In an article on The Conversation website, Ashley Perl, Fellow, Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact, University of Toronto writes about Norway becoming the first country to open its continental shelf to commercial deep-sea mineral exploration. Is this sustainable and responsible? Mining the depths: Norway’s deep-sea exploitation could put it in environmental … Continue reading In January Norway became the first nation to open its continental shelf to commercial deep-sea mineral exploration
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Encouraging sustainability in the wine industry
In an article on The Conversation website, Gary Pickering, Professor, Biological Sciences and Psychology and Kerrie Pickering, Research Associate, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, both from Brock University in Canada discuss the wine industry from production to consumers and what it will take to make it more sustainable. How drinking sustainable wine can help vineyards … Continue reading Encouraging sustainability in the wine industry
New EEA briefing on climate’s impact on seas
Climate change’s triple impact on seas — warming waters, acidification and decreasing oxygen levels — are a major and increasing threat to Europe’s marine ecosystems. A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published this week, looks at main threats to Europe’s seas and points to key actions to improve the situation. Warming, acidification, dropping oxygen … Continue reading New EEA briefing on climate’s impact on seas
Lessons from China for making developers pay compensation for their ecological impacts
In an article on The Conversation website, Shuo Gao, Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland, Joseph William Bull and Sophus zu Ermgassen from the University of Oxford explain how the compensation scheme works in China. What are your views? China makes developers pay compensation for their ecological impacts – here’s how this unique scheme works In 2017, … Continue reading Lessons from China for making developers pay compensation for their ecological impacts
The resistance of rural women: “Energy is not just a technical issue, it’s a political issue to do with life, territories, sovereignty and the right to community self-determination.”
From the Akbelen forest in Turkey to northern India to Brazil, rural women are standing up against the power of the corporate chainsaw. The Turkish-British novelist and political scientist, Elif Shafak, writes a powerful article on the Guardian website about what local women are doing to protect fragile ecosystems. In the battle to save … Continue reading The resistance of rural women: “Energy is not just a technical issue, it’s a political issue to do with life, territories, sovereignty and the right to community self-determination.”
One year out from the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, the clean-up of the Seine shows there is public interest in clean, swimmable waterways for our health, wellbeing and pleasure
Gary Osmond from The University of Queensland and Rebecca Olive from RMIT University write on The Conversation website discuss the plans to use the River Seine for Olympic swimming and how important this initiative is for our environmental wellbeing. Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide One year … Continue reading One year out from the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, the clean-up of the Seine shows there is public interest in clean, swimmable waterways for our health, wellbeing and pleasure
New EEA briefings on developments in the circular economy in Europe
Unsustainable consumption in Europe and beyond is one of the main drivers of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. According to two European Environment Agency (EEA) briefings, published this week, efficiency gains in production have reduced some environmental impacts but alone they are unlikely to bring Europe’s consumption to a sustainable level. Deeper transformation of … Continue reading New EEA briefings on developments in the circular economy in Europe
New EEA briefing on the way we see ourselves in relation to nature
Can the way we see ourselves in relation to the natural world create a greater sense of responsibility and stewardship towards nature? Global awareness about the degradation of nature, climate change and unsustainable resource use is increasing and our responses to these challenges need to accelerate. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published this … Continue reading New EEA briefing on the way we see ourselves in relation to nature
“…humanity needs to make peace with nature, because we are out of harmony with nature”
With those words, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Montreal this month. Alexandra Zimmermann, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford writes on the Conversation website asking what living in harmony with nature looks like. UN biodiversity conference: what does living in harmony with nature … Continue reading “…humanity needs to make peace with nature, because we are out of harmony with nature”
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 