By One year ago during March 2020, fashion retail giants including the likes of H&M, Primark and Zara decided to retroactively cancel orders of clothing without paying for them. This had disastrous consequences for ready-made garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh as many live subsistence-based due to meagre wages. This article looks
Is there a chance to heal our relationship with nature in a post-Covid world?
This pandemic has exposed many deep issues regarding the relationship between our species and the natural world. After the immediate stresses, we have the opportunity to create a better, greener future but this will require global cooperation, regardless of political direction. As the world battles Covid-19, many measures taken to
By ▶︎ Talking Greenish: Episode 2 – COP25 in Madrid
[smart_track_player url=”https://radioaf.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/COP25a_mixdown.mp3″ title=”Talking Greenish: Episode 2 – COP25 in Madrid” ] Listen to it on iTunes (UPF Lund) Talking greenish is a pod about the planet, people and politics. In our second episode we discuss the world climate conference or COP25 in Madrid, how we experienced the conference, its preliminary outcomes and
Poaching: Modern Threats to the Animal Kingdom
It has long been known that one of the largest threats to Earth is man itself. In one specific area, this is very true. For various reasons, in many countries across the world, hundreds of thousands of animals are needlessly killed each year for humanity’s selfish purposes. Unfortunately, as with