Sustainable Development Archives - IVolunteer International

Citizen Science: why anyone can (and should) contribute to scientific knowledge

Citizen science is the perfect way to reignite your inquisitiveness, and expand your knowledge and appreciation of the world around you.

Rachel Toose December 13, 2021

Mga Puhon sa Kahimtang: A Reflection from the Southern Philippine Farmlands

We will always be found wanting if we do not change the conversation from personal agency towards accountability.

Tobit Abao December 13, 2021

In Defense of Snakes and Their Importance to Ecology

Snakes actually play a much more important role in the ecosystem than you may have previously thought.

Tobit Abao December 11, 2021

Is Fast Fashion really sustainable? An assessment of socio-environmental consequences

The concept of fast fashion is based on a business model that mass produces trendy clothing items rapidly using inexpensive, exploitative labour and environmentally harmful practices.

Samridhi Jain December 10, 2021

An ode to the Chand-Gari – Bahawalpur’s unregulated public transport

What can we learn from Bahawalpur’s unconventional and unregulated public transport network that serve thousands of people everyday?

Ali Anwaar December 8, 2021

Citizens marching for climate justice (Source: Unsplash)

Could COP26 be the Environmental Lifeline our planet needs?

With the consequences of climate change increasing day by day, this year’s International UN COP26 Climate Summit and its decisions, in particular, are rumored to impact our lives and create change, even for years to come.

Ashera Ambawatte December 7, 2021

Upskilling and Reskilling: Tackling Extreme Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Upskilling, Reskilling, poverty, sustainability – what do they have to do with Sub-Saharan Africa? Well, let’s delve in and you will understand in a minute. Sub-Saharan Africa is regarded by some geneticists as the birthplace of the human race (the genus Homo). This statement implies that solid evidence concerning the existence and activities of human beings…

Zione Kamtambe December 4, 2021

20 euro note pegged to a clothes line with a blue sky background, an image literal representation of 'money laundering'

The Pandora Papers exposé: more of what we already know, but where do we go from here?

Offshore finance and structuring will continue to threaten the public good, nation development, and the world order, unless our leaders in power get serious about curbing its free and devastating reign.

Rachel Toose November 9, 2021

The image of local men fishing in the backwaters of the Sundarbans.

The Mosaic of Biodiversity and Ethnic Multiplicity: An Endangered Fairytale from the Sundarbans

The Sundarbans are an ecological enigma. There is more to this heavenly abode than biodiversity. Read on to learn how unique they are!

Anitta Thajudheen Jia October 15, 2021

ENDSARS Protest in Nigeria: Martyrdom of the future leaders

This article describes the unpleasant situation of youths in Nigeria. To make the government aware of the multifaceted problems they are faced with, a peaceful protest was organized, but it ended in bloodsheds.

Gabriel Ogbeyemi October 13, 2021

The Long Distance Love Story Of Humanity And Rhinoceros

Do you need to be closed with something to love it so deeply?

Lei Nguyen October 3, 2021

A Continent in Starvation: How Volunteer Activity is Helping the State of Famine in Africa

Africa’s current state of famine has been navigated by many volunteer groups lending a hand to local communities in any way possible.

Ashera Ambawatte September 21, 2021

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