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Nature & Environment
In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing
Four of the top five UK ports for landed weight are in Scotland. Is there a possibility of an independent Scotland opting to become an EU member re-joining the EUs Common Fisheries Policy?
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Nature & Environment
Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Dr Gerry Mooney looks at the importance of Scotland's fishing industry and how Brexit is leading to an uncertain future.
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Nature & Environment
Ideas about living sustainably
Responding to the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. There are so many things we can do to be greener that it's hard to know where to start.
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Society, Politics & Law
Convoy to Calais
How should we respond to humanitarian crises in other countries? Steve Pile explores the geographies that underlay the 2016 “Convoy to Calais” protest.
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Money & Business
SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
How can small and medium-sized enterprises make the radical changes required to tackle the Climate Emergency?
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History & The Arts
The distance between us
Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart on how society ‘helps’ us to rationalise the exploitation of other animals, giving us a ‘license to harm’.
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Nature & Environment
What you need to know about carbon footprints
Jo Hand explores carbon footprints and how we can all make an environmental impact.
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Nature & Environment
Fighting Food Waste
Ann Storr explores simple options to tackle food waste.
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Nature & Environment
Going on a plastic diet
Sisters Against Plastic (Mary and Theresa) are ‘normal people’ who noticed just how much plastic they were using.
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Nature & Environment
Being Sustainable(ish)
Jen Gale explores the idea of leading a sustainable(ish) lifestyle.
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Society, Politics & Law
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
In this free course, Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm? you will investigate why nonhuman animals tend to be overlooked as victims of violence. The course explores some of the social processes and structures that victimise other animals, such as ‘livestock’ farming. The course also highlights some of the environmental harms related ...
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Nature & Environment
The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Figs and fig wasps depend on each other to reproduce and this is a fantastic example of co-evolution. Dr Philip Wheeler tells us their fascinating story in this article…