9 August is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
There are more than 5,000 communities around the world commonly defined as “indigenous”. The UN celebrates this diversity as a world heritage that must be preserved.
Lorenzo Brenna
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What is Earth Overshoot Day and why we are in debt to the Earth
Overshoot Day marks the point when humanity has used up the Earth’s resources for a year. And the date comes earlier and earlier every year.
29 July is International Tiger Day
Tigers could go extinct within the next decade. But fortunately the conservation strategy aimed at doubling them by 2022, Tx2, is starting to work.
Ocean Cleanup, the mission against plastic sets off again
After returning to shore last January due to a fault, the floating barrier has set sail towards the Pacific Trash Vortex once again with the aim of removing the largest plastic island floating in the ocean.
12 June is the World Day Against Child Labour
The World Day Against Child Labour aims to combat this phenomenon, which affects a quarter of all children worldwide.
8 June is World Oceans Day, a call to promote gender equality and stop plastic pollution
Oceans and seas are in danger: we must reduce our impact on them, including plastic pollution. On World Oceans Day 2019 we celebrate the inestimable value of these precious ecosystems.
What is Extinction Rebellion, the new radical and non-violent environmental group
Extinction Rebellion, founded in May 2018, is an extremely organised and multifaceted non-violent movement that uses maths as an instrument to plan protests.
22 May is the International Day for Biological Diversity
The word biodiversity recalls lush forests inhabited by countless animal and plant species. Life, thanks to its blind determination, blossoms in a myriad of stunning environments: from deserts and volcanoes to mountains covered up by perennial ice. The most extreme and inhospitable ecosystems can host animals and plants that adapted in the name of survival.
Koalas are functionally extinct
The Australian Koala Foundation has reported that there are only 80,000 koalas left in the wild. The species looks destined to disappear forever, making it “functionally extinct”.
US judge reverses Trump’s order, reinstating Obama’s ban on Arctic drilling
The United States will have to obey restrictions and won’t be able to expand oil exploration in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, against President Trump’s will.