COP 27 – update -even more today

COP27 (Note: please see updates towards the end of the post) The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP27 – will build on the outcomes of COP26 to deliver action on an array of issues critical to tackling the climate emergency – from urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions, building resilience

Genius, the Kogi and the future of the Planet

Genius, the Kogi and the future of the Planet First the Kogi Heart of the World Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco peoples of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada region believe that the sacred mountain Gonavindua peak is the Heart of the World. These indigenous peoples are concerned with the environmental degradation of not only their homeland but the survival

Earth Day 2019

It seems frivolous to need to focus just one day on the environment when the threat of climate change means every day must have this at the top of agendas -personal and political. From World Earth Day: “In nature, nothing exists alone.”— Rachel Carson, 1962 Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species

World Environment Day 2018

13 million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean each year – just watching one of our large sea creatures vomit up a pile of plastic bags and then die -we can take action….Environmental education has been with us for decades -we now need action not just awareness. It’s World Environment Day. Another opportunity for global campaigners