11 December is International Mountain Day
The 2019 edition of International Mountain Day is “Mountains matter for youth”, highlighting the need to bring young people back to highland areas to take care of their cultural and natural resources.
Ireland aims to plant 440 million trees against the climate crisis
22 million trees and 50,000 more energy efficient homes a year, as well as one million electric cars by 2030. This is Ireland’s Climate Action Plan, which institutes bold targets for the next two decades.
What is Earth Overshoot Day and why we are in debt to the Earth
Overshoot Day marks the point when humanity has used up the Earth’s resources for a year. And the date comes earlier and earlier every year.
29 July is International Tiger Day
Tigers could go extinct within the next decade. But fortunately the conservation strategy aimed at doubling them by 2022, Tx2, is starting to work.
8 March is International Women’s Day, to continue fighting for gender equality
Despite the abuses of patriarchy, women are rising up to improve their conditions. The origins of International Women’s Day and why we celebrate it.
The Congo Basin rainforest, the second largest in the world, could disappear by 2100
The world’s second largest rainforest, in Central Africa’s Congo Basin, is disappearing at alarming rates due to severe deforestation. The underlying reasons are to be found widespread poverty in the region.
Another giant has left us: the Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Sabah
In the Malaysian state of Sabah there are no Sumatran rhinos left in the wild, Environment Minister says.
What we learned from the World Forum on Urban Forests 2018 in Mantova
The World Forum on Urban Forests took place from the 28th of November to the first of December. More than 400 experts from 50 countries conversed with politicians, journalists and citizens to design the green cities of the future.
A wall made of plants, green architecture to re-imagine cities
Introducing plants into buildings to absorb CO2, eliminating indoor pollution and improving your mood. This is green architecture.
Brazil, Amazon reforestation at risk with Jair Bolsonaro’s election
A great Amazon reforestation project has been agreed in Brazil, the largest in history. Will it endure the victory of Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics in the presidential election?