An elderly farmer from Burkina Faso (a country, in the African Sahel) named Yacouba Sawadogo is garnering praises recently for the relentless work he has done to coax a forest out of desert-like soil in the country. The 70-year-old man is hailed as “the man who stopped the desert” for his efforts to bring about... Continue Reading →
Apple partners with Dr. Jane Goodall to confront the climate crisis | ABCNL
ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with Dr. Jane Goodall and Apple's Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson on a new effort to promote recycling old iPhones. SOURCE
Our Roadmap to Fix Climate Change | SciShow News
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of its sixth assessment report. In it, they steer away from the gloom and doom and remind us of a future that's still remarkably possible. SOURCE
Experimental forest shows impacts of climate change scenarios
The boreal forest stretches over billions of acres of the northern hemisphere on three continents. It's also key to holding up to half of all the soil-based carbon in the whole world. Scientists are using a futuristic-looking outdoor lab in Minnesota to understand it better. Ben Tracy has more. SOURCE
Scientists push clean energy for combating climate change
Some experts believe one of the simplest ways consumers can help the environment is by using cleaner electric energy. Bob Brecha, sustainability program director at the University of Dayton, and Kenneth McLeod, a systems science and industrial engineering professor at Binghamton University, sit down with CBS News' Tanya Rivero to discuss what that entails. SOURCE
Climate change, high energy prices raise demand for self-sustaining homes called Earthships
“CBS Mornings” is launching a new series called "Rebuilding America" to showcase the ingenuity of individuals and communities around the country working together to build a better world one project at a time. In this installment, CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian heads to New Mexico where a community of so-called Earthships is redefining sustainable housing.... Continue Reading →
I love this time of year, because that means lots of birds are migrating to their breeding grounds. I live along the Central Flyway migration corridor, so I get to see a lot of birds I usually don't see during non-migration months. Last spring, I was lucky enough to spot a Painted Bunting, a Blackburnian... Continue Reading →
North American birds are in decline. Here are 8 simple ways you can help
Incremental gains are no longer good enough if the goal is to get carbon dioxide emissions to zero, a researcher argues. For decades, some of the most effective ways of cutting carbon dioxide emissions have been to find ways to burn less fuel. Think of the Honda Civic in your garage that can go for... Continue Reading →
Inside Clean Energy: The Idea of Energy Efficiency Needs to Be Reinvented
As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity by Salomé Gómez-Upegui and Rita Liu As the risks from the climate crisis and global conflict increase, seed banks are increasingly considered a priceless resource that could one day prevent... Continue Reading →
Seed banks: the last line of defense against a threatening global food crisis
Why we do it In March 2017 our founder Milo was on the ski slope. He noticed a sign with the CO₂ emissions of a week of winter sports. How strange that you can't compensate that, he thought. With a plane ticket you can. Once at home, he read in a study by CE Delft... Continue Reading →
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As other countries make "net zero" pledges — these three nations are leading the way. By Laurie Goering GLASGOW, Nov 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — The heavily forested Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan — which measures its success in "Gross National Happiness" — hasn't made a net zero pledge, like a growing number of nations. That's... Continue Reading →
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