The recently published report called the ‘State of the World’s Birds 2018’ prepared by Birdlife International sends a stark warning to us all. 40% of the world’s 10,500 bird species are in decline and 12.5% are in danger of global extinction. Birds are found in all places on Earth and many of them travel across the …
Birds in Danger – Empty Skies – Kill the Birds
Over 52% of the world’s 10,500 bird species are in decline or in real danger of global extinction. This is one of the alarming findings in the recently published landmark report called the ‘State of the World’s Birds 2018 – Taking the Pulse of the Planet’ prepared by Birdlife International. This report has been …
Shipping Responsible for Massive Air Pollution
It seems that in shipping and political circles human life has a price. The estimated sixty thousand people dying worldwide from this pollution appears to be acceptable as long as we continue along the path of indiscriminate economic growth at all costs.
Cruise Liners are Heavy Air Polluters
Passengers on cruise liners could be exposing themselves to dangerous levels of pollution, according to an investigation by UK’s Channel 4’s Dispatches team that found some public areas on the ships’ decks were more polluted than the world’s worst-affected cities.
Sea Shepherd – Meet Nature’s Delta Force
Sea Shepherd, Nature’s Delta Force. “Mission – To defend, conserve and protect our oceans.” Sea Shepherd is an international, non-profit marine conservation organization that engages in direct action campaigns to defend wildlife, and conserve and protect the world’s oceans.
War with Nature – Man Vs Earth – Prince Ea
War with nature: Not only do we not have the right to destroy other species, we have the responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.
Cigarettes Kill Wildlife – Environment NOT your Ashtray
Smoking cigarettes kills 7 million people a year globally, and it scars the planet through deforestation, pollution and littering. Details of the environmental cost of tobacco are revealed in a study on the global tobacco epidemic released in 2017 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
From Capitalism to a Sustainable World – The Transition
Capitalism is built on economic growth. French economist Thomas Piketty said “Capitalism automatically generates arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities that radically undermine the meritocratic values on which democratic societies should be based”.
Oceans Without Fish by 2048, Extinction Happening Now
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) stated “More than 30 percent of the world’s fish populations have been pushed beyond their biological limits and are in need of strict management plans to restore them.
Life Aspirations as the Goal in a Sustainable World
We all have aspirations for our lives. Aspirations are good and should be the goal of human economic activity – what better goals could we have?