If you could write a letter to world leaders, what would you say? In November, heads of state, climate experts and campaigners will be brought together to agree coordinated action to tackle the climate crisis. COP26 will be the world’s best chance of building a cleaner, heathier, safer, more resilient and egalitarian world for all... Continue Reading →
From the ancient rice terraces of Yunnan to modern vertical hydroponics, agriculture comes in many different forms. Now a group of Italian brainiacs have created the world’s first underwater garden for terrestrial plants. Seaweed and kelp have been cultivated along shorelines for centuries, but in small submersible glass domes, pots of basil, lettuce, tomatoes, and... Continue Reading →
World’s First Underwater Vegetable Garden Reopens Growing Lettuce and Basil in Perfect Temperature
ALDEA XUCUP, PANZÓS, Guatemala — Here, in the small Mayan indigenous village of Xucup, men and boys pack tightly and stand in the back of pickup trucks in the early morning, heading to the fields to check on their crops after a night of harsh rain. It’s early June — and any strong storm has the... Continue Reading →
It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Crisis.
To combat climate change and pollution, Madrid is building a green wall around the city. A 75-kilometre urban forest with nearly half a million new trees “What we want to do is to improve the air quality in the whole city,” says Mariano Fuentes, Madrid's councillor for the environment and urban development. “To fight the... Continue Reading →
Madrid building a huge urban forest in bid to combat climate change
Earth911 Podcast: Good Girl Green Stephanie Moram on Sustainable Summer Entertaining
Earth911’s Mitch Ratcliffe chats with Good Girl Gone Green creator and green living mentor Stephanie Moram, looking at the choices for entertaining sustainably this summer. Stephanie’s been exploring the many ways we can reduce our environmental impact with an emphasis on making our lives unique and enjoyable. “There is no right or wrong way to... Continue Reading →
What will life be like after peak oil, in an age of major climate shifts? Hollywood movies often depict it as a bleak, dystopian world where each day is a struggle to survive after every system we depend on has been stripped away. Unfortunately, that version of the story seems to be on track so... Continue Reading →
An Aspirational Vision of Life After Fossil Fuels
For six years I worked in climate advocacy. I researched how to mobalise ourselves, and politicians, to halt climate change. Because good policy doesn’t come out of thin air. Policies start as ideas, batted around by a bunch of people trying to please a bunch of stakeholders. Laws are a manifestation of the minds of... Continue Reading →
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The view of Cairo from the air is one of concrete buildings and tangled overpasses stretching as far as the eye can see. Green areas comprise less than 4% of the total urban built area, and recent construction projects have resulted in the destruction of tens of acres of the city’s already-sparse green space. In... Continue Reading →
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Rich countries are failing to put the money behind their promises. For decades, rich and poor countries were trapped in a stalemate over how to deal with the carbon-dioxide coated, rapidly overheating planet. The United States and other developed countries — responsible for more than half of the world’s CO2 emissions to date — refused... Continue Reading →
A $100 billion promise holds the Paris Agreement together. Now, it’s coming apart.
A new report has found that President Biden’s clean energy plan could be one of the most effective climate policies ever passed, drastically reducing carbon emissions and saving hundreds of thousands of human lives in the process. Experts say that the plan, which National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy has said will include new clean electricity standards (CES) and clean energy... Continue Reading →
New Report Finds Biden Clean Energy Plan Could Save over 300,000 Lives
Public procurement has played an essential role in bringing climate technologies such as wind and solar from niche to mainstream. It also could be key to scaling the plant-based ecosystem, lowering the carbon footprint of food production. Schools might be the public infrastructure soon kicking off this development. Environmental groups such as Friends of the... Continue Reading →
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