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Positive News roundup

Positive News roundup

Tired of hearing everything that’s wrong with the world? Here is some positive news to cheer you up!
What is a climate tipping point, and is there anything we can do?

What is a climate tipping point, and is there anything we can do?

With the news that warm-water coral reefs have reached a climate tipping point, conversations about climate change are becoming more important than ever
Geo-engineering the atmosphere: How can science buy us time in the Climate race?

Geo-engineering the atmosphere: How can science buy us time in the Climate race?

The Mancunion meets with the Univeristy of Manchester’s Professor Hugh Coe to learn about Science’s role in the Climate Crisis
Another ‘COP-out’: Azerbaijan’s COP29

Another ‘COP-out’: Azerbaijan’s COP29

Did COP29 finally break through the stalemate in climate negotiations, or was it yet another missed opportunity to confront the climate crisis?
The environmental impact of cryptocurrency

The environmental impact of cryptocurrency

Popularised by public figures such as Elon Musk, cryptocurrency has emerged in the public consciousness in recent years. But what actually is it, and how does it affect the environment?
In conversation with Jo Lathwood: Art manifestos, the conflicts of making, and the next realm

In conversation with Jo Lathwood: Art manifestos, the conflicts of making, and the next realm

The Mancunion chats with installation artist Jo Lathwood, about her new exhibition Making Up, a thought-provoking piece exploring journeys, materials and the environment at Salford Quay’s The Lowry
The Booker Prize: Empowering or performative?

The Booker Prize: Empowering or performative?

The Booker Prize’s shortlist has been announced, and as always, each entry is laden with polemical and current societal commentaries. But why does this prize champion liberation? Perhaps due to its colonial past and problematic present.
University of Manchester wins prize from the Green Gown Awards UK and Ireland

University of Manchester wins prize from the Green Gown Awards UK and Ireland

The award of the 2030 climate action prize to the University of Manchester comes as a recognition of it’s progress towards achieving zero carbon by 2038
COP28 is just a business meeting for fossil fuel companies: The public is being deceived

COP28 is just a business meeting for fossil fuel companies: The public is being deceived

COP28 isn’t taking place to solve climate change and safeguard the future; it’s main aim is to further oil and gas companies’ business interests
The University of Manchester announces new environmental Master’s program

The University of Manchester announces new environmental Master’s program

The new Master’s will focus on the social change needed to tackle the environmental crisis
Former University of Manchester student jailed for Just Stop Oil activity

Former University of Manchester student jailed for Just Stop Oil activity

Just Stop Oil activist Phoebe Plummer, known for defacing a van Gogh painting, faces six months in prison, pending their plea to Southwark Crown Court on November 30
“The climate change hoax” – and other X threads

“The climate change hoax” – and other X threads

When 97% of scientists agree that climate change is caused by humans, what could sway people to go against them and call it a hoax? We took to X to find out
Review: Hand Me Down

Review: Hand Me Down

Contact Young Company treat a small audience to an intense ethical debate using fashion catwalks as a space to question the unsustainable and unethical overconsumption creates by quick fashions and trends
Review: Akram Khan’s Jungle Book Reimagined

Review: Akram Khan’s Jungle Book Reimagined

Akram Khan’s reimagining of The Jungle Book offers a charming yet bleak moral perspective on the ecological crisis we could be facing in years to come
How a climate protest masked Formula E’s growing crisis

How a climate protest masked Formula E’s growing crisis

Formula E’s latest race exposed some of its biggest flaws from potentially dangerous driving to limits to low energy consumption.
12 Days of Christmas: Six Geese-a-Eaten

12 Days of Christmas: Six Geese-a-Eaten

What is a polar bear’s favourite snack? Geese, apparently! Does new research show geese have become a summer treat for polar bears, but are they enough to preserve the dwindling polar bear population?
Review: Stump (UMDS)

Review: Stump (UMDS)

The Mancunion reviews Stum, performed by the University of Manchester Drama Society at The Brewers in Gay Village
COP27: Where do we go from here?

COP27: Where do we go from here?

After another weak COP summit, how can our leaders do more to ensure that we prevent disaster?
“Utterly sickening”: Manchester Animal Rebellion protestors blasted by Labour MP

“Utterly sickening”: Manchester Animal Rebellion protestors blasted by Labour MP

Labour MP Andrew Gwynne criticised members of Animal Rebellion for their protests against animal-based food production in the UK
Cute and cuddly: Unpacking animal conservation bias

Cute and cuddly: Unpacking animal conservation bias

All species should be treated equally – so why aren’t they?