climate change

Climate change can seem a daunting challenge. We are inundated with many different and new ways in which we as individuals and a society are damaging our planet.  We are warned that the consequences of our failures are far reaching, deadly…

*This week's episode continues on from Ep18. So, if you haven't listened to that, head on over there first * “For me, utopianism is the creative attempt by a group of people to respond to the great challenges of any age and to do so in a…

Climate Change is undeniable, with CO2 levels in our atmosphere being the highest that they’ve ever been in 3 million years. The role of overconsumption and overproduction in climate change cannot be overstated. We live in a world of…

In October 2016, Amitav Ghosh wrote a very long feature in the Guardian asking a very simple question: where is the fiction about climate change? In the years since, merely typing in “climate change fiction” brings up several helpful lists,…

The United States is one of the most well-known, openly publicised countries whose citizens, businesses and politicians are constantly in the throes of the climate debate. A staggering 31% of Americans believe that global warming is a…

Alex Garland's upcoming film Annihilation is going to be your next sci-fi obsession. Having read Jeff Vandermeer’s book a couple of years ago, it is a mysterious story full of intrigue and suspense, where monstrous things lurk just out of…

Living in Ireland today, you’d have to be a hermit not to have heard of the Happy Pear twins. This energetic duo have dominated the culinary scene in Ireland over the last few years, gaining attention for their delicious vegetarian food and…

The mainstream media would label me a “cancer denier”. I prefer the term “cancer sceptic”. There remain many questions surrounding the so-called consensus from the medical community that cancerous cells growing in the human body can…

As confused reports came in of a mass shooting at a casino in Manila on Thursday evening, Melania Trump tweeted her condolences to those affected, and although I’m sure that she did so in good conscience, I couldn’t help but feel that she…

Each fortnight, HeadStuff brings a unadulterated critique of the global art scene. The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. — Donald J. Trump…