COVID-19: A wake-up call for nature-based solutions
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities on multiple levels. But with any luck, it may also serve as a wake-up call. Grubbing out ecosystems and perpetuating grim illegal wildlife trade not to mention the worst excesses of factory farming — dislodge and facilitate new deadly diseases. At the same time, our […]
How Can I Reduce My Carbon Footprints.
We all can practice some important actions to help conserve nature and reduce our carbon footprint, to preserve our own well-being, and to guarantee that natural resources are available for future generations. International groups of scientists, working on various environmental issues, provided ideas what we can do to help conserve nature. Those ideas were grouped into three main categories: 1. Actions to reduce our ecological footprint; 2. Actions to conserve nature; 3. Actions to connect with nature.
Delhi most polluted capital, India has 22 of top 30 worst AQI ranked cities
According to new reports, Twenty-two of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi being ranked the most polluted capital city globally. Delhi air quality was improved by approximately 15% between 2019 and 2020 but it still ranked as the 10th most polluted city and the most polluted capital in the world. […]
Climate Change : It’s An LGBTQ+ Issue Too
We all are affected by climate change but (LGBTQIA+) community is one such group, which is a hidden victim of climate change to a wide extent. LGBTQ+ people are more vulnerable to the to the harmful impacts of warming planet. They are more vulnerable to violence, abuse and exploitation because of the social stigma, hatred and discrimination.
Air pollution, the silent killer
We know about the dangers of a poor diets lack of exercise cigarettes and alcohol but what about air pollution. Earth is now planet of mostly city dwellers more than half of us live in urban areas according to the UN but only 12% of cities meet world health standard of air quality. Air pollution […]
SDG : 3 & PLASTIC POLLUTION
“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- and turn it into a reality for all the world people.” The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs, also known as the Global Goals) are 17 goals with 169 targets that all UN Member States have agreed […]
Environmental Education: We Stand Together
“Even if you don’t believe in climate change, wouldn’t you just prefer Breathing cleaner air?” Building on the momentum of global school strikes organized in the spring of 2019, about four million students took to the streets around the world on 20 September 2019. Millions of young people raised their voices at protests around the […]