By Andrew McMaster In some ways, New York is a city of excess. From Midtown’s tall skyscrapers to Grand Central’s arched ceiling to SoHo’s hundreds of shops and boutiques, the city always seems to take things to the next level. More people, more money, more noise, more entertainment, more food. But for some, in fact […]
Ancient Egypt is often described as an exotic place—pyramids, hieroglyphics, lavishly worshipped kings and queens. But in many ways, it has a lot of parallels to modern life. It was an economically diverse, culturally vibrant and unequal place. The millenniums-old society also struggled with a phenomenon that people today know all too well: climate change. […]
By Andrew McMaster Speaking at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on World Food Day, Pope Francis addressed the need for governments around the world to acknowledge that climate change and migration were leading to increases in world hunger. Francis received a standing ovation after a stirring speech in which he said all […]
By Andrew McMaster Every second, more than 20,000 drinks in plastic bottles are purchased around the globe. That adds up to more than 1 million bottles a minute and nearly 500 billion bottles per year. It may come as no surprise then that the largest beverage manufacturer, Coca-Cola, reportedly manufactured more than 110 billion plastic […]
By Imogen Calderwood Sir David Attenborough has spoken out about “heartbreaking” examples of plastic pollution that were documented while filming for his new series, Blue Planet II. Attenborough, the broadcasting legend who brought the world Planet Earth, revealed that teams had recorded seabirds feeding their chicks with scraps of plastic, in the documentary series that […]
By Daniele Selby Nike’s new sneakers are pretty fly—and we’re not just talking about how they look. The company’s new Flyleather sneakers look good, feel great and are less damaging to the environment. In 2012, Nike introduced its Flyknit technology, which recycled plastic and other material into lightweight shoes, according to GQ. With Flyknit shoes, […]
This article originally appeared on Women & Girls, and you can find the original here . For important news about women and girls around the world, you can sign up to the Women & Girls email list. Pinky Munda, 25, is eight months pregnant with her second child. She lives at a tea plantation in […]
By Phineas Rueckert The list of celebrities pitching in to help out the victims of Hurricane Harvey is growing. And the most recent star to contribute to the relief effort is no stranger to helping out those in need. Thursday morning, Leonardo DiCaprio pledged $1 million to the United Way Harvey Recovery Fund, Variety reported. […]
By Marnie Cunningham A crew of scientists who are spending two years aboard a research ship traveling around the world have said they were shocked to find basically all of the Pacific Ocean’s reefs to be affected by bleaching. “What we’ve seen in really isolated spots like Samoa for example, even though it’s very far […]
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