Incorporating circular economy in a quality secondary curriculum
The traditional economy is based on a linear business model where increased consumption leads to higher growth, more production and subsequently to bigger profits.The circular economy incorporates a completely different business model where energy and material flows are considered and nothing is wasted. Companies making the change are showing that savings can be made both […]
My first encounter with a pine marten
Aigas, Highlands The pine marten undulated through the trees in such soft eel-like loops that one could imagine it was an animal lacking in bone For all their recent spread – they now skirt the edges of several Scottish cities and pop up occasionally even in England as far south as Shropshire – pine martens […]
Poisonous tropical lionfish could be spreading through Mediterranean
Voracious predactor with stings that has been known to kill humans is spotted in waters off Turkey and Cyprus The lionfish – a tropical creature with poisonous barbs and a painful sting that can kill humans in rare cases – may be spreading through the Mediterranean, a conservation group has warned. The International Union for […]
Only cub of beloved grizzly bear killed by a car in Wyoming
The death of the young animal, known as ‘Snowy’ for its ‘notably white face’, comes at a fraught time for grizzly bears and their advocates The sole cub of one of the US’s most beloved grizzly bears was reportedly struck and killed by a car Sunday evening in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, prompting […]
How your clothes are poisoning our oceans and food supply
New studies show that alarming numbers of tiny fibers from synthetic fabrics are making their way from your washing machine into aquatic animals The first time professor Sherri Mason cut open a Great Lakes fish, she was alarmed at what she found. Synthetic fibers were everywhere. Under a microscope, they seemed to be “weaving themselves […]
Coral bleaching event now biggest in history – and about to get worse
US weather agency says bleaching is now the most widespread on record and is likely to continue for unprecedented third year The coral bleaching event sweeping the globe and destroying vast tracts of valuable coral reef is now officially the most widespread in recorded history, and is likely to continue for an unprecedented third year, […]
China's plan to cut meat consumption by 50% cheered by climate campaigners
New dietary guidelines could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1bn tonnes by 2030, and could lessen country’s problems with obesity and diabetes The Chinese government has outlined a plan to reduce its citizens’ meat consumption by 50%, in a move that climate campaigners hope will provide major heft in the effort to avoid runaway global […]
Great Barrier Reef: tourists will go elsewhere if bleaching continues – poll
Survey shows a majority of Chinese tourists and about a third of US and UK visitors will travel to somewhere other than Australia If the bleaching continues on the Great Barrier Reef, tourists say they will pack their bags and go elsewhere, taking with them an estimated $1bn a year and costing 10,000 jobs in […]
Mass elephant relocation could save populations in parts of Africa
Experts in Malawi will move 500 elephants 185 miles across the country to a sanctuary that will act as a ‘reservoir’ Wildlife experts in Malawi will next month start moving up to 500 elephants to a sanctuary that they hope could eventually serve as a reservoir to restore some elephant populations in other parts of […]
Cruel summer: how you should use today’s extra daylight – if you must
Today is a once in a lifetime event: the longest day of the year, first day of summer and a full ‘strawberry’ moon – which means it’s time to go outside Strawberry moon solstice: last seen during 1967’s summer of love As if today being Monday wasn’t bad enough, it’s also the longest day of […]