16/01/2021

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5 things schools can do to tackle climate change

From our friend Neil Kitching & TES The generation going through school just now is absolutely determined to do something about climate change – but how can schools best channel that energy? Helping students to tackle climate change Here are five ideas on where to start: 1. Start with the things that schools and local authorities control directly Invest in insulation and energy-efficiency improvements at school. Install solar panels and perhaps a wind turbine. Edinburgh Community Solar Cooperative is installing solar panels on schools, for example. Investigate if you can...

Lost: Species Declared Extinct in 2020

Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species—many unseen for decades—may no longer exist because of humanity’s destructive effects on the planet . A few months ago a group of scientists warned about the rise of “extinction denial,” an effort much like climate denial to mischaracterize the extinction crisis and suggest that human activity isn’t really having a damaging effect on ecosystems and the whole planet.10 Sec That damaging effect is, in reality, impossible to deny. This past year scientists and conservation...

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