How COVID-19 Has Impacted People’s Mental Health By Bronagh Loughlin COVID-19 has shaken up our lives – it has transformed how we work, interact and communicate with one another, how we shop and where we can go. Positives have come out of COVID-19 such as remote working and gaining back hours from commuting in addition to taking cars off the road and reducing emissions.  However, COVID-19 has also had a huge impact on people’s mental

If We Don’t Act, The Pink Dolphin Could Disappear Forever By Eurico Borges The third biggest in the animal kingdom, river dolphins are considered smart for the complexity of their social structures, communication systems, and morphological and physiological characteristics of their brains, which are, in proportion to their weight and size.  In saying that, they need our help as their numbers are quickly shrinking. There are five species of freshwater dolphins, and they are being

Why We Need to Stop Engaging in Global Mass Consumerism By Bronagh Loughlin Our consumption has a huge impact on the health of our planet. If everyone in the world lived like Western consumers, we would require 5 planets to support us, according to The World Counts.   While it is a positive point that people are able to enjoy the benefits of purchasing goods and services beyond their basic requirements, there is a big downside

COVID-19 Has Highlighted the Important Role of Community in Our Lives By Bronagh Loughlin  The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted our lives. We went from being able to go out and socialise, go to our jobs, travel the globe and much more. While the pandemic has been a challenging time for many people with the restrictions and saddening deaths, some interesting consumer trends have come out of it.  Before, we shopped from all parts of

Air Pollution, Clean up our Skies By Bronagh Loughlin When most of us go for a stroll outside or hop on the bus for our daily commute into the office with the window rolled down, we rarely think about the air we are breathing in.   Air pollution is currently the biggest environmental risk for early death and is responsible for as many as 5 million premature deaths each year from strokes, heart attacks, diabetes and

Recycled Plastics Are Not the Solution to Sustainable Products By Bronagh Loughlin  The concept of transforming plastic bottles into fabrics and objects is not new. Since the 1990s, brands have been converting recycled plastics into clothing and other such items. However, only now is the trendy recycled PET getting some spotlight and there has been a lot of talk about how it is a sustainable alternative to polyester.   It began with the likes of G-Star