Original post on WWF South Africa Low carbs, no carbs, vegan or vegetarian, less sugar and low fat – the mood around food and what we’re told we should and should not eat can boggle the brain. Sunday, October 16 marks World Food Day. And while we often think about the complexities of food and […]
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Original post on DW In 41 European countries, 534,471 premature deaths in 2014 can be linked to air pollution, the European Environment Agency (EEA) reported. Within the 28 countries of the European Union, that figure is 502,351. Germany saw the highest number of deaths attributable to all air pollution sources, at 80,767. It was followed
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Original post on DW United States President Donald Trump is negating the Clean Power Plan, widely recognized as former President Barack Obama’s linchpin legislation for reducing national greenhouse gas emissions. The Clean Power Plan was intended as the key piece of policy that would have allowed the US to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement to
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One in ten girls in Sub-Saharan Africa skips school during their menstrual cycle. But cheap, green sanitary towels made from sugar cane by-products could help. Watch video here
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Original post by Simone Sandholz for DW In recent weeks the Caribbean has seen a surge in hurricane activity. Many will never forget the images of flooding and devastation. For the population of affected areas though, one of the biggest challenges is the destruction of critical infrastructure. In Puerto Rico for example, an estimated 55 percent
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In line with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this is another personal experience we would like to share with you. “What would my dad say?” That should have been the last thing on my mind after finding out I had a breast lump while bathing but for some weird reason, that was all I
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“Something is wrong with somebody” That was the first thing I uttered in that biology class, I had just realized that the lady wasn’t the one responsible for the sex of the child, I was furious, okay! That is an understatement. Then why did those mothers on Africa Magic keep blaming their daughter-in-law when she
Original post by Gail Rajgor for Renewable Energy Focus 15 percent of the world’s population lives without electricity. In Sub-Saharan Africa, that translates to two out of three people living without electricity. Despite the progress made on the use of renewable energy for electricity, a report by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) indicated that over 600
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Original post by Gillian Nelson for IISD A research report has shown that the level of air pollution in London exceeds World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for PM2.5 particles, which are among the most toxic to human health and are closely linked to increased likelihood of cardiovascular and respiratory illness. The report, released by London Mayor
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Original post by Chris Mooney for The Washington Post New research published on Monday finds there is so much wind energy potential over oceans that it could theoretically be used to generate “civilization scale power” — assuming, that is, that we are willing to cover enormous stretches of the sea with turbines, and can come up with ways
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