by Charu Thakur | Mar 7, 2025
(March 7, 2025) In 2025, California finally stepped up. A new law made headlines, mandating that child influencers—kids who racked up millions of views online—must receive a fair share of their earnings. It was hailed as a victory for young content creators. But...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 8, 2024
(December 8, 2024) At just five years old, Madhvi Chittoor watched a documentary about a Pacific island covered in plastic waste. Birds were eating trash, fish swam in polluted water, and the beauty of the island was destroyed. For Madhvi, this was more than just...
by Charu Thakur | Oct 8, 2024
(October 8, 2024) “At the age of 16, I sued the government of Australia. I was the lead litigant in the Sharma and Minister for the Environment Class Action, which took the then Environment Minister Susan Lee to court, arguing that she owed, and was breaching, a...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 11, 2024
(September 11, 2024) “Girls Too Poor to Buy Sanitary Products Missing School” – this headline on the BBC website in 2017 was the starting point of a revolution that was set to change the course of the education system in the UK. Behind this tectonic...
by Charu Thakur | Aug 6, 2023
(August 6, 2023) While many countries are feeling the heat from climate change, Florida in the US has irreversibly changed by the climate emergency, which has affected coral reefs, led to higher property values and increasing inequality for vulnerable populations in...