All articles by Angelo Louw
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Sachet away: 4 drag artists vs plastic
While drag artists may sometimes use plastic as part of their costumes and performances, they are becoming increasingly vocal about the plastic industry’s intrusion into our lives – and bodies!
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4 African activists taking on fast fashion
The Global North’s fashion addiction is fueling environmental disasters across Africa. Here are four activists from the continent pushing back on fast fashion.
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Book Excerpt: The truth about Eco-fascism
South African climate justice activist and Greenpeace International Content Editor Angelo C. Louw shared with us an excerpt from his new book, in which he discusses the dangers of eco-fascism, often disguised as environmentalism.
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A Quiet Place: Silent struggle of vulnerable groups in crises
I didn’t expect that Lupita Nyong'o's new film would become a reminder of my vulnerability as a person living with a comorbidity during the climate crisis.
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AFCON: TotalEnergies plays dirty on the soccer field
TotalEnergies' AFCON sponsorship is a clear ploy to clean up its image as a climate-wrecking fossil fuel company that's scrambling for Africa's oil and gas
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Can gender equality end the climate crisis? Here’s 5 blogs
Looking for blogs that unpack the relationship between gender, human rights and climate breakdown? We’ve got you covered
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Big oil’s generational curse: pollutant-related epigenetic changes keeps South Africans in poverty cycle
After 60 years of exposure to air pollution by surrounding oil refineries, it will take this South African community at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes
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3 African activists protecting food rights against Big Agriculture
Three activists who are pushing back to protect the right of African communities to continue our culture and traditions around food
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How the climate crisis is perpetuating hate crimes in South Africa
Without sensitisation of the climate crisis, the LGBTQIA+ community remain at risk of violence, exclusion from the economy and climate relief efforts
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5 Reasons to Save the Okavango Delta from Oil Colonialism
Youth climate activists in the Namibian capital, together with Indigenous, environmental and human rights groups, are taking action to prevent a fossil fuel industry-driven catastrophe in the Okavango Delta