Save The Planet
This planet is dying and we are all acting too slowly. Thoughts, debates & suggestions on how we can act FAST and attempt to save the planet. No business posts or posts unrelated to saving the planet will be accepted and posters will be removed from the loop.
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New small biz helping parents make sustainable choices
Y’earn is a parent-to-parent marketplace to rent Baby & Kids items from people and small businesses in your community or make some cash if you have items you don't need right now. Sign up for our newsletter and we'll plant a tree for you yearn.club
We’re on a mission to help parents create lasting memories and positive impact through convenient, sustainable, and affordable rentals. For every rental we plant trees and adopt bees, we have also partnered with charities like Great Ormond Street Hospital, Baby Basics baby bank and the Child Rescue Coalition.
At the moment we’re focused on: Bedroom & nursery, Feeding (highchairs, breast pumps etc), Around the home (bounders, stargazes, playmats etc) and Out & About (Prams, car seats etc). In the future we want to add musical instruments and toys.
We're a new business and hope you will like/comment to help us spread the word.-
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Rewilding Projects in the UK (Edited)
These are exciting projects. When we're unlocked we're hoping to visit the nearest one to us -Isabella Tree's project - where they have storks nesting.
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So many wonderful places on this planet of ours. So many places to preserve.
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What really happens to the plastic you throw away (Edited)
I was sent this a while ago. There's nothing new for anyone who takes an interest in these things, but you may find it useful in helping to educate other people.
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Don't know where the UK stands in relation to Ocean sustainability but imagine we're not doing so well. happyeconews.com/2020/12/13/14-countr...
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Seen people using glass jars as drinking glasses. When questioned they reply. We not buying any drinking glasses when we can use some pretty jars and to help the planet.
I will in future too are you trying it? -
Progress on protecting the genetic diversity of the UK’s trees (Edited)
More good news.
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I'm going to relentlessly post good news stories for the time being because we need it!
Here's the first.
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Remind the public to dispose of used PPE properly
Is the massive spike in littering contributing to the spread of COVID19?
Either way it looks unsightly, is a danger to wildlife and completely unnecessary.
This petition asks the government to add ‘Bin Your PPE Properly’ to the national guidance.
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Restore UK woodland by letting trees plant themselves, says report
theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/...
Photos show a meadow near me that is rewilding naturally. We just hope it doesn't become part of another housing development. -
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I often see posts on social media where teachers and project workers are asking for people to donate spare art and craft materials. Scrap shops where businesses donate excess stock etc for community use are such a good idea but not necessarily well advertised. This link tells more
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This was such a sad case. I've been following it for years. The mother has battled away, facing numerous setbacks, to get pollution acknowledged as implicated in her daughter's death. She's finally succeeded, testimony to a mother's love. Well done to her. This should help strengthen the fight against toxic air - a win for us all.
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A very positive blog to cheer us up (Edited)
This blog is written by a British activist, Thomas Cooks, and documents some of the reasons for optimism in relation to the environment. I particularly liked his last sentence,
...A quote I’ve recently found from Nelson Mandela resonates perfectly with my feelings. It simply says, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
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Recent program re: storage in iCloud. They highlighted how many pictures are store and the facility uses a lot of electricity.
One person had over 16000.
Should we all look what we can delete? -
Herefordshire SSSI Riverbank Bulldozed
The landowner had recently had an application for 19 homes on his land refused.
One of the key points for refusal was the site’s proximity to the River...
See before and after photos.
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World Soil Day Date in the current year: December 5, 2020
World Soil DayWorld Soil Day is observed around the world on December 5. This holiday was proposed by the International Union of Soil Sciences in 2002 to raise public awareness of the problems of soil and its importance for our life.
Many people forget, that the soil is the source of everything we have. We don't connect soil with food, climate, biodiversity and life, however, there is a direct relationship between them. The problems of soil have been neglected for too long, that is why the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations took the actions towards their elimination.
In 2013 FAO supported the formal establishment of World Soil Day and requested official adoption by the UN. In December 2013 the UN General Assembly designated December 5 to be WSD. December 5 was chosen to coincide with birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, who officially sanctioned the event.
FAO annually organizes special events to observe World Soil Day since 2012. These events raise public awareness of the importance of soil and ways of its preservation. -
Tell Tesco to stop destroying forests for meat
This was included in a friends of the Earth newsletter.
SIGN THE PETITION
To: Tesco
“Stop buying from companies owned by JBS - the biggest industrial meat producer in the world, and one of the biggest drivers of Amazon destruction. Replace half the meat you sell with plant-based food by 2025.”
198,430 have signed. Help reach 200,000.
Forest fires have been raging across the Brazilian Amazon region for months already. Scientists say we could be seeing the highest surge in a decade.
Fires are used as a tool by the industrial meat industry to clear vast areas of forest in the Amazon and elsewhere to use for cattle farms and soya plantations.
Some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets and fast food chains are complicit: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC are all churning out industrial meat that’s fuelling the destruction of forests. [1]
Tesco uses more soya for animal feed than any supermarket in the UK: they have the power to help break this destructive cycle. Tell Tesco to lead the way in averting disaster.
[1] All of these companies are implicated through their use of soya for animal feed. All but Asda are also buying industrial meat from companies owned by JBS who is driving Amazon destruction.
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Chameleon last seen 100 years ago resurfaced
This is a nice happy story midst all the gloom and doom. happyeconews.com/2020/11/12/chameleon... -
An interesting app and website to help us develop good eco habits.
Came across this. Looks quite interesting.
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World Fisheries Day Date in the current year: November 21, 2020
World Fisheries DayWorld Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on November 21 by all people whose livelihood depends on fisheries. Its main objectives are to highlight the contribution of commercial fishing to the global economy and to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable fisheries.
Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 40,000 years. It is a major source of food in many regions; according to estimates of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to other half a billion people in developing countries. As of 2018, top ten countries with the biggest fisheries harvest (capture and aquaculture combined) were China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, the United States, Russia, Japan, the Philippines, Peru, and Bangladesh.
World Fisheries Day was established primarily to draw public attention to the most pressing challenges that the world fishing industry has to face, as well as to bring together stakeholders to find ways to solve them.
The main problem facing fisheries around the world is resource depletion caused by overfishing, water pollution, and climate change. According to the FAO estimates, about one-third of world fish stocks are subject to overfishing. Some governments have introduced fishing quotas and other restrictive measures to combat overfishing, but there are two inherent problems with quotas. First, they need to be adjusted each year, second, they can be undermined by illegal fishing activity.
In addition, fisheries are very important to the economies of many developing countries. According to statistics, 65% of the reported catch from inland fisheries is from low-income food-deficit countries, and, as we’ve already mentioned above, the livelihood of approximately 500 million people in developing countries depends on fisheries and aquaculture.
Given the importance of fisheries, especially when it comes to developing countries, quotas shouldn’t be the only way to combat fish stocks depletion. Other measures that can and should be taken include the promotion of sustainable fisheries, the development of aquaculture, and environmental campaigns aiming to prevent water pollution. The implementation of such measures is one of the key tasks of fisheries management.
A sustainable fishery is one that is harvested at a sustainable rate, so that the fish population doesn’t decline over time. To achieve sustainability in fisheries, fisheries management combines population dynamics and other theoretical disciplines with practical strategies. Its ultimate goal is to produce sustainable biological, economic, and social benefits from renewable aquatic resources.
Although World Fisheries Day isn’t on the list of UN international days, it is endorsed by relevant UN organizations, such as the FAO. It is marked with various events (conferences, seminars, discussions, exhibitions, workshops, public meetings, rallies) to highlight the importance of the world’s fisheries and sustainable fishing. -
Glass bottles worse than plastic.
Is this another thing I've been getting wrong - oh dear. inews.co.uk/news/environment/glass-bo... -
Is your habit killing the planet?
Watched Dispatches, has anyone else?
Showing how much energy we use for modern technology. Especially at the moment with look down --Internet and storage.
Copied from web. -- Maybe some of you like to watch on catch-up.
In the month when the worlds' leaders should have been gathering in Glasgow to tackle global warming, Sophie Morgan investigates the carbon footprint of the technology industry and tests some of the environmental claims of some of the biggest names in the tech world. She also recruits two families to keep a diary of their online habits and together they discover some shocking truths about the hidden cost of their online habits. -
Interesting article on food production and biodiversity: what should we be eating?
Experts are asked about different foods groups and products and the impact they have on biodiversity. As ever it's complex but not necessarily surprising. It reminded me to try just a bit harder to check out the sustainability of any meat and fish that I eat and to check whether there is palm oil in any non-food products that I buy. bbc.co.uk/food/articles/biodiversity? -
Remembrance Day Wreath laying by XR
Some members of Extinction Rebellion laid a large wreath at the cenotaph on Remembrance Day. It was laid by a veteran soldier and a nurse. It was done respectfully with the aim of highlighting the War on Climate Change but it wasn't a planned part of the day and as can be seen from the post in another group people were angered by this action and felt it was deeply offensive.
I have mixed feelings. Members of XR always have to take individual responsibility for their actions and I think this was possibly a misjudgment. I agree with the sentiment and the need for a wake up call but suspect this action might have been just too alienating in its outcome.
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Ambitious plans for Japanese Village (Edited)
Wish my town was this visionary blog.interface.com/en-au/zero-waste-t... -
Trying to prevent yet more plastic manufacturing
Given the vastly increased awareness of the dangers of plastic pollution, one would have hoped that manufacturers would think long and hard before building yet more plastic production plants. Some clearly haven't thought it through, though: ClientEarth and others are trying to stop Ineos from doing just this in the Port of Antwerp.
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A formidably-detailed article about greenwashing by Jheni Osman (of 'Costing the Earth')
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ClientEarth summit 9-11 November
Do look at the various sessions they're running, some (or all) of which should be of interest.
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Just in case not everyone is aware, Maybelline have set up a programme for recycling of used or partly used cosmetic and makeup products. The large Tesco close to where I live has a box for deposits, and until I saw it the other day, I hadn't realised that they will accept products produced by other companies, not just their own.
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On the subject Supermarket not able to sell sanitary towels. Was made aware you can buy washable once (back to the old days) and they look quite pretty. Think of the waste one could save.
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Traffic-powered roadside wind turbines (Edited)
The only good thing about all the traffic on our roads is that it can be used to drive small turbines and generate electricity for the local area. There are now apparently plans for installing these turbines on UK motorways.
Various enterprising folk have come with designs for doing just that, some of which are visually stunning. Apparently this was AltEnergy's most-read article last year; you can see why.
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new law to ban any products linked to deforestation (Edited)
Half the Earth's forests are now gone.
15 BILLION trees are chopped down every year -- 476 every single second. That's our rainforests, jungles, and woodlands being decimated to make space for ever more cattle, palm oil, and soybeans.
But today we have a unique opportunity to change it.
Right now the EU is considering a new law to ban any products linked to deforestation. If the law passes, the EU is such a massive market that it could force the world's biggest companies to change, transforming the global supply chain, and helping to save our woodlands, wetlands, and mangroves.
Earth needs this law -- so let's make sure it passes!
This is not a usual petition. You'll be signing an official EU consultation. Every voice counts. Every signature builds the resolve of lawmakers to pass the most ambitious forest-protecting law possible. Let's be deafening. Click to add your voice and forward to everyone you can.
I support the forest-saving law
Deforestation was serious a decade ago -- now it's a planetary emergency. Forests provide our oxygen, they protect the climate, and are home to 80% of land-based life. And yet they're being totally destroyed.
But now we could finally have a law to save the trees!
This new bill could ban the sale of forest-killing products across the EU, cutting the huge profits made from the destruction of woodlands, rainforests, and trees that have stood for centuries, and setting a global precedent.
So let's win it! For the jungles, the jaguars, the orangutans, the gorillas, and millions of people who live in the world's forests -- and for every time you've ever looked up at a tree in wonder -- add your name to the official consultation now:
Hope this link works. ----https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu_stop_deforestation_loc/?tfLKjlb&signup=1&cl=17707108528&v=501577836&_checksum=b5a6a406a7942c7cceea52aeb091dd6c4e7a3dabc69c0baf606e75f700e2d5c8/?tfLKjlb&signup=1
I support the forest-saving law
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Britian set to be left without environment whatchdog post Brexit.
And guess why?-more government dithering & delaying.
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steps.count-us-in.org/ are looking for a billion people to pledge to take small steps towards saving the planet.
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No.10 snubs tougher food rules to keep Trade deals on the menu.
Also posted on Scoop Loop`s `Anything`group. That`s because, we in this group, are more interested in the animal welfare and environmental side. Anything will pick up on the politics and economics. (There`ll be fireworks over there.🤣)
thetimes.co.uk/article/brexit-no-10-s...
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Where is the promise for cleaner fuel?
I just signed the petition "Stop the Cumbria Coal Mine!" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.
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Watched his program Facts. Most of the contents I would think we are familiar with.
At the end they showed changes we made e.g. aerosols and mentioned cheap shoddy imports should be banned.
However there was no mentioning of producing better longer life goods like washing machines a.s.o.
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What if the whole world went vegan?
Would you consider this if you're not already?
bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/what-if-the-wh...
