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Froilan Grate: Filipino activist calling out big corporations for their environmental impact and demanding action

Froilan Grate is fast becoming known outside of his native Philippines, as the activist has openly named-and-shamed companies such as Nestlé and Unilever for their environmental impact in his home country. The low cost and convenience of plastic sachets, as well as inefficient waste disposal, has identified the Philippines as one of the world’s leading plastic polluters. But the focus has always been on consumers … Continue reading Froilan Grate: Filipino activist calling out big corporations for their environmental impact and demanding action

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3D Ocean Farming helping to restore the oceans and provide sustainable food

Fishermen and scientists are working together to cultivate a sustainable solution to ocean food production, known as 3D Ocean Farming, which is designed to restore rather than deplete the oceans. On Long Island in New York, locals have been tackling overfishing by using 3D Ocean Farming, which is a system that grows a mix of seaweed crops and shellfish – including mussels and oysters – … Continue reading 3D Ocean Farming helping to restore the oceans and provide sustainable food

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Putting Down Roots: Documentary shows communities restoring diverse forests once stripped of their trees

Putting Down Roots is a short film which focuses on communities who are restoring diverse forests in areas that were once stripped of their trees. From the remote Scottish coast to the foothills of the Himalayas to the Xingu basin in the Amazon, Putting Down Roots shows how stopping deforestation and restoring forests prevents emissions, removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transforms lives. Forests cover 30% of … Continue reading Putting Down Roots: Documentary shows communities restoring diverse forests once stripped of their trees

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Elephant Seals reclaim land from humans at California beach during US government shutdown

Mother Nature is a mighty force and so too are her children so during the US Government shutdown, an elephant seal colony in the Bay Area, California reclaimed their land from humans. Elephant seals and pups took over at Drakes Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore, knocking down a fence and moving into the parking lot, where they remained lounging in the sand after the … Continue reading Elephant Seals reclaim land from humans at California beach during US government shutdown

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Arts, Environment

Voice of Nature: Art installation lets a tree do the talking to warn about climate change

Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker is using real time data that indicates the wellbeing of a tree to warn “about the urgency of climate change in a way that’s undeniable”, in his latest installation, Voice of Nature. Voice of Nature uses the “voice” of a tree to communicate the effects of climate change on the natural world. The artwork is based on a Japanese cinnamon tree in Chengdu, a city … Continue reading Voice of Nature: Art installation lets a tree do the talking to warn about climate change

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Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado devoting his life’s work to preserving the planet

Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has exposed the social and environmental problems facing the planet for more than 40 years. The photographer’s black-and-white prints capture natural environments and the people who inhabit them. Using his images as a means of promoting preservation, Sebastião Salgado’s documentation of unblemished landscapes, wildlife, and indigenous communities demonstrate the urgent need to protect the planet. He says: “What I want is the world … Continue reading Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado devoting his life’s work to preserving the planet

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Las Cañadas Farm Cooperative: A carbon farming solution to climate change

Las Cañadas Farm Cooperative, a former cattle ranch in Mexico, is at the forefront of a new agriculture technique called carbon farming. Carbon farming refers to a range of agricultural practices aimed at keeping more carbon in the soil, from planting cover crops to managing multi-species grazing. Improving soil-carbon retention on farms is a critical step in mitigating climate change, according to carbon farmers such … Continue reading Las Cañadas Farm Cooperative: A carbon farming solution to climate change

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LarvalBot giving marine life a helping hand by delivering baby corals to reefs

LarvalBot, an underwater robot previously used to eliminate invasive species in coral reefs, has been repurposed to deliver 100,000 baby corals to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The underwater robot has dispersed microscopic baby corals (coral larvae) to help scientists working to repopulate parts of the Great Barrier Reef during this year’s mass coral spawning event. Tourism and pollution have contributed to the Great Barrier Reef’s increasingly … Continue reading LarvalBot giving marine life a helping hand by delivering baby corals to reefs

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MicroActivist Connor Berryhill inspiring kids to help protect the oceans

Eleven-year-old Connor Berryhill is on a mission to connect youth with the world’s oceans, creating “the next generation of ocean warriors”. The young native of San Diego, California was only 5-years-old when an underwater encounter with an endangered monk seal in Kauai set him on a path to take care of the world’s most vulnerable creatures. Now 11, Connor Berryhill has taken his small-scale activism big and … Continue reading MicroActivist Connor Berryhill inspiring kids to help protect the oceans

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Water is Life: Documentary highlights Aboriginal communities fighting against fracking plans

Water is Life is a documentary about the Aboriginal communities of Australia fighting against fracking plans in the Northern Territory (NT). The documentary, filmed over a two-year period, shows first-hand the impacts that fracking has had on immediate families and the extended community, particularly on people’s health. Kandi Mosset – a Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara woman – travels from Australia to the US where she meets indigenous communities in … Continue reading Water is Life: Documentary highlights Aboriginal communities fighting against fracking plans

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