Washington DC, United States: New Year celebrations are over-hyped to be sure, with overcrowded bars and over-priced alcohol, but the event serves as a great opportunity to reset and reassess. We set resolutions for physical health, mental acuity, and new adventures, but there’s also a chance for deeper changes, ones that permanently change our worldviews....
In January, 2017, UN WOMEN released a map of women in politics. The map showcased the participation of women as chief executives of countries and as members of parliament. The visual indicated the following: • There are only 11 women heads of states in 157 countries which elect their leaders, representing 7.2 percent of the...
Pennsylvania, United States: The biggest challenge in small-time elections is getting people to care. The world of local politics is practically alien to national campaigns and advocacy because without the appeal of charming candidates, rallies, and broad national debate, very few people pay attention. But they should. Over the past few months, I helped a...
Like most people, I always feel so much pressure to make a change in the world. I feel guilty when I don’t go to a protest against fossil fuels. I feel disappointed in myself that I still haven’t quite managed to go fully vegetarian. I feel heartbroken that Australian politicians are not helping refugees that...
Sydney, Australia: There has been a lot of talk about the controversial Adani Group recently, Four Corners even released a damning investigation into the organisation last month ‘Digging Into Adani’. Adani Group is an Indian energy company, proposing to build one of the largest coal mines in the world in the Galilee Basin in Queensland....
The question I was most asked over the two-day event for female entrepreneurs and thought leaders was also the hardest to answer – why are you here? I was invited to The Other Festival held at City Point in Brooklyn as a blogger to cover the two-day event that blurred the lines between industry conference, pop-up...
On the 29th of August, the chairman of the Indian mining conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani, announced the beginning of the company’s new, $16.5 billion “Carmichael” coal mining project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. On Saturday 7th of October hundreds of environmental activists in Australia came together across 45 different locations from Melbourne all the way up to...
Burnout certainly isn’t a niche issue. 64 percent of Australians report that their mental health is affected by stress, and for activists (who often have to take on more responsibility than the average person) becoming exhausted by overwork is a real danger. The enormity of the task ahead and the indifference of others can be enough...
Keeping motivated with activism, especially in the environmental movement where change at a political level is often unyielding and unwilling, is a difficult feat and can leave us feeling powerless, apathetic and despondent. Our newsfeeds are saturated with negative, destructive and irresponsible reports of new environmental degradation every day or in even worse cases, a...
Where I come from, denying climate change is not an option. No, not when it is affecting the lives of millions, and we are facing it with our scarce resources as a third world country. We can prepare for it, or we die pretending it isn’t real. But to those privileged enough to look away,...
Can you imagine how many plastic bags we use and then throw away every week? Have you ever kept a track of how many you use and dispose each week? We get takeout food, make pharmacy purchases, have our clothing bagged, and our groceries double-bagged every time there’s a need to do so. These single-use plastic...
Like most women my age, I enjoy reading quotes and I enjoy collecting them. I sometimes create memes of them. So here is a collection of my favourite green, environmental and sustainability quotes. To the untrained mind, some quotes may seem unrelated to the “eco” cause, but when you look at the bigger picture you will...