With a new lockdown being introduced in the UK and many other countries still under stringent coronavirus restrictions, the virus, almost a year later, is still playing a major and significant role in our day to day lives. It has affected countries, businesses, and livelihoods, and continues to change the Read more…
The Wretched of the Earth is a significant and important piece of revolutionary literature written by Frantz Fanon and published in 1961. The book analyses the significant roles that race, class, and violence play in acquiring freedom. In ‘The Wretched of the Earth’, Fanon explores the ways in which colonised Read more…
2020 has been a tough year all round and has impacted people in various ways across the globe. From widespread unemployment, to the Beirut explosion, to one of the biggest civil rights movements occurring throughout the world off the back of the killing of George Floyd in the form of Read more…
The Urban Heat Island effect is a major climatological phenomenon that impacts cities and communities all over the world. As a result, there are many mitigation methods and strategies that have been devised in order to combat its effects. Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands is a highly researched topic and Read more…
Have you ever wondered why it’s so much warmer when you visit your family in the city vs when you visit family out in the countryside? Cities have been getting warmer and warmer as the years have gone by. This year, cities such as London have been consistently hitting temperatures Read more…
Going about your daily life you rarely stop to consider how the food you eat impacts the environment and the world around you. The impact of your food consumption can be described using your personal carbon footprint. What is carbon footprint ? Carbon footprint refers to the total amount of Read more…
“While colonialism in its formal sense might have been dismantled, the colonial state has not…The official apparatus might have been removed, but the political, economic, and cultural links established by colonial domination still remain with some alterations” [1] The colonial system is one of economic and political domination of a Read more…