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Thank you for visiting Sustain Together. This space presents personal research and thoughts on the latest trends and news in sustainability. A special focus is given to sustainable and affordable housing issues.

By Megan Carras, PhD, Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

Sustain Together Thoughts on all things sustainability.
It took a global pandemic to highlight and begin to ‘correct’ environmental degradation worldwide. What we must learn.
Apr 19

Apr 19 It took a global pandemic to highlight and begin to ‘correct’ environmental degradation worldwide. What we must learn.

Megan Carras
climate change, collaborative consumption, consumption, environmental degradation, minimalism
Climate change and the migration crisis: the connection must be acknowledged.
Mar 16

Mar 16 Climate change and the migration crisis: the connection must be acknowledged.

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental degradation, environmental justice, migration, climate justice
Bringing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to the environmental movement. We have a long way to go.
Feb 21

Feb 21 Bringing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to the environmental movement. We have a long way to go.

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental degradation, environmental justice, sustainable development, diversity and equity
What is climate gentrification? Let’s explore.
Feb 7

Feb 7 What is climate gentrification? Let’s explore.

Megan Carras
affordable housing, climate change, environmental degradation, environmental justice, sustainable development
We need to start connecting the environmental dots. Let’s talk about a systems thinking approach.
Jan 17

Jan 17 We need to start connecting the environmental dots. Let’s talk about a systems thinking approach.

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, environmental degradation, environmental psychology, Green New Deal, sustainable development, water
Thank you, Naomi Klein, for your willingness to confront the toxicity of the capitalistic dream.
Jan 3

Jan 3 Thank you, Naomi Klein, for your willingness to confront the toxicity of the capitalistic dream.

Megan Carras
american dream, climate change, consumption, environmental degradation, environmental justice, Green New Deal, politics, sustainable development
Elizabeth Warren is right. Plastic straws are not worth our time.
Dec 20

Dec 20 Elizabeth Warren is right. Plastic straws are not worth our time.

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, environmental degradation, Green New Deal, plasticfree, reducing waste, sustainable development
Climate-related events are happening daily. How should we respond?
Dec 6

Dec 6 Climate-related events are happening daily. How should we respond?

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental psychology, sustainable development, environmental degradation
Dear future Democratic candidate, we need so much more than the Paris Agreement.
Nov 15

Nov 15 Dear future Democratic candidate, we need so much more than the Paris Agreement.

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental justice, Green New Deal, politics
There is no need to compromise. We can go to Mars and save Earth.
Nov 1

Nov 1 There is no need to compromise. We can go to Mars and save Earth.

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, sustainable development
Sustainable housing meet affordable housing: the potentials of upzoning and downsizing.
Oct 18

Oct 18 Sustainable housing meet affordable housing: the potentials of upzoning and downsizing.

Megan Carras
affordable housing, consumption, minimalism, simple living, sustainable development, tiny houses
The paradoxical role of the military-industrial complex in the climate crisis.
Oct 3

Oct 3 The paradoxical role of the military-industrial complex in the climate crisis.

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental justice, sustainable development
We need to approach the environmental crisis as the social justice catastrophe it is.
Sep 20

Sep 20 We need to approach the environmental crisis as the social justice catastrophe it is.

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental justice, sustainable development
Zero waste: the game-changer to climate change that doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Sep 6

Sep 6 Zero waste: the game-changer to climate change that doesn't get the attention it deserves.

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, minimalism, low waste, plasticfree, reducing waste, simple living
We need to talk about the water crisis. What’s your water footprint?
Aug 23

Aug 23 We need to talk about the water crisis. What’s your water footprint?

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, sustainable development, water, low waste, minimalism, plasticfree, reducing waste
What's the deal with the 'Green New Deal'?
Aug 9

Aug 9 What's the deal with the 'Green New Deal'?

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, environmental justice, sustainable development, Green New Deal
Why the environmental crisis is a human rights issue.
Jul 26

Jul 26 Why the environmental crisis is a human rights issue.

Megan Carras
climate change, consumption, environmental justice, sustainable development
Plastics are an environmental justice issue.
Jul 5

Jul 5 Plastics are an environmental justice issue.

Megan Carras
climate change, low waste, sustainable development, plasticfree, environmental justice
You can fight fast fashion and love the clothes you wear.
Jun 30

Jun 30 You can fight fast fashion and love the clothes you wear.

Megan Carras
climate change, collaborative consumption, environmental justice, low waste, minimalism, simple living, sustainable development, fast fashion, consumption, sharing economy
Social marketing and the 'selling' of sustainability.
Jun 14

Jun 14 Social marketing and the 'selling' of sustainability.

Megan Carras
climate change, environmental justice, sustainable development, social marketing
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Sustain Together is a space to explore the latest sustainable development and eco-living trends and research. The goal is to consider how, together, we can become better global citizens.

By Megan Carras, PhD, Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

 

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