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Bridging the climate change generation gap

Lakehead University surveyed teens and young adults between the ages of 16-25. Over half of the respondents said that climate change was making them feel anxious, afraid and they felt powerless to do anything about it. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on April 9, 2023

Man ends his life after an AI chatbot ‘encouraged’ him to sacrifice himself to stop climate change

According to his widow Pierre became extremely eco-anxious when he found refuge in Eliza, an AI chatbot on an app called Chai. Eliza consequently encouraged him to put an end to his life after he proposed sacrificing himself to save the planet. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on April 4, 2023

‘Rewilding’ Parts of the Planet Could Have Big Climate Benefits

Restoring populations of land and marine animals in targeted “rewilding” zones would speed up biological carbon pumps that remove carbon dioxide from the air and sequester the greenhouse gas where it doesn’t harm the climate, new research shows. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on April 2, 2023

‘Terrified for my future’: climate crisis takes heavy toll on young people’s mental health

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Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on March 31, 2023

Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently in its Sixth Assessment cycle, during which the IPCC will produce the Assessment reports of its three Working Groups, three Special Reports, a refinement to the Methodology Report and the Synthesis report. The Synthesis Report (SYR) will be the last of the Sixth Assessment Report products, […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 22, 2023

Climate emotions and anxiety among young people in Canada: A national survey and call to action

Young people have a unique positionality in relation to the mental and emotional dimensions of climate change: they have contributed the least to the crisis, they are and will be disproportionately impacted, and they have limited opportunities and invaluable perspectives for influencing action. Evidence increasingly illustrates that young people are particularly vulnerable to climate distress […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on March 20, 2023

Three Myths About Renewable Energy and the Grid, Debunked

Renewable energy skeptics argue that because of their variability, wind and solar cannot be the foundation of a dependable electricity grid. But the expansion of renewables and new methods of energy management and storage can lead to a grid that is reliable and clean. As wind and solar power have become dramatically cheaper, and their […]

Posted by Ivan Martinovic on March 17, 2023

Eco-Bulevard, new suburban development

The proiect’s name, Eco-boulevard encapsulates the design’s fusion of industrial and natural elements. The whole proposal could be defined as an urban recycling operation consisting of the following actions: the insertion of an air tree-social dynamizer, over an existing urbanized space, the densification of the existing alignment of trees and the reduction and asymmetric arrangement of […]

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on March 11, 2023