By Anders Lorenzen Globally all species of bees are in trouble, habitat loss and human intrusion, the rise of pesticides and chemicals and the lack of flowering resources and depletion of nature, as for instance perfectly mown lawns with a diminishing amount of the wildflowers that are critical to establish a healthy bee population are frequently more and more so […]
environment By Jeremy Williams The UNEP granted its Champions of the Earth awards this week. Among the winners are the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and a business called Blue Circle that pays fishers to catch plastic off the coast of China. The one I want to mention is Josefina Belmonte, the mayor of Quezon City in the Philippines. She won the […]
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Children’s books about the environment don’t often get the kind of mainstream attention as fantasies and literary fiction. The Nature Generation’s annual Green Earth Book Awards help generate some of that valuable book buzz for environmental-themed books aimed at young people. The books they honor inspire youth to grow a deeper appreciation, respect, and responsibility for their natural environment – […]
Melt Ponds in the US Arctic. Photo credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / PDTillman, Public Domain, via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Nearly a month out from the crucial COP28 climate summit, United Nations (UN) climate scientists have warned. The world is rapidly heading towards a cascade of environmental ‘tipping points’ which, if they were to materialise, could cause irreversible […]
Despite major efforts like the European Union’s new law to prevent deforestation, forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. People are well aware of the ecological importance of forest ecosystems. But we just starting to realize that even urban tree cover has ecological value. As a result, a movement promoting tiny urban forests – called Miyawaki forests – is starting […]
By Jeremy Williams The world needs more metals, especially the ones necessary to the clean technology revolution. And yet “mining is one of the planet’s most polluting and deadly industries”. That’s the conundrum at the heart of Christopher Pollon’s book Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places. Because it’s so damaging, and because the most valuable resources […]
Image courtesy of the artistsWinslow Porter and Elie Zananiri. By Anders Lorenzen Have you ever wondered what life inside a fungus is like? If the answer is yes and you happen to be in the London (UK) area then you are in luck. Image courtesy of the artists Winslow Porter and Elie Zananiri. Showing at the LFF Expanded exhibition at […]
Some scientists worry that the West Antarctica ice sheet could soon enter a phase of being destabilised. Photo credit: TiPACCs / Ronja Reese. By Anders Lorenzen The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), founded in 1992, has identified that six of the world’s planetary boundaries have been crossed. The Institute is led by Prof Johan Rockström who specialises in […]
Since 2017, volunteers have gathered worldwide to participate in World Cleanup Day, a popular global event still taking hold in the United States. World Cleanup Day falls on September 16th this year, and you can create a cleanup or join a local event at the National Cleanup website. Over the past five years, World Cleanup Day has mobilized 71 million […]