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Swiss Climate Seniors call for Justice
One woman tells her story of why a group of climate seniors decided to take the Swiss government to the European Court of Human Rights because their health is threatened by heat waves made worse by the climate crisis.
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Climate Seniors to sue Switzerland before the European Court of Human Rights
“Our demand for the Swiss government is simple: protect our health in the face of the climate crisis."
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Thresholds, cascades, and wicked problems
I remember thinking, in the 1970s, that once people became aware of the ecological crisis -- disappearing species, polluted rivers, poisoned air -- that the necessary changes would be simple.
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Our Entangled World
I found myself pondering deeper questions, such as what it means to identify one species from another, how evolution really works, and how the complexity of soil ecology might inform us about the challenges of human survival and social cohesion.
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A personal account from Greenpeace in Beirut: “I wished it was just a nightmare”
Buildings were literally destroyed, or stripped of their facades and glass. People were running around left and right. It was such a disturbing scene, I wished it was just a nightmare.
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Let’s protect people and the planet with reusable face masks
Let’s protect people and the planet during this global pandemic by choosing a reusable mask whenever possible. We will get through this together.
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Health experts call for reusable PPE to protect people and planet
Health experts from around the world today endorsed the use of well-made reusable masks or gloves that are properly sanitised in order to protect the environment from pollution as well as our communities from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health experts push back against plastic industry to declare safety of reusables during COVID-19
While the world is rightly preoccupied with tackling COVID-19, oil companies are pushing to produce more single-use plastic than ever before.
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Over 125 health experts defend safety of reusables during COVID-19 pandemic
Over 125 health experts from 19 countries signed onto a statement today assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe during COVID-19, pushing back on claims by the plastic industry.
