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Here’s a round up of some of the news stories th

Here’s a round up of some of the news stories that caught our eye this week...

🌳 Tree of the year felled for HS2 - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/20/former-tree-of-the-year-felled-in-warwickshire-to-make-way-for-hs2

📽 I am Greta documentary released - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54538817

🌍 View global methane levels - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54597764

🚗 Electric cars become cheaper - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/21/electric-cars-as-cheap-to-manufacture-as-regular-models-by-2024

⛈ Prepare for extreme weather - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54637086

🦔 A prickly business -
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/17/prickly-business-hedgehog-highway-knits-a-village-together-kirtlington-oxfordshire-aoe

📰 What was your favourite piece of good news from the last week? Share any interesting news in the comments!

💻 And for regular news updates don’t forget to head over to the website (link in bio) to sign up to our weekly newsletter.

#becurious #curiousearth #sustainability #environment #environmentalnews #climateoptimist #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalgoals #climateaction #greenliving #climatesolutions #carbonfootprint #carbonneutral #zerocarbon #greenliving

🌳 Croydon and Camden have made it onto the list

🌳 Croydon and Camden have made it onto the list of top 20 areas in England and Wales with the most tree cover 🌳

Why should we care?
Trees are a low cost, high impact method of fighting climate change as they:
🔐 Lock up carbon
🦋 Increase biodiversity
🌧 Fight flooding
🌱 Keep soil nutrient-rich
💨 Reduce air pollution

Be curious!
🗺 Explore tree cover across the world with the @globalforests interactive map
🌳 Help @WoodlandTrust plant 50 million trees
📖 Read up about the English landscape! We recommend Who owns England? by Guy Shrubsole and Feral by George Monbiot

💻 Read the full article on our website - link in bio!

#treecover #climatechange #environment #forests #trees #environmentalnews #climatesolutions #becurious #curiousearth

🥗 Happy World Food Day! 🥗 On October 12, th

🥗 Happy World Food Day! 🥗

On October 12, the UK Government voted to strip amendment 16 from the Agriculture Bill, which safeguarded food standards in trade deals.

What does this mean?
🐄 The Agriculture Bill sets out a roadmap for farming after Brexit.
🏅Rewards farmers for doing « public good » such as planting trees or improving water quality.
💥 Clash between government and environmentalists who supported amendment 16.
📝 Thousands of people signed online petitions, wrote to their MPs and the National Farmers’ Union gathered more than 1m signatures for its campaign.
❌ But the government voted against it.

Why should we care?
🐓 The amendment focused on all features of US industrial production systems that we know are bad for people and the planet.
💷 The amendments would have helped curb British support for dubious farming practices which are fuelling climate change.
🧑‍🌾 Risk of flooding stores with low-quality products and threatening the livelihoods of Britain’s farmers.
🤝 One piece of good news is the unification of disparate farming and environmental groups.

Be curious!
🥩 If you eat meat, support British farmers and shop local.
📚 Learn more by following organisations like UKSustain, @susfoodtrust and the Food, Farming + Countryside Commission.
💻 Check out the full article by @_alexandragenova_ on our website (link in bio)

#worldfoodday #worldfoodday2020 #becurious #curiousearth #food #environmentalnews #climatechange #sustainability #climateoptimist

Words shape how we think about the environment...

Words shape how we think about the environment...

🌍 Sustainability / Climate change / Climate breakdown / Climate catastrophe / Global warming / Global heating – how do these terms make you feel?

📊 As environmentalists, we tend to use statistics and facts to try and make people understand but should we be trying instead to use words to make people feel?

🌿 @charles_eisenstein, in his book ‘Climate’, highlights the need to avoid "climate fundamentalism"- a state of detachment from nature and the environment. Only when we feel something personally and emotionally, are we truly motivated to change.

🤔 Eisenstein also outlines 5 different ways people view climate change:
"Climate change scepticism" - it's not happening, or it's not our fault!
"Techno-optimism" - we can beat this with technology and engineering.
"Climate orthodoxy" - we must act now to limit emissions and avoid future devastating effects.
"Climate justice and systems change" - this is a social, racial, economical, fossil-fuel-dependent capitalism issue.
"Climate catastrophism" - it's too late.

💬 People holding a different viewpoint will enter the discussion in a different way, but maybe using language to make us feel and act is the one way to reach everyone?

✏️ So next time you write, try to:
- Cut out the jargon
- Use plain language and break it down
- Talk about how it makes you feel
- Share a personal experience

📚 And the next time you read:
- Try to imagine how the people directly affected by it might feel

💻 Check out the full article by @kat.jon on our website (link in bio)

#WednesdayWisdom #becurious #curiousearth #sustainability #environment #environmentalnews #climateoptimist #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalgoals #climateaction #greenliving #climatesolutions #carbonfootprint #carbonneutral #zerocarbon #greenliving

🌎 What is Intersectional Environmentalism and w

🌎 What is Intersectional Environmentalism and why is it so important? 🌍

🚻The term intersectional was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to explain how feminism that doesn’t address the fact that women come from different intersections favours those who are white, middle-class, cisgender, heterosexual, able-bodied etc.

🌏The term intersectional environmentalist was defined by Leah Thomas this year as an inclusive form of environmentalism that identifies the ways in which injustices happening to marginalised communities and the earth are interconnected.

🗣Intersectional environmentalism is essential to the environmental movement as many marginalised groups are more negatively affected by the climate crisis, voices from these groups need to be heard and made part of the decision making for solutions.

💻Read the full article by @envirobite on our website (link in our bio) and follow @greengirlleah and @intersectionalenvironmentalist

#intersectionalenvironmentalism #intersectionality #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #climateaction #activism #environmentalism #curiousearth #becurious

It's Clean Air Day 2020! ☁️ Why should we car

It's Clean Air Day 2020! ☁️

Why should we care about the state of our air?
Up to 36,000 people die from air pollution alone in the UK each year, and air pollution can cause and worsen respiratory diseases. 90% of the global population breathes unsafe air with poor quality linked to low birth weights and children's lung development.

Clean Air Day is particularly important this year with the COVID-19 pandemic. With poor air quality worsening pre-existing respiratory conditions, already vulnerable people are affected even more with COVID-19. A study by ONS found that exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of COVID-19 death.

So what can we do about it?
💻 Check out how much air pollution you yourself are causing with the Air Pollution Calculator on the Clean Air Hub online. This gives you a foundation and can help you find where to start with decreasing your air pollution.
🚲 Reduce the pollution on the roads by walking, cycling and taking public transport wherever you can, rather than use a car. It's healthier for the planet and healthier for you!
🌱 Create clean spaces in and around the home or at work with plants - they're good for your lungs and good for your mental health.
🚗 Don't idle your cars! Idling wastes fuel and contributes to air pollution. If you are staying still for more than a minute then switch off your car.

Visit cleanairday.org.uk for more information 💚

Tell us how you will be reducing your air pollution today and what you plan for the future in the comments below!

#cleanairday #cleanair #curiousearth #becurious #airpollution #air #pollution #travel #environment #covid #pandemic #reducepollution #airpollutioncalculator #cleanairhub #globalactionplan

Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will becom

Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will become a world leader in low-cost green energy, with a plan to power all UK homes with wind power by 2030 🎉

🍃 Offshore wind currently meets 10% of the UK's electricity demand. Increasing this supply to power every home by 2030 will cut carbon emissions and increase exports. However, homes only account for 30% of electricity demand - the rest goes to factories and offices which would not be powered by this wind power.

💷 The UK prime minister pledges to invest £160m into ports and factories to manufacture wind turbines. This aims to create 2,000 construction jobs and support 60,000 more.

📝 The PM also says the government will raise the offshore wind power capacity target by 2030 from 30 gigawatts to 40 gigawatts, though this is not new. This target was previously mentioned in the Conservative manifesto.

While this is a great step in the right direction, there is still a lot more to do before the UK economy fully decarbonises.

#curiousearth #windpower #windturbines #greenpower #power #renewable #renewableenergy #energy #uk #2030 #jobs #environment #decarbonise #offshorewind #offshorewindpower

It's World Habitat Day! 🏘️ The first Monday

It's World Habitat Day! 🏘️

The first Monday of October every year has been designated by the United Nations as World Habitat Day, to reflect on the current state of housing with regards to our basic right to adequate shelter.

Adequate shelter is a matter of life and death. There was an estimated 1.8 billion people living in slums and inadequate housing, and homeless before the COVID-19 pandemic. They lack basic hygiene facilities and so diseases spread rapidly through these overcrowded spaces. Climate change affects these people more so than those with adequate shelter and so inequality is a climate issue 🌏

It's our responsibility to ensure we all have adequate housing. So what can we do?
💚 Support charities that improve housing and sanitation
🏡 Find projects that improve the local community and the lives of those in it
🗣️ Talk to others about this day and share online to raise awareness

#worldhabitatday #unitednations #adequatehousing #housingforall #inequality #homelessness #housing #shelter #humanright #basicright #raiseawareness #share #collectiveresponsibility #community #climatechange

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