Contextual Essays

Crisis is an increasingly used term in today's economic and environmental climate. It is a word associated with extreme negative 'tests' of our human abilities as a species...keep reading

The word 'recession' is explained using the latter of these two definitions; as a precise term relating to a company or business' financial performance.... keep reading

Plastic bags have riddled the country since the 1970s. They are light and tough, and are carried by the wind to all areas of the environment... keep reading

It is estimated that the design phase of a new product determines over 80% of the environmental impact the product will have according to the European Commission... keep reading

It is felt in modern society that people are becoming less and less aware of each other, deepening in a culture of individualism and social isolation... keep reading

The ability to create and use primitive tools first defined the human race as different from other species and allowed for the development of the race into what it is today... keep reading

In the late 1800's, great ideas facilitated by technological advancement gave rise to unprecedented global changes in society, infrastructure and economy... keep reading

Really, we can't because well, this in fact would entail some sort of sophisticated "matter transference-O-matic drive" as we would somehow need to take the world back from ourselves and still be in the world, almost like having the cake and eating it... keep reading