Monthly Archives: July 2020

Sweetgrass is a teacher of healing, a symbol of kindness and compassion

“There she was – Sweetgrass – growing in one of the last places I might ever have expected. Tentatively sending out rhizomes through the sludge [talking about Onondaga watershed poisoned by methilated mercury and other toxic waste from the nearby industrial activities], slender tillers marching bravely away, sweetgrass is a teacher of healing, a symbol […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on July 31, 2020

Dutch city redraws its layout to prepare for global heating effects

Measures include replacing 10% of Arnhem’s asphalt with grass to better cope with heat The Dutch city of Arnhem is digging up asphalt roads and creating shady areas around busy shopping districts after concluding that the consequences of global heating are unavoidable. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 30, 2020

Cost of preventing next pandemic equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage

World must act now to protect wildlife in order to stop future virus crises, say scientists The cost of preventing further pandemics over the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would equate to just 2% of the estimated financial damage caused by Covid-19, according to a new analysis. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 24, 2020

Why COVID-19 will end up harming the environment

Even though the air has been cleaner as a result of the global lockdowns, a more polluted future has been brewing while we weren’t looking. In early April, with shutdowns widespread, daily global carbon emissions were down by 17 percent compared to last year. But as of June 11, new data show that they are […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on July 15, 2020

We can prevent pandemics

We can prevent pandemics by restoring habitats and giving other species a place to live Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 8, 2020