Understanding Locke Welcome to my new weekly blog series on John Locke. Each week I will explain and, analyse Locke’s ‘second treatise of government’. In each new chapter, I will extract the essence of his points in a simplified style. This week’s blog will look at who John Locke was, what he wrote and, what […]
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James Farrow asks: To what extent does reforesting the planet combat climate change?
To reforest is to simply “replant with trees; cover again with forest”. The topic has been revitalised by the social media movement #TeamTrees. This was started in May 2019 when the internet challenged a Youtuber known as “MrBeast” to plant 20 million trees after hitting 20 million subscribers. To complete this task, he teamed up […]
James Farrow blogs on intergenerational conflict
On the 23rd of November 2019, I attended a subject master class lecture at Cambridge University in the Lady Mitchell Hall. This was an introduction and an exemplary lecture one would experience if they attended Cambridge University. David Runciman Professor of Politics started the session and he explored the intergenerational conflict within politics; a fitting […]
Model United Nations. James Farrow his debate on Japan’s views on genetic engineering
Every Thursday the Stamford MUN runs a session and on 21st of November 2019 we discussed the matter of genetically engineering babies. This article was chosen as the ethical topic made sure for a colourful debate. I had chosen Japan as I thought it would be interesting to see an Asian perspective on the issue; […]
James Farrow blogs about the SES Model United Nations deliberations on Climate Change
ARTICLE 3 – CLIMATE CHANGE In the most recent session of MUN, the matter of climate change was discussed. In the session, the UK tabled the motion “The UN needs to do more to prevent and reduce air pollution to improve air quality globally.” The session started well with delegates stating their countries standpoints. The […]
James Farrow blogs about the SES Model United Nations deliberations on human rights violations concerning sexual orientation
Article 2 – “The UN should condemn human right violations based on sexual orientation” On Thursday 10th of October, the Stamford Model UN discussed their second Article. The main block of countries who attended the conference where USA; France; UK; Croatia; Nigeria; Russia; Saudi Arabia and UAE. The votes for the motion were 5 – […]