Hi there! Welcome to the 24th edition of our Climate Joy series, celebrating positive environmental news from across the globe. From Italy and New Zealand, right through to Spain and London, we have scoured the earth to bring you some green tidings to bring you hope and alleviate any eco anxiety you may have. So...
Hi there folks! Welcome to yet another edition of our Climate Joy series. In this edition, as always, we will look briefly but closely in appreciation of the efforts of various people around the world; from media houses, scientists and public officials to end this climate crisis that plagues us all. So let’s get into it:...
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Climate Joy series. This is our twenty-second week of collating and presenting to you bits of good news in the fight to save our planet and we are still riding high. This week, we bring you good news from the fashion world G7 Summit in Japan on the...
Ground-breaking new recycling program for writing instruments launches in Australia. MEDIA RELEASE A new Australian recycling program will make all brands of pens and markers 100% recyclable, thanks to a partnership between leading stationary company BIC, and innovative recycling giant TerraCycle. Launching today, the Writing Instruments Recycling Program will encourage schools, offices and communities across...
You may have heard about the current debate heating up across Australia; the movement to decriminalise abortion in NSW. The subject, as always, brings lots of opinions and confusion. What women do with their bodies has always been subject to controversy and emotion. The most recent global headlines that shocked the world focused on abortion...
Biodiversity is as much a part of the health of our planet as a balanced diet is part of our own wellbeing. Biodiversity describes the variety within and between species, or within and between ecosystems; generally, the greater the diversity the healthier the system. The more different kinds of species are found in an ecosystem,...
Companies must now release quantitative details on how they will meet climate change goals in line with UN Paris Agreement. MEDIA RELEASE Traditional Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone Lands (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — Over the weekend, major fashion brands announced a Fashion Pact at the G7 Summit in France, outlining commitments focused on reducing the fashion industry’s contribution to climate...
Welcome to another edition of our Climate Joy series. This last week has been very trying for us all – alongside the Earth generally – with the Amazon Rainforest fires. It’s surreal and frankly, I didn’t feel up to writing this edition for a good number of days. But then, I realized that it is...
It is encouraging that the G7 is discussing the urgent situation in the Amazon. President Macron has advocated stopping industrial deforestation and finding new forms of forest governance where NGOs and indigenous peoples are more involved. The question is how G7 countries best could achieve this. The best way for G7 countries to help solve this crisis...
According to a new study, cable news is failing to cover the massive and globally-catastrophic fires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The study from nonprofit media watchdog Media Matters for America, found that cable news channels – MSNBC, CNN and Fox News – provided nearly 15x more coverage of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire earlier...
Three weeks after the Amazon Rainforest fires began, the issue has finally found mainstream media coverage, with popular news outlets CNN and NBC reporting on the issue after Brazil’s largest city Sao Paulo was plunged into daytime darkness due to the smoke and images of the city looking apocalyptic began circulating on social media. Shannon...
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Climate Joy series. This marks part 20 of this series and I can hardly believe it myself. When we began this journey, all I had ever seen on climate reports was all the negative news and so I had very serious doubts that I’d find enough good news...