[vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/101584491″] In the days right before and after the summer solstice, i.e. the year’s longest days, the sun doesn’t set in some areas of the polar circles and the poles, but it shines even at midnight. In the boreal hemisphere, summer solstice usually is on 21 June. There are just a few places
Il governo indiano ha deciso di combattere la disoccupazione giovanile e la cattiva qualità dell’aria piantando 2 miliardi di alberi lungo le strade del Paese.
North American study reveals that the environmental impact of beef is superior to that of other farm animals.
“The problem is that the ocean is completely polluted with plastic. A lot of plastic is washed up on beaches worldwide. This and many other bad facts led me to make my degree movie about the material plastic and its follow far-reaching”. With these words Andreas Tanner, a young producer and art director, commented It’s a plastic world.
After 50 years in chains living on handouts, the elephant Raju was freed and driven to a conservation area by Wildlife SOS’ volunteers.
[vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/100195272″] Recently, the environment organisation Greenpeace launched a campaign to ask Lego, the well-known Danish producer of plastic construction toys loved by both children and adults, to stop its collaboration with Shell, as well as to remove from its products the logo of the oil company that is drilling one of the world’s most
The American photographer Vincent Brady created a video of the night-sky like no other. He used 4 cameras on a cross-shaped stand, taking several snapshots of the night-sky that he later put together in order to realise an incredible 360 degrees time-lapse that brings the viewer in a surreal dimension. The music is by Brandon McCoy.
Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad is the photographer of the year, according to the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) jury, thanks to his picture In search of life. The image, chosen among 10,000 entries, shows a fireman in the attempt of finding survivors after the fire that hit a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Polar bears need sea ice to survive. To find it, they can swim hundreds of kilometres. However, over the last few years, this research has become harder and harder due to melting ice, one of the effects of climate change due to global warming. In the video called Polar bears – The quest for sea ice a
A study conducted by the Forest Heroes association accuses the major American companies to contribute to deforestation through the use of non-certified palm oil.
