22/04/2022

Image credit: Shutterstock/Rich Carey Stop Buying Single-Use Plastic Using fewer single-use plastic items is one of the most significant changes that you can make to reduce ocean pollution. One way to do this is to reuse water bottles. Fill them up from the tap. However, if you do purchase water, buy gallons or larger containers instead of smaller bottles. Better yet, consider using refillable 5-gallon water dispensers.  Tips compiled courtesy of buildyouraquarium.com You can make other small changes by: •…

29/04/2021

Activists like Greta Thunberg joined this year’s 48 hours of global action. And as former primary school teacher Abby Milnes of education resource experts PlanBee shows, even the youngest children can get into the spirit of earth day with simple activities near to home   A whopping 70 percent of teachers said say they don’t feel they have been properly trained to teach about climate change, with 40 percent saying it was rarely even mentioned in their school, according to…

22/04/2020

  The Future Food Institute and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ e-learning Academy has begun a 24-hour virtual marathon of hope to mark Earth Day 2020. The theme of the digital event is Food for Earth, planting the seeds for good after Covid-19. Sweeping across the world from East to West, the event will bring together more than 100 voices from international youth, farmers and thought leaders, to chefs, scientists, teachers and titans of the…