On the 18th of September, Extinction Rebellion Malta will be protesting in solidarity with the rest of the global climate strike movement and asking our politicians to treat this crisis like the emergency it is.
Read More Code Red: Global Climate StrikeThere is an urgent need to start thinking about how we can run our economies without growth, and a range of economic alternatives may now show us how to do just that.
Read More Can we create Healthy Economies without growth?There are disadvantages to living on an island, but the quality of island life can be its own reward. In Europe, life on an island means you can lose your freedom of movement rights.
Read More The unfairness of being on an islandIn the last article, ‘WTF is: GDP’ I tried to briefly explain what GDP is and how its calculated – but a very often asked question does remain…How does it affect us? Sure, governments tend to do well politically when GDP is high, and people seem to be more satisfied when it is – but when you think about it, if someone didn’t tell you how much GDP grew, would you really notice?
Read More How does GDP affect me?If you were to put everything that was produced in the country, in one single bag, and give it all a value, that value would be the country’s GDP.
Read More WTF is: GDPI’m sure you’ve heard the saying – everything’s getting more and more expensive nowadays, or, back in the day we used to buy with a penny what you buy today with a tenner. And this isn’t without reason, things are getting more expensive, or at least, they seem to be.
Read More WTF is: InflationEvery single day, a new natural disaster seems to be dominating the news – in the past month, wildfire after wildfire have lit up our screens, choked our cities, burned our woodlands, and even tinted our moon. Russia If you’re a fan of trivia, you may have heard about the city of Yakutia, as it […]
Read More Earth on Fire – The Red Rampage Ravaging the PlanetLast week, massive protests have erupted within major cities – including New York, London and Valletta – in countries that have started implementing the use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates. While people have more or less gotten used to this new normality of having to live with this ongoing pandemic, there is growing concern within the […]
Read More COVID Passports: Aye or Nay?We’ve been hearing quite a lot with regard to the sectors who have been the most negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, be it the deadly virus itself or the measures which have been put in the place to mitigate its spread. Be it the retail industry, catering establishments, or the performing arts, these sectors […]
Read More Taken for granted? Taken for a ride? Or both?After a year of online relegation, we’re still expected to bear the brunt of restrictions, but hardly any consideration is being made to our mental health
Read More Youth – Always the Last PriorityGender quotas are being pushed to increase women’s political representation. But will it solve the issue or will it make it even harder for equal representation to be achieved?
Read More Gender Quotas: The Answer to Increased Female Representation?They all have one thing in common, with the necessary funding and international cooperation, this technology will defeat the pandemic, and many more to come.
Read More Covid vaccine technologies work. Here’s how.
