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Christmas trees! 🎄 Which option is more sustain

Christmas trees! 🎄 Which option is more sustainable: real or fake? 🤔
🎄 The carbon footprint of burning a natural tree is about 3.5kg CO2 according to the British Carbon Trust, but this can increase to 16kg CO2 if left to decompose in landfill. An artificial tree, often made from metal and PVC, reaches 40kg CO2 and it takes at least 12 years of reusing the tree to make up for its carbon footprint. But if it breaks and can't be repaired, or sheds so much it's past its use, it ends up in landfill and will take hundreds of years to decompose, not to mention all the plastic it sheds when constructing the tree each year which ends up being vacuumed and dumped in the bin.
✈️ Over 80 million trees are used around the world each year, the most popular being the Nordman fir in the UK which takes about 10 years to grow to 6ft. However, buying an imported tree such as the Norwegian Spruce, significantly increases its carbon footprint due to shipping.
🌲 Real trees are the obvious choice when it comes to their environmental impact as they absorb CO2 as they grow and they will decompose much, much quicker than fake ones.
Be Curious and go one step further with your tree-buying this Christmas:
🎄 Buy local and @fsc_international certified
🎄 Buy a potted tree or one with roots
🎄 Plant in the garden and reuse next year!
#becurious #christmas #christmastrees #trees #sustainability #sustainable #sustainablechristmas #sustainablechristmastrees #realchristmastrees #artificialchristmastrees #carbonfootprint #fsc #fsccertified #carbontrust

Today’s #MondayMotivation post is ACT and this w

Today’s #MondayMotivation post is ACT and this week we are recommending that you subscribe to our Curious Earth newsletter 💻
📩 Every Thursday you will receive a newsletter with at least two environmental news articles written by our curious earth writers. We also share interesting articles from our archive and any curious news that we discovered in other newspapers.
🗞 The subscription to this newsletter is completely free and gives you the opportunity to learn fresh news and what to do about it.
🤝 Join our 2k curious community and be the first one to receive our environmental stories.
If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can find the link in our bio or www.curious.earth
#curiousearth #becurious #act #mondaymotivation #newsletter #environmentalnews #subscribe #action #positivenews

📰 Here’s our weekly round up of the environme

📰 Here’s our weekly round up of the environmental news 📰
🪵 Platypus habitat has shrunk by 22% since 1990: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55039255
🌍 Covid pandemic has little impact on rise in CO2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55018581
🎉 Scotland is the first country to provide free access to period product: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51629880
👨‍🦳 Joe Biden has announced some of the key members of his team. John Kerry, former Secretary of State, has been named as climate envoy: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/john-kerry-biden-climate-envoy-appointment
🗻 Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55109092
🏗 Beattock peat extraction plan refusal taken to appeal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-55070704
🗞 And you, did you see any good news stories this week? Share them with us!
💻 For weekly news, don’t forget to sign up to our newsletter.
#becurious #curiousearth #sustainability #environment #environmentalnews #climateoptimist #climatechange #climatecrisis #covid19

🌱 Curious Earth talks to Helene Schulze, co-dir

🌱 Curious Earth talks to Helene Schulze, co-director of London Freedom Seed Bank and Southeast England Coordinator for the Seed Sovereignty Programme of the UK and Ireland. 🌱
What does seed saving mean to you?
💚 Seed saving is about stewardship. It’s about building resilience, looking after each other, ourselves and future generations.
What is the London Freedom Seed Bank?
🤝 LFSB is a network of London-based food growers and gardeners who are saving, storing and sharing seed in the London area for free to whoever wants it.
We also aim to raise awareness about the politics of the global seed regime - in 2020, 60% of the global seed trade is dominated by just four private companies.
Why is seed saving valuable for food sovereignty?
🌽 Saving seeds is the start of community and individual self-sufficiency and resilience.
Agrochemical companies sell F1 hybrid seeds which are designed for specific traits such as high yield and disease resistance, however these seeds cannot be saved year-on-year. Open-pollinated seeds, where pollination occurs naturally, can be saved.
Why is saving OP seed important for biodiversity?
🌍 Globally over the last 80 years we've lost 98% of vegetable variety, largely due to the rise of industrial agriculture, the big boom in agrochemicals, and agricultural policy. OP seeds produce more genetically diverse seed and are more able to adapt to local conditions.
How do people who don’t have their own green space get involved?
👩‍🌾👨🏾‍🌾 Community gardens are vital to ensure all have access to spaces where we can play, experiment, grow, and cook together.
💻 Find out more at:
https://www.londonfreedomseedbank.org
https://www.seedsovereignty.info
http://open-pollinated-seeds.org.uk
https://seedcooperative.org.uk
https://vitalseeds.co.uk/growing-resources/
#becurious #curiousearth #biodiversity #conservation #sustainability #environment #environmentalnews #climateoptimist #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatesolutions #extinctionthefacts #wildlife #globalgoals #climateaction #ecosystem #foodsovereignty #seedbank #communitygarden #growyourown

🐳 The critically endangered blue whale has made

🐳 The critically endangered blue whale has made a return to the island of South Georgia off Antarctica nearly 100 years since it was brought to the edge of extinction from commercial whaling.
What's Going On Here?
⛴ Between 1998 and 2018 only one sighting of a blue whale had been made in the South Georgia area. In February 2020, the research team led by @samsmarinescience documented 58 blue whale sightings and numerous acoustic recordings.
Why Should We Care?
🌊 More than 42,000 blue whales were killed around South Georgia between 1904 and 1971, and by the end of whaling only 0.15% of blue whale populations remained. The resurgence of blue whales off South Georgia is a rare example of an ecosystem in recovery. Now scientists are trying to discover why the whales have begun to use the feeding territory again.
#Be Curious!
👀 Watch 'Antarctic blue whales return to South Georgia' on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQtQNp0H4c&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=BritishAntarcticSurvey
💚 Support conservation work in South Georgia by making a donation to the South Georgia Heritage Trust
💻 To read the full article by Victoria Bunney head to our website and sign up to our newsletter (link in bio)
#becurious #curiousearth #biodiversity #conservation #sustainability #environment #environmentalnews #climateoptimist #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatesolutions #extinctionthefacts #wildlife #endangeredanimals #globalgoals #climateaction #ecosystem #bluewhale #savethewhales

🇺🇸 Joe Biden has announced some of the key m

🇺🇸 Joe Biden has announced some of the key members of his team ahead of taking up the US Presidency in January. John Kerry, former Secretary of State, has been named as climate envoy.
💚 Environmental groups have largely welcomed this appointment. Kerry played a prominent role in the development of the Paris Climate Agreement, which Biden has already pledged to rejoin, and since leaving government he has been highly critical of Trump's dismantling of climate regulations.
🌎 For the first time, the role will also include a seat on the National Security Council, lending hope that Kerry's statement that “America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is" will prove to be more than just empty words.
🚫 However he will have a difficult job gaining support amongst Republicans who are expected to maintain their hold on the Senate, and could block plans to improve environmental protections.
🤔 How do you feel about the future of the climate under the incoming US government?
#becurious #curiousearth #sustainability #environment #environmentalnews #climateoptimist #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalgoals #climateaction #greenliving #climatesolutions #parisclimateagreement #uselection #usgovernment

Today’s #MondayMotivation post is LISTEN and we

Today’s #MondayMotivation post is LISTEN and we are recommending you listen to the @deliciouslyella podcast ‘Reasons for Optimism About Climate Change’ 🎧
📈In the podcast they explain why positivity is more likely to give us better results. They also discuss a multitude of topics including eco-anxiety, conscious consumerism, the limits of the individual and green washing.
👂🏼Have you listened? Let us know what you think!
#podcast #podcasts #environment #curiousearth #becurious #deliciouslyella #climatechange #climatecrisis #greenwashing #ecoanxiety #consciousconsumer

Here's the weekly round-up of the environmental ne

Here's the weekly round-up of the environmental news this week which includes Boris Johnson's 10-point green plan, pesticides poisoning people in the Caribbean Islands, and blue wales returning to South Georgia.
📝 "Boris Johnson announces 10-point green plan with 250,000 jobs"
www.the guardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/boris-johnson-announces-10-point-green-plan-with-250000-jobs
✈️ "1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions - study"
www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov-17/people-cause-global-aviation-emissions-study-covid-19
🎄 "Tiny owl rescued from New York Rockefeller Center Christmas tree"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54996314
🐋 "Blue whale sightings increase off South Georgia"
www.uk.whales.org/2020/11/19/blue-whale-sightings-increase-off-south-georgia
☠️ "The Caribbean islands poisoned by a carcinogenic pesticide"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-54992051
🌪️ "'This was worse than Eta': Hurricane Iota brings repeat destruction to Honduras"
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/19/this-was-worse-than-eta-hurricane-iota-brings-repeat-destruction-to-honduras
Tell us which environmental news story caught your interest this week below in the comments 👇
#weeklyroundup #weeklynews #news #environment #environmentalnews #newsstories #borisjohnson #10pointplan #aviation #bluewales #pesticides #caribbeanislands #rockefellertree #hurricaneiota

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