For Tomorrows Earth

17/04/2019

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Recently, the Notre Dame caught on fire. News networks around the world went ballistic. But something far worse happened. The largest species of freshwater turtle, the Yangtze River Turtle (“Rafetus swinhoei”), was declared functionally extinct. The last known female was over 90 years of age and had undergone a fifth attempt of artificial insemination to no avail. The female passed away and with her, the entire hope of her species.

I’ve been watching the new David Attenborough documentary recently (“Our Planet” on Netflix) and one sentence has been stuck in my mind. “In the space of one human lifetime… everything has changed…”

We are in the midst of one of the worst environmental catastrophes the world has ever seen. Within the blink of a geological eye, we (as humans) have wiped out a staggering amount of biodiversity. What do you think? Is the largest species of freshwater turtle becoming functionally extinct more important than the loss of Notre Dame? Image via

17/04/2019

We must do more

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (...and trigger warning for eco warriors) 90.5% is the portion of plastic ever created, that has not been recycled. This, is the statistic that the BCC, and the Royal Statistical Society has named the best (most important) statistic of 2018. It's the shocking and motivati...

15/04/2019

Great ideas!

13/04/2019

The Savory Institute is transforming 40 million acres of desert back into grassland by “rewilding” cows and other domesticated grazing animals Two thirds of the land on Earth is now desert or in the process of becoming desert, according to world-renowned ecologist and environmentalist Allan Savo...

11/04/2019

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10/04/2019

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