Liam Neeson Ice – A warning, in slow motion. The melting of polar ice due to global climate change poses a direct threat to the more than 1 billion people who live in low-lying coastal regions around the globe. As the melting quickens, can humanity respond in time? In the Pacific, melting ice a ticking…
ShareTweetShare Food, medicine and inspiration all come from pretty little flowers — so why do we underestimate their power? Lupita Nyongo Flower – Threatened species Plants are the basis of food chains and critical to all life on Earth — but the first global analysis of plant status in 2010 found that more than 20%…
ShareTweetShare Coastal ecosystems: Humanity’s protectors under siege. Coastal ecosystems. Coral reefs, mangrove forests and tidal wetlands are as crucial for protecting marine wildlife as they are for curbing climate change. But these guardians of biodiversity and “blue carbon” are being lost at an alarming rate. Can we save them before they’re gone? (Source) Voiced by Vampire…
ShareTweetShare The Redwood speaks for all trees — why are they disappearing? Robert Redford Redwood – Deforestation and degradation Despite their immense value, nearly half of the world’s forests have been lost. What’s worse, we’re cutting them down at greater rates each year to plant crops, graze cattle and generate income from timber and other…
ShareTweetShare Water: A life-giving resource, out of balance Penelope Cruz Water – Water scarcity Water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population increase in the past century — to the point that now about 1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water; another 3 billion do not have adequate…
ShareTweetShare Feeding a growing population requires healthy soil — but we treat it like dirt. Edward Norton Soil – Lost soil Due to overgrazing, chemical-intensive farming techniques, deforestation and other threats, about a third of the world’s soil is considered degraded. On top of that, an estimated 75 billion metric tons of soil are lost…
ShareTweetShare Lose your forests, lose your climate Earth’s forests make life possible. Filtering air and water while providing food, medicines and livelihoods. But by storing carbon. More than all the carbon found in the atmosphere. Forests have an outsize role in regulating the planet’s climate. To stop climate change, we must stop deforestation. (Source) ShareTweetShare ShareTweetShare All…
ShareTweetShare Ocean: Origin of life, engine of climate. The ocean’s role in our climate is often overlooked. It has absorbed carbon that humans have emitted into the atmosphere, but it is fast losing its ability to absorb more. Warmer waters will disrupt fisheries and weather as sea-level rise eats away at our coastlines. If unchecked,…
ShareTweetShare The Nature is Speaking initiative is organised by Conservation International with the tag-line: “Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.” In the series of short films, a part of the world’s abused ecosystem is voiced by a star. Harrison Ford is the angry ocean and Julia Roberts an imperious Mother Nature. Mother Nature: If…
ShareTweetShare NATURE DOESN’T NEED PEOPLE, PEOPLE NEED NATURE Human beings are part of nature. Nature is not dependent on human beings to exist. Human beings, on the other hand, are totally dependent on nature to exist.The growing number of people on the planet and how we live here is going to determine the future…