Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Climate change: isn’t the message clear enough?
December 1st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Fact: According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the global average temperature over land and ocean from January to October was the hottest since records began in 1880.
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It’s World Toilet Day – and that’s no joke
November 19th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Did you know? 2.5 billion people – around one in three of the world’s population – don’t have a safe, clean, private toilet. Around 500,000 children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation – that’s almost 1,400 children a day. Every year, around 60 million children are born into homes […]
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How the world can work together when it wants to: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
November 11th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seedbank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometres (810 miles) from the North Pole. The purpose of the vault to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds that are duplicate samples, or “spare” copies, of seeds held […]
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At last – some good news about the planet
September 16th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
The British media is currently dominated by the Scottish referendum on independence and the ISIS threat in Syria and Iraq. In truth though, the biggest problem facing both Britain and the world remains climate change. But consider this: “The global economy is undergoing a remarkable transformation which is altering our ability to deal with climate […]
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10 pictures of the most colourful places on Earth
August 27th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
The world is full of landscapes that are so surreal, and so intensely coloured, that it’s hard to believe they really exist. Take a look at some of the strangest, and most vibrant, views in the world here.
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All aspects of food security to be impacted by climate change insists latest UN expert report
March 31st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Following a review of more than 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies claimed to be “the most solid evidence you can get in any scientific discipline”, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has produced a new report endorsed by officials from 115 countries. You can read the BBC coverage of the report here. One aspect of […]
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It is World Water Day
March 22nd, 2014 by Roger Darlington
For the past two years, one of my important areas of work has been in the water sector. I am the independent Chair of the Customer Challenge Group at South East Water which supplies drinking water to 2.1 million customers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire. So my heightened consciousness of the vital importance of water makes me […]
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How to make our cities much more sustainable
March 14th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
About half of the world’s population of 7 billion now lives in cities and the proportion is expected to be 70% by 2050, but currently urban living uses too much of the globe’s scarce resources. There is great new location in London called The Crystal which claims to be one of the world’s most sustainable […]
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small changes can have BIG effects
February 21st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Check out this short video.
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Twixtmas: Day Four
December 30th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
You know all about Christmas and New Year. But what do you call the period in-between? Welcome to the five days of Twixtmas where you are being encouraged to make the most of this valuable time. Day Four is doing something for the planet. You’ll find five suggestions here.
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