Category: Art and Sustainability

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Art and Sustainability, Lifestyle, The Economic Paradigm

Exploring Controversies Around ESG Investing

By Diogo Ribeiro Dos Santos, GLOBUS Correspondents ESG investing is the present’s equivalent to ‘sustainable’ investing—it allows you to grow your money whilst supporting companies that are making a change for the better – or so goes the current rhetoric. In my previous article, I go into detail on how you can make a difference through ESG Investing. However, in this article I will address … Continue reading Exploring Controversies Around ESG Investing

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Art and Sustainability, GSD Competition

A Mortal Paradox: A Poem by Maia Gorman

By GSD Competition Prizewinner Maia Gorman I have often thought about how our society’s reaction to climate change is to prevent disasters from happening rather than engaging in positive action to create a better future. Our passive mentality can be one of the obstacles society faces in terms of environmental innovation. I think we should aim for positive change that can not only reduce carbon … Continue reading A Mortal Paradox: A Poem by Maia Gorman

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Art and Sustainability, GSD Competition

Patient Earth

By Ella Thompson, Prizewinner of the 2022 GSD Competition Patient Earth tackles human’s inherent tendency of appearing to make change in our lifestyles, without actually doing so. This is a serious barrier in achieving true sustainable development, which can be addressed by a real change in attitudes. In a medical-like matter ‘Patient Earth’ diagnoses the Earth with symptoms in hopes of conveying to the reader … Continue reading Patient Earth

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Art and Sustainability

Anchored: A Short Story

By GLOBUS Correspondent, Šimon Michalčík Do you imagine the future of humankind to be interplanetary—or even galactic? Does the Plan B scenario of Mars colonisation soothe your climate anxiety? Then ponder the problem of orbital debris and think again—for we are standing below yet another emerging global crisis of the commons.  Orbital debris (or space waste) extends our notion of Earth’s natural resource system beyond … Continue reading Anchored: A Short Story

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Art and Sustainability, Lifestyle, Sustainable Student Living

Considering Sustainability in the Fashion Industry

By Ilaria Ravazzolo, GLOBUS correspondant Why is sustainability in the fashion industry important to consider?   The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world – its contribution to climate change is greater than that of the shipping and aviation industries combined. The environmental issues associated with textile production range from the pollution of rivers with chemicals used in dying processes, to its excessive consumption of water (especially in cotton … Continue reading Considering Sustainability in the Fashion Industry

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Art and Sustainability, Social Justice

THE VOICE OF THE YOUTH

by Šimon Michalčík, GLOBUS Correspondent Roughly a year ago, all of us were probably experiencing difficult times. One day, when the gravity of self-isolation (both physical, and consequently, social) laid on me, I wrote a poem. I thought about how the pandemic was most likely just a mere glimpse into the uncertainties and falls of the upcoming few decades, that will show the full extent … Continue reading THE VOICE OF THE YOUTH

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Art and Sustainability, Social Design

Ashes, Ashes: What dystopian fiction teaches us about technology

by Laura Chevrot, Assistant Editor “An imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized and fearful lives”.  The above sentence refers to the meaning of the word dystopia, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Dystopian fiction allows us to think about what the world could become in the future – often, it explores how contemporary socio-political contexts could create havoc and torment. When … Continue reading Ashes, Ashes: What dystopian fiction teaches us about technology

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Art and Sustainability, Lifestyle, Natural World, Social Justice

The Webs We Weave

By Sara Azeem, Editor-in-Chief of GLOBUS I came across this photograph a while ago and was immediately struck by the intensity of the colours and the surreal energy it exuded. It took me a while to wrap my head around what it was – a boat colony in Yunan, China. But the more time I spent looking at it, the more interesting it became, and … Continue reading The Webs We Weave

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Art and Sustainability, Energy & Climate Change, Natural World

Broken Blue

By M. L. Lee, Guest Writer Broken Blue Cover me in blue, Like you used to, Life abundant, no corner unreached, Each light ray streaming through, Illuminating corals: Bright. Unbleached. Plankton fill my lungs, Like you used to, With oxygen, Drifting through, life-givers, not one, But thousands rise and fall, fall, with the sun. Swim free alongside me, Like you used to, Wild and untamed, … Continue reading Broken Blue

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Art and Sustainability, Social Design

Pop culture and nature – exploring the connection

by Laura Chevrot, Assistant Editor “I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green & pleasant Land” William Blake’s Jerusalem, chanted as a hymn throughout the United Kingdom, was written in 1810. And yet, it already explored one of the most topical questions of this century: the conflict between nature and … Continue reading Pop culture and nature – exploring the connection

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