Who was Douglas Tompkins, the founder of The North Face
Il miliardario Douglas Tompkins aveva dedicato gli ultimi anni alla battaglia ecologista. È morto in Cile a 72 anni a causa di un incidente in kayack.
Bold mayors are remaking the climate in the city century
Will this week bring an agreement to keep the world from tipping into irreconcilable climate change? Perhaps, but regardless of the headlines from COP21, something very important is happening. Some of the biggest gains for the environment are happening on the streets of urban areas the world over. Cities at COP21 and beyond are already
Maduro’s party loses its majority in the Venezuelan elections. The Bolivarian dream interrupted
Only a few hours after parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela on the 6th of December the electoral commission announced that the opposition coalition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) has won 99 of 167 seats, compared to only 46 seats for the ruling party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), of President Nicolás Maduro. It
A macabre tale of murder and negligence. Syngenta found guilty of the death of Brazilian activist Keno
Syngenta AG, the world’s third largest producer of biochemically-engineered foods, has been found guilty of murder by Judge Pedro Ivo Moreiro of the Civil Court of the municipality of Cascavel in the southern Brazilian region of Paraná. The announcement of the ruling was made public on the 17th of November. The court has ordained that
A celebration of indigenous peoples every day of the year
The winning images of a photography competition are featured in Survival’s 2016 calendar. To support the NGO that fights for indigenous people’s rights.
People would be open to pay a meat tax to protect the environment
Secondo uno studio condotto da Chatham House e dall’Università di Glasgow le persone sarebbero propense a ridurre il consumo di carne per motivi di salute e per ridurre l’impatto ambientale.
Pearl Jam donate 54,000 dollars to protect forests in Latin America
On 28 November, Pearl Jam closed their Latin American tour of nine dates started on 4 November 2015, where they also played cover songs of popular bands including Comfortably numb by Pink Floyd, Imagine by John Lennon and a U2’s songs cover. But the Seattle band leaves its mark in Latin America for another reason: Pearl Jam decided to offset carbon emissions
Brazil, the sweet river becomes river of death
Il disastro minerario avvenuto in Brasile tre settimane fa ha devastato il bacino del Rio Doce e dei suoi affluenti, seminando morte tra gli animali e disperazione tra i pescatori.
Indigenous Colombians need their land back says Amnesty International
Six million people had to abandon their lands because of of a 50-year internal war between the military and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), the country’s largest left-wing rebel group. Over 260,000 people lost their lives during this period and thousands were kidnapped or disappeared, estimates human rights organisation Amnesty International in a report
Brazil faces environmental disaster. The toxic mudslide has reached the ocean
In seguito al cedimento di due dighe, nel sud est del Brasile, i liquami velenosi sono arrivati nell’Oceano Atlantico e potrebbero impiegare 100 anni prima di essere riassorbiti completamente.