Eating less meat is essential to fight climate change
Chatham House’s new report confirms the significant environmental impact of the livestock industry. Yet governments are doing nothing.
Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti was appointed Director General of CERN
The first woman in 60 years and the third Italian after Carlo Rubbia and Luciano Maiani. Fabiola Gianotti, born in Rome in 1962, was declared Director-General of CERN, Geneva, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research established in 1954. After a year of partnering with the incumbent German director general Rolf Heuer, her mandate will begin on
The sounds of the universe are now on SoundCloud, thanks to NASA
The most popular moments and sounds from space are available on NASA’s SoundCloud page. Let’s explore parallel universes!
Leonardo DiCaprio has been named U.N. Messenger of Peace for climate
The US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 39, has been named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, with the aim to raise global awareness on climate change. The decision has been announced on Tuesday by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The first official appointment as messenger is the 23rd of September, when DiCaprio will speak during the
Eating beef is more harmful to the environment than driving a car
North American study reveals that the environmental impact of beef is superior to that of other farm animals.
It’s a plastic world, the footage of how much plastic ends up in the oceans
“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.
Everything is NOT awesome: Greenpeace’s video against Lego (and Shell)
[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 most beautiful social and environmental pictures of the year
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.
Why do koalas hug trees?
Australian research reveals that koalas hug trees to reduce their body temperature, by clinging to tree branches that are cooler than the temperature of the air.
What the world eats
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisi, husband and wife, travelled the world documenting eating habits of people of all classes, in different countries. They photographed people with their habitual meal, and their journey became a photographic book entitled What I eat – Around the World in 80 diets. The two photographers didn’t only take amazing pictures: