Tags: Environment

Your Boycotts Won’t Stop Unfair Labour

You have power as a consumer, but only when you use all your resources. It’s important to think about who feels better from your personal boycott: the child you aim to help, or yourself?

What Will You Do in the Face of Climate Injustice: A Call to Action

To combat climate change, we must first battle poverty. Only then can we break free from the shackles of inequality and forge a sustainable future where no one is left behind.

IE’s Dubious Sustainability

By Luke Crisp “As a leading higher education institution, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. It’s not just a secondary consideration, it’s...

MENA Climate Week, a week into a sustainable future

On the 8 of October, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia opened its doors to scholars, students, professors, and diplomats coming from all over the world to attend the second-ever Middle East and North Africa Climate Week.

COP28: Humanitarianism or Hypocrisy?

As the beginning of COP28 draws nearer, it is important to set the goals for the conference and reflect on past failures.

NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s New Utopian Mecca: Reimagining the Kingdom’s urbanism, achieving revolutionary carbon-neutral cities

Saudi Arabia has shown the world its vision of a utopian world in which sustainable development complying with the United Nations 2030 agenda is achievable.

Politically divided Libya has fallen victim to massive floods

On September 10, Storm Daniel, passed through the eastern part of Libya, impacting a significant portion of the area, which is home to approximately 884,000 residents.

“Always Prepared”?: how the 25th World Scout Jamboree descended into chaos

Welcome to the 25th World Scout Jamboree! 48,000 scouts of all ages gather together in South Korea before logistical mishaps, extreme weather phenomena, and organisational canyons turn the dream into a nightmare.

Should America sell its air to keep the world speaking English?

Will Mandarin soon take English’s place? Will we soon live in a Mandarin speaking world symbolic of China’s succesful economic triumph over the US? This is a reality that America avidly fights to prevent, but should we?

Our Time to Reverse Climate Change has Lapsed

Climate change is here, and there is no longer any way that we can reverse its effects. Not necessarily because it would be physically impossible, but because the people most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions are too focused on profit to stop polluting.

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History’s Shortest Term of Martial Law: 157 Minutes of Fear In South Korea

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea unexpectedly declared martial law in the country for the first time in 50 years, prohibiting political activities...

When in Doubt, Meditate it Out 

Life as a member of the IE community can be stressful—whether you’re a student or a teacher, one thing we can all agree on...

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Murder and the Healthcare Debate in the US

The murder of UnitedHealthCare’s CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on December 4th has pushed the debate over the United States healthcare system into the center of attention. Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare, part of UnitedHealthGroup, one of America’s largest companies, provided private health insurance to over 49 million individuals across the US and was holding its annual investor’s conference in New York City when its CEO was shot directly in front of the hotel hosting the conference.