(From February 2023)
environment
2024-04-26 @ 16.25.43 ∈ In English
(8:57)
Carbon Offsets Don’t Work. Here’s Why
Individuals, companies and governments “offset” carbon emissions by paying to plant trees or fund solar panels in one place, so they can emit them elsewhere. Carbon credits are exchanged in the open market with the idea that carbon prices will go up – forcing companies to emit less. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at why carbon offsets may not solve the climate crisis.
2024-03-31 @ 9.13.45 ∈ In English
(7:53)
Why It’s Time to Stop Saving the Planet*
Western cultures — and even some climate scientists and sustainability advocates — often share the idea that there is the “natural world” and the “human world.” The natural world is seen as pristine and untouched, while the human world is chaotic and ever changing. But all living things change the world around them in order to build homes, eat, drink and move around.
2024-03-04 @ 18.31.53 ∈ In English
Counting butterflies reduces anxiety, study shows
New research by leading wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, in collaboration with the University of Derby, reveals that counting butterflies [reduced] anxiety by almost 10% [… among] people taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count in 2022.
2024-01-18 @ 12.16.23 ∈ Suomeksi
2024-01-01 @ 16.22.32 ∈ In English
2023-12-30 @ 8.17.10 ∈ In English
2023-12-23 @ 10.08.15 ∈ Suomeksi
2023-12-08 @ 16.08.36 ∈ In English
2023-11-06 @ 18.59.28 ∈ In English
Millions of sterile fruit flies are being dropped on LA to fight an infestation
[Last month, employees stripped dozens of citrus trees in Baldwin Hills of their fruits] as part of an all-out quarantine effort aimed at eradicating one of the most destructive pests in the world: the Mediterranean fruit fly.