Walmart on a Black Friday. Photo: Laurie Did you know that Americans produce 25 percent more waste than usual between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, sending an additional one million tons a week to landfills? This COVID-19 holiday season, with online shopping the preferred gift giving method for many, we will likely generate even more waste mailing packages …
The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of 30 with bold ideas for sustainable environmental change. The seven winners, hailing from different regions around the world, receive seed funding, mentoring and communications support to amplify their efforts. Nairobi, 15 December 2020 – The UN Environment Programme …
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Qatar Academy Sidra students recently planted 15 trees, 20 bushes, 150 tomato plants, and more than 500 seasonal flowers around campus to honour Dr Jane Goodall’s commitment to planting 5mn trees in 2020, and to help create a local ‘greening’ community. “The planet is in danger, and children understand that,” said Preet Dhaliwal, Sustainability Instructional …
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‘We must put an end to all kinds of waste,’ says Turkish scientist Referring to increasing trends of extreme weather events, especially high temperatures, Turkish scientists warned the world may find itself at a point of no return if humanity does not learn necessary lessons. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on the latest sobering report about …
The researchers said despite seasonal periods of growth, Greenland has lost 3.5 trillion tons of ice since 2003. The massive Greenland ice sheet could be facing a point of no return, beyond which it may no longer fully regrow, permanently changing sea levels around the world, warns a new study. Using computer simulations, the study, …
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