The main current environmental issues and what we can do to help
While Climate change is the biggest environmental issue that we’ve been facing, there are also many others that humanity will face over the next decade — from water shortages and loss of biodiversity to waste management — here’s what you can do to help our planet. ...
The world’s largest lottery win
The largest ever global lottery prize has been won in Talahassee, South California, USA on Tuesday this week. The, as yet, unnamed winner has so far failed to come forward to claim the $2billion Powerball prize, but when they do, under Californian law, their name will...
Plymouth Marjon leads the way and becomes one of the greenest universities in the country.
Plymouth Marjon university exceeds the vision and becomes one of the greenest universities in the country. Doing their bit to protect the planet, Marjon's is committed to zero carbon by 2030. With the ground source heat pumps being installed, final checks completed...
A walk in the woods…
Jon Foster (63) is the one-man-army, responsible for the transformation of Coombe Woods, hidden away in the centre of Saltash. He began working there almost 15 years ago, as an ‘outlet’ when he started to suffer mental health problems, as a result of caring for his...
Norwegian Postal Company Include Gay Santa in Advert
PROGRESSIVE Norwegian postal service ‘Posten’ have launched their 2021 Christmas advert marking the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality within the country. Within the ad, Santa’s love story, traditionally depicted as heterosexual, is instead...
Food waste – what is the real cost?
Do we know the real cost of the food that the world wastes? Approximately 14% of all fresh fruit and vegetables produced worldwide is lost, between the time it’s harvested and when it reaches the supermarket shelf. Fact. Billions of litres of water are used in...
Potential for “a full-scale war” between Israel and Palestine
Hundreds of Palestinian protestors have been wounded in clashes with the Israeli police, this conflict has impacted the capital city of Israel, Jerusalem; the Gaza Strip and Tel Aviv- another city within Israel. Why has this happened? This has came from Israel’s...
French fishermen protest at Jersey’s main port amidst post-Brexit dispute
Around 60 fishing boats, from France, staged a peaceful protest at St Helier. The protesting had come from a disagreement surrounding a post-Brexit agreement that had only given the French 41 licenses, or permits, that would allow them to operate in Jersey’s waters....
“Rejoicing became mourning“- 44 killed after tens of thousands attend religious bonfire festival in Israel
It is believed that dozens more were hurt at the Lag B’Omer event at Mount Meron in Northern Israeal, where the Jewish annual commemorations included all-night prayers and dancing. Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has described the stampede as a “heavy...
Young girl killed amongst reported 21 dead in fatal dispute over Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border
It is confirmed that 21 people have been killed, one among the dead being a young girl, in a fatal clash between central Asian countries Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan following a dispute over the border that is shared between them. Kyrgyzstan’s border guard service said...
Operation Amazonia – Empower, Collaborate, Unify
French Heavy metal band Gojira are ”calling for unity.” After the astounding release of the single ‘Amazonia’ Gojira announced ‘Operation Amazonia. Operation Amazonia is an attempt at finding the best way to help the indigenous people...
Something’s going wrong in our world…
There’s something disastrous happening in the world and it’s not going away. Many environmentally conscious people are doing their utmost in their attempts to rectify it while a small minority of the remainder are blatantly doing exactly the opposite. What am I...