The challenges facing our oceans are immense, with two of the most prominent issues being overfishing and plastic pollution. The 8 million pieces of plastic that enter our oceans every day have a significant effect on the wildlife that live there and with over 60% of fish stocks being fully fished, it is vital to address the challenges to preserve or oceanic biosphere before it is too late.

Do you shop at Zara? Maybe H&M? We know we do, and if you’re reading this, you most likely know they are not the most sustainable companies, selling clothes made in unethical conditions using harmful materials such as toxic dyes and pesticides responsible for carbon emissions

Our food choices are often difficult to change; with individual motivations such as taste, cost, and food preferences it is difficult to see a light at the end of the food sustainability tunnel. How then, can we encourage people to adopt more sustainable food choices? Well, you will actually be pleased to know that there are many people who hold positive attitudes towards sustainable food and are working on making food waste a thing of the past.

Excelling in any profession can be challenging for anyone but the four women who are joining us, have gone against the odds and achieved incredible prestige in their respective fields. Many of these fields tend to be male-dominated, adding a further challenge for their strive for excellence.

You have undoubtedly come across the words ‘cryptocurrency’, ‘blockchain’, “NFTs” or ‘Bitcoin’ in the media recently. Is it not about time we find out what these terms actually mean?

Zoonotic diseases (diseases that originated in animals) such as COVID19 account for over 60% of new infectious diseases in the world. As we have seen over the past two and a half years, these diseases can pose a threat to every member of society no matter where they live in the world. But was COVID the beginning of a new era? Are there potentially more deadly and more frequent pandemics in our future? Unfortunately, due to pressing global issues such as population growth and climate change, the likelihood of large-scale pandemics is increasing.