Ecology and Environment
Science & The Arts: A Call for Climate Action to the Global Community
Six years ago, I was in search of meaningful, inspirational films for my high school Italian class. A series of contacts allowed me to meet a powerhouse couple in Rome, Italy during a planned school trip. Paolo Bianchini and Paola Rota of Alveare Cinema srl (http://www.alvearecinema.it/) create social projects… »
Hacking the earth?
Bill McGuire Geo-engineering ‘turns hearts and minds away from the cause of the climate crisis and inevitably dilutes the urgency with which it must be addressed’. The belief that ‘fixing’ global heating through the application of technology is possible, even desirable, is not new… »
1 million signatures to stop intensive farming
October 2nd 12:00 p.m. – More than one million signatures have been collected all over Europe to put an end to cage farming. This goal has been achieved thanks to 170 animal rights organizations, environmental and consumers’ groups that gathered together to defend the animals’ rights and provide them a… »
Argentines campaign for laws protecting the environment on Twitter
Wildfires have been raging in central and northern Argentina for months where more than 400,000 hectares (988,422 acres), comparable in size to more than 560,000 soccer fields, have burned to date. According to the latest data from the National Fire Management Service, thirteen of Argentina’s twenty-three provinces are affected, with a consequential loss… »
“Our Leaders Have Failed Us at Every COP So We’re Building Our Own”: Youth Hold Virtual COP
Two weeks of virtual climate talks mirroring the real COP, except run by young people, for young people Mock COP26 is being held between 19 November – 01 December 2020, in the same month that COP26 would have been held in Glasgow Between 19 November and 01… »
Biggest CO2 drop: Real-time data shows Covid-19’s massive impact on global emissions
While the ongoing Corona pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions – larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979, or even World War II. An international team of researchers… »
Forestry Maps – Appeal Made by Environmental Protection and Human Rights Organizations to the (Greek) Council of State
The protection of the environment is enshrined under Article 24 of the Constitution, where it is recognized as a responsibility of the state and at the same time a fundamental right of the citizen. On October 1, 2020, seven environmental protection and human rights organizations lodged an appeal with the… »
Brazil is up in flames—here’s why
by Diego Gonzaga It is no accident that there are fires all across Brazil, and it is no accident that the fires this year are worse than last. In fact, the fires in 2020 are the worst in the last decade. The world is looking in horror for the second… »
Ende Gelände 2020
Ende Gelände mobilised thousands in Germany last weekend, targeting both coal and gas and developing tactics to protect activists from coronavirus transmission. The eighth Ende Gelände went ahead in the drizzly and cold Rhineland region of Germany last weekend. Over 3,000 activists pushed through police lines to shut down a number of targets associated… »
Italian Extinction Rebellion proclaims the 2020 insurrection
From 5 to 11 October, Extinction Rebellion (ER) will take action in Rome performing civil and non-violent disobedience actions. ● XR addresses the government, as it is doing nothing about the ecological and climatic situation, breaking the social contract and endangering the citizens’ life and future. ●… »
Nonviolence Day
Training Pressenza
Documentaries Catalogue
In Mobilization For Assange!
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
