This Earth Overshoot Day is the same old story… August 1st marks the point that humanity has exhausted the planet’s natural resources available for the year. By the time we reach the end of 2024, the average person will have used up the natural resources of around 1.7 Earths. 🌍🌎 Until we can get a […]
Prospective parents, nursing mothers urged to mitigate use of plastics to protect their babies. Microplastics – where do they come from? Microplastics are small particles of plastic, less than 5 mm (0.2 inch) in length, from the size of a grain of rice to particles that have to be viewed under a microscope, explain Yale Sustainability experts Leigh Shemitz […]
The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages. Millions of people in the UK alone have experienced severe food insecurity during COVID-19, according to a recent report by the country’s Foods Standards Agency. But food shortages were prevalent […]
Much of Russia’s Far East is so vast and remote that it’s mostly been left to the bears, wolves and rare breed of tiger that live there. Now the Kremlin wants to use it to convince the world that the country is doing its part to fight climate change. Russia, the world’s biggest energy exporter and one of its […]
Sofia and André were only children when they witnessed raging wildfires and sweltering heat waves tear through Portugal, killing 120 people and devastating entire communities. Now, they and four other youths are suing 33 European countries for failing to slash emissions and prevent climate change in an unprecedented court case that could literally change everything. And the real kicker? […]
Earth was once a planet of trees. Great towering giants, boundless rainforests, and vast woodlands brimming with life. Not anymore. Now half the Earth’s forests are gone. 476 trees are chopped down or burnt every second (over 5,000 since you started reading) — to clear space for ever more cattle, palm oil, and soya. However, Europe is finally considering a new […]
13 environmental, animal welfare and food safety groups call on MEPs to reject ban on ‘meaty’ terms for plant-based food Plans directly contradict the EU’s Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy, and risk exposing EU to ridicule More than 68% of consumers support terms like veggie burger for plant-based products A coalition of 13 […]
Have you ever wondered why animal testings are so controversial. The moral and ethical questions raised by performing experiments on animals are still subject to debate, and viewpoints have shifted significantly over the 20th century. Disagreements remain about which procedures are useful for which purposes, as well as disagreements over which ethical principles apply to […]
Poisoned Earth is a documentary about soil degradation and its effects on our life. The creation of the film was supported by the Hungarian Media Patronage Programme of the Media Council. Man has been farming for 11,000 years and has been plowing for about two and a half thousand years. By 1950, the world’s arable […]
Vast tracts of forest in Brazil and elsewhere in the world have also been burning this year, and the extent of the fires has sparked outrage around the world. Siberia, one of the coldest places on Earth, is on fire. The Amazon, one of the wettest places on Earth, is on fire. Fires are burning […]