Wind energy has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional fossil fuels, offering a renewable and environmentally friendly source of power. However, the development of wind farms, particularly in sensitive wildlife and ecological habitats, poses both advantages and challenges.
Read More
It was February 2000 and the Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen was sitting in a meeting room in Cuernavaca, Mexico, stewing quietly.
Read More
“Recently I’ve seen many rumors circulating about me and enormous amounts of hate. This is no surprise to me. I know that since most people are not aware of the full meaning of the climate crisis (which is understandable since it has never been treated as a crisis) a school strike for the climate would seem very strange to people in general.
So let me make some things clear about my school strike.
Read More
A plan to establish the world’s largest green-energy financing initiative is being threshed out in South Africa, which needs to reduce its environmental footprint and find innovative ways to fund debt-stricken state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.
Read More
SDG 16 promotes peaceful and inclusive societies, the provision of access to justice for all, and the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Read More
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Read More
SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Read More
SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Read More
SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Read More
The world in a take-away coffee cup
(Written in 2013 before the movement started taking shape)
Have you ever wondered what the ecological and anthropological costs are of our consumer decisions? Can a simple quick consumer decision shape our future? For example, do you know what the hidden financial and health costs are of all those take-away cups that deliver your morning caffeine fix? Put another way, did you realize that the world’s largest coffee chain served 2.3 billion cups of coffee in take-away cups last year, a number that keeps growing annually?
Read More