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Somali media launch first-ever network of environmental journalists

13 June 2019, Mogadishu - A network of environmental journalists in Somalia – the first of its kind in the Horn of Africa nation - was today launched in the capital, Mogadishu.

The urgency of climate crisis needed robust new language to describe it

Changes to how the Guardian writes about climate announced by Katharine Viner prompted a discussion with readers

Message from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca-Palmer, on the occasion of the World Environment Day, 5 June 2019: “Beat Air Pollution”.

Message from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca-Palmer, on the occasion of the World Environment Day, 5 June 2019: “Beat Air Pollution”

Young people from around the world are encouraged to submit videos for the 2019 Global Youth Video Competition showcasing positive solutions on three themes: Nature-based Solutions for Food and Human Health; Cities and Local Action to Combat Climate Change; and Nature-Based Solutions to balance the use of land for people and ecosystems.

2019 Global Youth Video Competition Now Open for Applications

24 May 2019 – Young people from around the world are encouraged to submit videos for the 2019 Global Youth Video Competition showcasing positive solutions on three themes: Nature-based Solutions for Food and Human Health; Cities and Local Action to Combat Climate Change; and Nature-Based Solutio ...

Social media data reveal benefits or threats to biodiversity by visitors to nature locations

Understanding how people use and experience important places for living nature is essential for effectively managing and monitoring human activities and conserving biodiversity.

'Panic is setting in': Jayda G brings climate crisis home to fans

DJ and producer wants to banish ‘disconnect’ between climate issues and daily life

A report launched today shows that Asian consumers have an increasing awareness of the planet’s biodiversity and want to see companies protecting it.

Asian consumers have growing awareness of biodiversity and want brands to protect it

20 May 2019 – A report launched today shows that Asian consumers have an increasing awareness of the planet’s biodiversity and want to see companies protecting it.

Which newspaper has stopped using the phrase ‘climate change’?

UK newspaper The Guardian has made a significant change to it stylistic guide when it comes to reporting on the environment. In a bid to spread awareness of the severity of our climate problem, the British publication will be updating the language they use across the board.

Two-thirds of Britons agree planet is in a climate emergency

Two-thirds of people in the UK recognise there is a climate emergency and 76% say that they would cast their vote differently to protect the planet.

What will it take for the media to focus on climate change in the 2020 elections?

We spoke to climate change experts for advice on how news outlets can cover the environment in ways that make voters listen

Eight Ways To Teach Climate Change In Almost Any Classroom

NPR/IPSOS did a national poll recently and found that more than 8 in 10 teachers — and a similar majority of parents — support teaching kids about climate change.

WWF-approved

A group of Memorial students have created a comprehensive biodiversity report of wildlife in Newfoundland and Labrador.The report was launched at an event on campus on Thursday, April 4.

Earth from Space: the eye-popping series that zooms in on our planet

Using high-tech satellites, this breakthrough show captures every corner of the globe in unprecedented detail, giving our planet a health check – and its findings are spectacular

UN urges curriculum review to promote climate change awareness in Africa

The UN Environment on Tuesday called for the revision of education curriculum in Africa to promote climate change awareness among the youth. Richard Munang, UN Environment climate change coordinator for Africa, said the continent's current education curriculum requires an overhaul in order for i ...

The Entrepreneur Who Is Using Video Games And Cryptocurrency To Protect Biodiversity

When Andrew Robinson and his wife Mallika were driving one day, they heard their son and his friends chatting about video games in the back seat of the car. “They were talking about these fantasy worlds and all these monster types and shields they needed to protect themselves,” Robinson says. It ...

'I never knew walruses climbed that high': Our Planet's scariest moments

Icebergs attacked choppers, sharks gnawed legs, walruses blocked exits and orangutans threw trees … the team behind David Attenborough’s new adventure relive their big frights

David Attenborough to present “unflinching” BBC climate change film

David Attenborough is returning to BBC1 for a one-off film tackling climate change. In Climate Change: the Facts, Attenborough will examine “the science of climate change and the potential solutions to this global threat”.

As Sir David Attenborough’s Netflix show Our Planet launches, WWF figures reveal global lack of climate change awareness

A new survey by the WWF released to coincide with the launch of Sir David Attenborough's Netflix series Our Planet shows 39% of people don't realise the importance of biodiversity to the future of the human race.

2040 review – an idealist's vision of a healthy Earth

Nobody predicted the immense success of Australian Damon Gameau’s 2015 directorial debut, That Sugar Film, a candy-coloured, Supersize Me-esque documentary exploring the effects of consuming sugar while on a supposedly healthy diet. It was a smash hit in its home country, becoming the highest gr ...

Rooted Everyday to Organize Biodiversity-Themed Creative Writing Contest

Interested In Storytelling and Environment? Rooted in Everyday, a biodiversity advocacy group, is organizing an environment-themed creative writing contest with mouth-watering award opportunities.

David Attenborough talks climate change, vegetarianism – and working with Netflix

Our Planet, Netflix’s highly-anticipated nature documentary, begins not with an aerial shot of Earth, but with an image of the Moon. As we look out over its shadowy craters, a familiar voice starts to speak: “Just 50 years ago, we finally ventured to the Moon.”

Everything you need to know about Our Planet, the new Attenborough series on Netflix

Get ready to stream the latest natural history series voiced by Sir David Attenborough. Airing from 5 April, these eight episodes will take you on a journey around the world’s most precious natural habitats.

David Attenborough Isn't Sure We Can Save the Natural World. But at 92, He's Not Giving Up Trying

It’s the voice you notice first. In person, David Attenborough speaks in the same awestruck hush he has used in dozens of nature documentaries, a crisp half whisper that is often mimicked but seldom matched. Ninety-two years of use may have softened its edges, but still it carries the command of ...

Chelsea Clinton Shares Her New Picture Book, 'Don't Let Them Disappear' - EXCLUSIVE

Chelsea Clinton remembers the poaching crisis of the late '80s, back when she was a child. "I remember my mom [Hillary Clinton] and I in Arkansas, trying to learn whatever we could about what was happening and what we could do to try and help elephants," she tells Romper by phone.

Teacher on a mission to protect environment

Influenced by meet on biodiversity, Sudhakar of Chittoor turns a crusade.r One fine morning in October, 2012, G. Sudhakar, a government teacher, was flipping through a newspaper at a tea stall in Chittoor when he came across news pertaining to the Hyderabad Conference of the Parties to the UN Co ...

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DAIN/CSt/fd/87981 (2019-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, partner organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

School curriculum fails to reflect the urgency of the climate crisis

Informed students are prompting adults to act on the issue

Environmental activist Vandana Shiva speaks on the importance of earth justic

The Student Environmental Council and Ashoka hosted environmental activist Vandana Shiva to speak as part of Student Union’s Trending Topics speaker series in Graham Chapel Feb. 13.

25 Ways to Set an Earth-Loving Mood this Valentine’s Day

It’s almost that special time of year when you let your dears know how much they mean to you. Why not express a little love for the natural world while you’re at it? We scouted out items intended to help reignite that passion for the Earth, and for adventure. From the traditional to the surprisi ...

Butterfly garden set up in Palghar school

A butterfly garden has been set up in a school for special children in Palghar in a joint effort by NGO iNaturewatch and the DCB Bank. This is the third such garden set up by the two organisations as part of their efforts to conserve biodiversity and protect the environment.

Berlin students fight to get climate change onto lesson plans

Are schools equipping kids with the skills to understand and deal with climate change? Some German students don't think so and are trying to get their curriculum changed.

By nature, a shared passion for the artistic world

Poring over a folder of meticulously archived diary scraps, sketches, lists and photographs - one of about 70 held by the Art Gallery of NSW - 74-year-old Michelle Collocott is vividly reliving a passionate and colourful life devoted to art.

5 reasons you need to go on an educational trip to learn like you never did before

Science and technology aren’t the only fields that witnessed an overhaul. The education sector also observed a paradigm shift from theoretical learning to practical learning. In today’s increasingly competitive environment, it becomes important for students to have an extra edge to succeed.

Extreme E to deliver 'Blue Planet meets Dakar Rally'

Imagine living in a ship, traveling to the most remote places on the planet and then racing around in state-of-the-art electric race cars.

How to talk about climate change on social media

Extreme weather events, from hurricanes to snowstorms, often serve as focal points for discussions about global climate change. And many of those discussions take place on social media. But do social media serve as good platforms for climate change discussion? And do extreme weather events serve ...

This Artist Makes Mesmerizing Collages From Produce You Can’t Find in Supermarkets

Those were just drops of honey, they were so incredibly sweet,” says German artist Uli Westphal. “Those were really magnificent. And they were tiny, like the red currant berry.”

For conservationists, crowdfunding sites raise both funds and awareness

The bill to train two dogs to guard a penguin colony: $18,000. Set up camera traps in one of the world’s most remote, understudied rainforests in New Guinea: $16,000. Build game fences to allow elephant movement between Botswana and Zambia: $560,000.

'It's something very precious': painting oceans to showcase climate change

When the American artist Danielle Eubank visited the Indian Ocean in Mozambique, she was taken back by the garbage. “There’s pollution everywhere, in the water, on the beach, baby strollers and plastic mats, plastic bags, plastic bottles,” she said. “They’re everywhere.”

Ways to help kids cope with — and help combat — climate change

News of the coming environmental collapse has broken with unnerving regularity and with each new tidbit — the Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice, global warming is making already-dramatic natural disasters more fierce, Europe’s climate disaster is growing, and October’s news that ...

The Most Important #10YearChallenge Photos Are Probably Not What You Expected

With another year on the horizon, millions of people on social media are partaking in a viral new craze. It's called the #10YearChallenge, and the dare is simple: share two photos of yourself taken a decade apart and laugh at the contrast.

Davos: Prince William to interview Sir David Attenborough

The Duke of Cambridge is to interview naturalist Sir David Attenborough at the World Economic Forum in Davos about his environmental work. Kensington Palace said he will focus on the "urgent challenges facing the next generation of environmental leaders".

Global audience for nature docs expanding, says David Attenborough

Renowned naturalist David Attenborough said he has seen the interest in natural history and programs about wildlife increase exponentially in recent years.

Mauritian island awarded for saving species through education

On Rodrigues Island in Mauritius, school children and citizens alike are rallying round to restore their island’s habitat. It’s all thanks to the Rodrigues Environmental Education Programme, which has won the Global Conservation Award 2018 for its positive impact on communities and species.

Move to create eco-awareness at 250 schools

A unique citizens' non-profit initiative, India Green & Wild (IGW), will be launched on January 19 in over 250 schools in 50 Indian cities, including Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, to introduce and teach the young generation in schools about the importance of preserving forests and wildlife.

New Wynwood Mural Uses Augmented Reality to Spark Conversation on Climate Change

At NW Third Avenue and 25th Street in Wynwood, you'll be greeted by an alligator, a coyote, a manatee, and more than a dozen other examples of Florida's dwindling biodiversity. It's one of scores of new murals that appeared in Wynwood this past December.

Biodiversity Institute expected to stay ‘intact’

The Biodiversity Institute is expected to remain “intact in its outreach, administration of the Program in Ecology, and convening of activities” through at least the 2020 fiscal year under a plan Ed Synakowski, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, will present to the Board of Tr ...

The two-decade journey of Biodiversity Festival

Month-long festival to commence at Arjun Naik Tanda today It’s almost been two decades since the Biodiversity Festival (Pata pantala Jatara) has been initiated by Deccan Development Society (DDS) near Zaheerabad.