987, the first year in which the EOD was calculated, the date of this surplus was […]
The plight of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is that they have been locked in a continuous fight for their right to live as ordinary law-abiding citizens; however, the law has not deemed them as being worthy to hold that status. The Ahmadis believe themselves to be just another Muslim sect, yet their belief is […]
We often think of bullying as something that happens at school, between kids that will later grow out of it. But there is growing evidence that this happens beyond the classroom. Indeed, workplace bullying and harassment is thought to cost the UK economy £18 billion a year, as well as, of course, exacting a personal […]
My parents recall being warned about climate change. They were told to be ecologically conscious, for their actions were shaping the planet they were leaving behind for their grandchildren. Today, this future is much nearer than they thought. My parents, and even my grandparents, will live through the consequences of our hyper-consumerist, irresponsible lifestyles. Indeed, […]
Is Coca-Cola failing to take adequate responsibility of the quality and safety of their products being sold abroad? One case in Nigeria would suggest otherwise, portraying Coca-Cola as a company bound by no moral obligation. In March 2017, a high court judge in Nigeria, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji, ruled that soft drinks under the Coca-Cola […]
