Tag Archives: Climate Change

Instead of helping the environment, most biofuels actually hurt it. More on biofuelsreform.org Biodiesel is the most consumed biofuel in Europe today. The problem? European food-based biodiesel emits, on average, 80% more CO2 than fossil diesel. Palm-oil biodiesel is the worst of all biofuels. It releases three times the greenhouse …

This short film hopes to inspire others to transform their lifestyles in the wake of the pandemic. We look at the unsustainability of our previous path and the opportunities we have in the future, now we know that worldwide change is possible when we really need it. We gave the …

Fridays for Future Brazil launches international campaign to combat Covid-19 in the Amazon Rainforest. SOS Amazônia has a goal of raising 1 million Reais to donate hygiene items, food supplies and health equipments. Contributions can be made through https://www.sosamazonia.fund/en This video was first published onSource link . We are just …

How much trouble is humanity in as Earth’s ancient glaciers melt? One of the world’s foremost glaciologists, Dr. Eric Rignot, returns to Greenland hoping to go the furthest north he’s ever been on a boat – a perilous journey fraught with sea ice and no radio signal – for the …

Macaco Tamerice works as an ambassador for Damanhur and is the Coordinator of International Community Relations. In 2008, she became Vice President of GEN-Europe, in 2010 was elected President, staying in office until 2015. She is now serving on the Advisory Board of GEN- International and is President of the …

Paul Yeboah, is an educator, farmer, permaculturist, community developer, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder and coordinator of the Ghana Permaculture Institute and Network in Techiman, Ghana, West Africa. Communities on the Edge: Our Response to the Climate Emergency is a series of videos from the Global Ecovillage Network, …

(00:15 – Tracey Woodruff – Climate, Pollution, and Prenatal and Child Health, 09:53 – Pooja Singal – Children’s Unique Vulnerability to Climate Change, 26:23 – Anna Chodos – The Special Risks to Older Adults) We are all exposed to the consequences of climate change but some populations are more vulnerable. …

Carbon dioxide – large amounts of it – is believed to be the main contributor to climate change. Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring element in the atmosphere, but it is also a byproduct of fossil-fuel combustion. VOA’s Rebecca Ward reports that while nature provides the means to deal with …

Climate change and Covid-19 could have something in common: they both may well stem from our treatment of nature. What lessons can we learn from these two crises? As part of the #EarthDayKL2020 April celebrations, Friends of Bukit Kiara president, Ir Dr Kriban GN, spoke on a panel hosted by …

In our online conversation series #BetterThanNormal, Ecojustice program directors share an exclusive look at what their teams are working on right now, and how they’re adapting their legal strategies to ensure Canada is #BetterThanNormal on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. Post-coronavirus, we’ll still be in a climate emergency. …