Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
deforestation, Tag
- Here comes the sun canoe, as Amazonians take on Big Oil Fri, 13 Mar 20, 9:00pmEcuadorian indigenous groups hope innovation will reduce amount of oil taken from forest only to be brought back as pollution
- Egyptian pavilion proposal for 2020 Venice Biennale targets climate change Tue, 4 Feb 20, 3:30amAccording to the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, climate change and poaching are putting approximately 70 animal species in the country at risk of extinction...
- The Amazon has lost over 10 million football fields of forest in a decade Sat, 4 Jan 20, 4:30amThe Royal Statistical Society (RSS) recently published its International Statistic of the Decade, and the “winner” was the stark statistic that the Amazon lost 24,000 square miles of rainforest...
- Converting coal plants to biomass could fuel climate crisis, scientists warn Mon, 16 Dec 19, 5:01pmExperts horrified at large-scale forest removal to meet wood pellet demand
- Ikea steps up drive to become carbon neutral with extra €200m Wed, 27 Nov 19, 6:00pmFurniture giant to invest in green energy plus reforestation and carbon storage projects
- Australia's climate response among the worst in the G20, report finds Mon, 11 Nov 19, 4:34pmBrown to Green report highlights Australia’s poor response on deforestation, transport, energy supply and carbon pricing
- Illegal logging possibly contributes to majority of mislabeled wood in US markets Tue, 29 Oct 19, 3:30amIn a first-of-its-kind study, the World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute and United States Forest Service collaboratively found that a disconcerting 62 percent of the U.S. wood products studied were mislabeled. Mislabeling...
- Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’ Thu, 19 Sep 19, 8:00pmFilm by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate
- Hurricane Dorian threatens endangered bird species Fri, 6 Sep 19, 4:30amThose living on the Abaco and Grand Bahama islands recently met Dorian as the hurricane's 185 mph winds wrecked havoc on the islands, destroying and damaging about 13,000 homes...
- Climate, green energy and the Amazon fires | Letters Sat, 31 Aug 19, 1:52amIan Duncan responds to letter on energy targets, Carol Blumenthal defends activists, Wendy Mulville recalls her experiences about air conditioning in Texas, Joseph Nicholas on the apocalypse, Michael Cook on forests, and...
- See the forest for more than the trees why reforestation isn't working Wed, 7 Aug 19, 1:30amWe can all agree planting a tree is good for the environment — right? According to a recent study in Nature, the global crusade for reforestation as a remedy for climate change is largely missing the mark...
- Satellites show hope for Brazil's disappearing Atlantic forest Sat, 3 Aug 19, 2:30amWhile international media focuses on the important and devastating losses in the Amazon rainforest, an extensive forest biome along Brazil’s eastern coast is rapidly disappearing...
- Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day Thu, 1 Aug 19, 4:30amEthiopia broke the world’s tree-planting record by planting more than 350 million trees in just one day. The effort is part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Green Legacy Initiative, which aims to address climate change...
- Giant totems in Poland warn against climate change catastrophe Fri, 19 Jul 19, 5:30amIn the heart of Poznań, Poland, artist Alicja Biała and architect Iwo Borkowicz have installed Totemy, a series of giant sculptures designed to raise awareness about climate change and environmental issues...
- Deforestation and climate change combined may split Amazon in two Fri, 28 Jun 19, 2:30amDeforestation is a well-documented enemy in the Amazon, but new research suggests that the climate crisis, when coupled with the destruction of trees, could mean the end of the rainforest as we know it...