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Psychogeography describes the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals Photo: Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) Tate London 25 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Tate Museum How do different places make us feel and behave? The term psychogeography was invented by the Marxist theorist Guy Debord in…
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We have seen this over and over again, especially over the past two years. Everything, from covid to pollution to political ‘instability,’ it is all our fault. Us. How is it even possible that any one of us could produce as much pollution in a lifetime that private jets, McDonald’s, Ford, Pfizer, Exxon produce every…
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Ms Goodall’s hope is to urge charities to switch to plant-based alternatives instead of animals. Photo: Goats being sold at Mdeka market near Salima, Malawi. Photograph: Aaron Ufumeli/EPA 20 December 2021 | Abigail Jane | One Green Planet Jane Goodall, along with religious leaders, celebrities, and fellow scientists are urging world aid charities to end animal…
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Studies indicate regrowth can be achieved in 10 to 20 years. Unfortunately, leaders at the recent COP26 leaders have only pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Photo: A 32-year-old forest on former pastureland in northeastern Costa Rica. Robin Chazdon, CC BY-ND 09 December 2021 | Various Authors | The Conversation Tropical forests are among the world’s best tools…
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The electricity in the vehicle’s battery could be plugged back into the grid, instead of being stored Photo: Slavun/shutterstock 15 November 2021 | Tom Stacey and Ying Xie | The Conversation Electric cars could help to power millions of households in the coming years, simply by harnessing their battery power. The electricity in the vehicle’s…
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Decades ago, corporations and governments invented the traits we now call ‘human nature.’ COP26 has shown ‘consumers’ that buying something ‘different’ is not working. 13 November 2021 | Graham Peebles | Euroasia Review The natural environment has been poisoned, vandalized and trashed in accordance with the demands and values of the all-pervasive socio-economic system, and…
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Oil and gas jobs have steadily declined in Canada, amounting to one per cent of the workforce Photo: Cheng Feng Chiang / iStock / Getty Images Plus 10 November 2021 | DAVID SUZUKI | Now Toronto For years, Alberta’s government has been spending millions of its citizens’ dollars to defend and promote the most profitable…
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How long will we continue trying to ‘buy’ our way out of the global mess? It is lazy and foolish. We need to rethink everything. Photo: In Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, centre, is putting bikes at the centre of her transport policy. Photograph: StĂ©phane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images 10 November 2021 | Oliver Milman | The Guardian…
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On average, they emit over 70 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person every year, 30 times more than we can each afford to release Photo: A superyacht, kept on permanent standby, as some billionaires’ boats are, generates around 7,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.’ Photograph: ValĂ©ry Hache/AFP/Getty Images 10 November 2021 | George Monbiot | The…
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Did you know that we can personally save the world if we stop eating meat and cutting down trees? Did you know that the fighter jet you fly on your daily commute can burn through hundreds of gallons of fuel per minute? Photo: Christian Cachola / US DoD flickr 09 November 2021 |Doug Weir, Benjamin…
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A single Tesla Model S contains as much lithium as around 10,000 mobile phones. An electric car requires six times as many critical raw materials as a combustion engine. And further to this… our entire attitude about ‘green’ is absurd, really. Countries like the UK are betting on wind power but climate change is altering…
‘I’m going to be 75 this year; I’ve seen a lot of changes in areas that were once beautiful. Things have already been destroyed and young people are being born into this.’ Photo: Patti Smith at her local coffee shop in SoHo, New York, in 2019. “What’s my favourite period? Right now. I’m alive.” Photograph:…
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