Guardian Environment
UK's net zero pledge: what has been achieved one year on?
5 min read · 2020-06-24 · The urgency of the climate emergency has grown but there has been little progress so far
Reader View · Shared by 44, including Neil Hart ๐
Salon
The affluent are consuming the planet to death: study
3 min read · 2020-06-23 · A study argues that it is not enough to invest in green technologies; the world's affluent must stop overconsuming
Reader View · Shared by 98, including Prof Michael E. Mann, Claudia Sommer, Neil Hart ๐, Hiroko Tabuchi, Katja Evertz, Merkstatt
The New York Times
Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage
7 min read · 2020-06-19 · Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations.
Reader View · Shared by 91, including Katja Evertz, David Wallace-Wells, Wolfgang Blau, Deborah Blum, Arie Goldshlager, grimm, Theodora (Theo) Lau - ๅไๆผ ๐ป, Neil Hart ๐, Emily Badger, Dr. Prakash Kashwan
Guardian Environment
Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste
10 min read · 2020-06-16 · Solving the issue of waste in our seas turned out to be more complex than scrounging for bottles off the beach, Laura Trethewey found
Reader View · Shared by 102, including Cristina โMittyโ Mittermeier, Katja Evertz, Steve Faulkner, Neil Hart ๐, Emmy van Deurzenโ๏ธ๐ ๐ป๐น๐ณ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธโญ๏ธ
Guardian Environment
Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official
3 min read · 2020-06-15 · Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable development agenda
Reader View · Shared by 27, including โค๏ธ Umair, Neil Hart ๐
National Geographic
The grand old trees of the world are dying, leaving forests younger and shorter
7 min read · From 2020 · The effects on wildlife and the ability of forests to store CO2 from fossil fuels could be enormous.
Reader View · Shared by 120, including Neil Hart ๐, Katja Evertz, Jane, Liv ๐ท
Guardian Environment
World Environment Day: Celebrating the UKโs precious biodiversity
6 min read · 2020-06-05 · To mark World Environment Day, WWF has selected some snapshots of UK nature and wildlife - from land and ocean species to breathtaking plant life - in an attempt to raise awareness of the ongoing…
Reader View · Shared by 41, including Neil Hart ๐, Do The Green Thing
The New York Times
Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report
6 min read · 2020-06-01 · Five hundred species are likely to become extinct over the next two decades, according to a new study.
Reader View · Shared by 104, including Katja Evertz, Carl Zimmer, Danielle ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป, Alfie Kohn, Neil Hart ๐, Hiroko Tabuchi, Real Marsha Wrightยฎ, Rick Powell, Tim
Guardian Environment
Hadley climate centre turns 30: 'The human fingerprint is everywhere'
6 min read · From 2020 · Exclusively compiled data from centreโs supercomputer shows alarming climate trajectory
Reader View · Shared by 136, including Marcel Hรคnggi, Beth Price Almeida, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart ๐, Merkstatt
Bored Panda
30 Of The Best Shots From The 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
7 min read · From 2020 · When the California Academy of Sciences announced their 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography competition, they asked the photographers to send their work that will both celebrate and illustrate…
Reader View · Shared by 86, including Rick Powell, Neil Hart ๐, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Merkstatt, David Bauer, Dominik Grolimund
Fast Company
These drones can plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, theyโll have planted 1 billion
4 min read · From 2020 · We need to massively reforest the planet, in a very short period of time. Flash Forestโs drones can plant trees a lot faster than humans.
Reader View · Shared by 175, including BrendanEich, Liv ๐ท, Neil Hart ๐, Faik Ersoy, Dr Joana Casaca Lemos, Merkstatt, Dan Hill, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Rick Powell, Katja Evertz, Marius Bleuer
The New York Times
The End of Meat Is Here
7 min read · From 2020 · If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.
Reader View · Shared by 578, including Katja Evertz, Gerd Leonhard, Simon C, , George J Huba PhD, Merkstatt, David Pearce, Impossible Foods, Richard Dawkins, Massimo Banzi, M.G. Siegler, David Bauer, Philippe Surber, Nicholas, Neil Hart ๐, Kainaz Amaria, Jansnet, Liv ๐ท, Stuart A. Thompson, Rick Powell
Guardian Environment
After the Covid-19 crisis, will we get a greener world?
10 min read · From 2020 · Pollution and emissions are down, but we will squander these gains if governments fail to push ahead with decisive change
Reader View · Shared by 98, including Katja Evertz, Neil Hart ๐
Brain Pickings
Wander: Natascha McElhone Reads Hermann Hesseโs 100-Year-Old Love Letter to Trees in a Virtual Mental Health Walk Through Kew Gardens
4 min read · From 2020 · โIn their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfillโฆ
Reader View · Shared by 61, including Liv ๐ท, Charles Duhigg, Neil Hart ๐, Larry G. Maguire ๐บ๐ฆ
Guardian Environment
'The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious'
6 min read · From 2020 · Campaigning journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to act
Reader View · Shared by 94, including Matthias Lampe, Emily Atkin, Neil Hart ๐, Marcel Hรคnggi
grist
Plastic recycling is broken. So why does Big Plastic want $1 billion to fix it?
4 min read · From 2020 · Your takeout container is likely headed to a landfill.
Reader View · Shared by 71, including publici, Neil Hart ๐, Katja Evertz
