For adults and children, to have fun while understanding the issues of the climate crisis and biodiversity, the magazine Reporterre has developed a list of funny, poetic and ecologically committed films to watch with the family during the holidays: Avatar 2, Goliath, Being with the Bees, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Okja and many others
The University of Leipzig and the CNRS have synthesized 18 studies to evaluate the evolution of the distance between humans and nature. This distance is on average 9.7 km and has increased by 7% compared to the year 2000, due to the destruction of natural areas combined with a strong increase in urban population.
Four residents of Pari Island in Indonesia filed a civil suit in July against Holcim, the world's largest cement producer, for its historical CO2 emissions and their contribution to sea level rise. The lawsuit is based on a calculation by the Climate Accountability Institute: the company has emitted more than 7 billion tons of CO2 since 1950.
We can already see the effects of climate change on the earth: heat waves, droughts, rising waters, melting snow and glaciers ... The WWF has addressed this issue in a report published in July 2021. Its objective was both to alert on the context of the current climate change and its future consequences and to raise awareness of the actors of sport.
The notions of eco-anxiety, climate unhappiness or existential fear of the environment are increasingly used to describe the anguish generated by the climate and biodiversity crisis. There are indeed many reasons to worry but when despair becomes the dominant emotion, apathy is to be feared. That is why it is important to show that hope exists and that there are positive events to hold on to.
NotPla won a $1.2 million prize in Boston at an event hosted by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The venture began in a student kitchen eight years ago, where college friends created a green alternative to plastic packaging from seaweed. While Notpla has made more than a million takeaway food boxes this year, it has also collaborated with a young watch brand based on the circular economy.
The COP15 ended in Montreal with an Agreement that sets the framework for international action to protect ecosystems. If it constitutes a huge progress, the success of this COP will however depend on the way the actors will mobilize to implement it in the years to come. It is essential that the signatory states develop action plans and concrete and relevant regulations.
The European Union finalized a major agreement on December 13 concerning the reform of the carbon market, which represents a real pillar of its climate policy. End of free "rights to pollute" for industrialists, taxation of emissions from heating and cars, inclusion of the maritime and aviation sectors in the carbon market, social fund for the transition...
The second-hand sales and purchasing platform has developed a three-year plan to promote more responsible fashion and better management of textile waste. Vestiaire Collective announced on Black Friday, the ultimate symbol of overconsumption, the withdrawal of about 20 references from its site. It is currently targeting 27 brands, including Shein, Topshop, Boohoo, Missguided and Asos. The goal is to get rid of disposable fashion by 2024.
In Geneva, an entrepreneur is working to save fruits and vegetables that don't meet the beauty standards demanded by consumers, while reviving the know-how of canning, a forgotten craft. Cream of zucchini soup in overproduction, syrups of purple basil that the heat wave made bloom too quickly, compotes, tomato coulis, carrot tops chips, Le Cri de la carotte sublimates these foodstuffs whose destiny would have been to end up in the garbage.
