Green almanac

YouTube video by Cleo Abram The Real Reason We Should Revive Extinct Animals

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H&M conscious collection

In 2019, H&M unveiled the “Conscious Collection” promising sustainability. Turns out it was less eco-friendly, containing more synthetic material than their standard clothes.

Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika

In March 2023, the Vjosa River became Europe’s first Wild River National Park, spanning 12,727 hectares. Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika spent over a decade fighting hydropower projects and succeeded in saving it.

beewise team

Over 200M bees have been saved thanks to Saar Safra, cofounder and CEO of Beewise, and her team. Her smart hives use AI and robotics to monitor colonies and prevent collapse.

The smart hives are stopping colonies from collapsing and keeping these vital pollinators alive.

Tony Rinaudo

Over 6 million hectares of degraded land have been brought back to productivity by farmers across Niger, Ethiopia, and other African nations.

This remarkable turnaround is thanks to Tony Rinaudo, who pioneered and led the Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration movement.

ice sheet

For the first time in decades, Antarctica’s ice sheet gained 108 gigatons per year from 2021 to 2023.

But scientists warn the boost comes from temporary heavy snowfall and doesn’t mean climate change has stopped.

helsinki coal plant

In just two years, Helsinki shut down both coal-fired power plants, four years ahead of schedule.

As recently as 2022, coal accounted for 64% of the city’s heating, but the closures cut emissions by 43%.

sharks sold at us supermarket

hammerhead shark

U.S. supermarkets are selling endangered sharks under generic labels, with 93% mislabeled, because the law doesn’t require species names.

This loophole not only harms buyers’ health with high mercury but also allows exploitation to continue unchecked.

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picture of Wang Wenbiao in desert

Known as China’s “Sand King,” Wang Wenbiao led massive tree-planting campaigns that reforested millions of hectares and turned deserts into productive land.

Some of the best news I have seen in awhile

tri nation agreement event

Over 14 million acres of the Maya rainforest are now protected under a tri-national agreement between Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. The scale is staggering, second only to the Amazon.

picture of baltic ringed seal

Once nearly wiped out by industrial pollution and relentless hunting, the Baltic ringed seal rebounded thanks to decades of protection.

Now, humans are returning to old habits, and new hunting quotas are again pushing the species toward danger.

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founder of terraformation in grassland

terraformation company logo with forest background

The former Reddit CEO, Yishan Wong, founded Terraformation. It is aiming to restore 3 billion acres of forest.

For reference, that is a larger area than the United States and Mexico combined.

Tourists must sign the “Palau Pledge” to enter the country. It can hold them legally responsible if they damage the environment.

No other nation has gone this far to protect its natural treasures.

Since 2012, Bloomberg Philanthropies has invested over $500 million in shutting down coal plants and promoting clean energy across the U.S.

Norway just became the first country to ban deforestation. They will no longer produce or buy products linked to forest destruction.

In Australia, drones are planting native seeds in bushfire zones within hours. Each drone can drop 40,000 seeds a day, rapidly bringing burned land back to life.

Kenya's Green Belt Movement was so successful that in a span of a few decades they planted 51 million trees, turning millions of acres of barren land into thriving landscapes .

In 2005, Swedish billionaire Johan Eliasch bought 400,000 acres of Amazon logging land and transformed it into a protected rainforest.

In 2019, Amazon became the first company to sign The Climate Pledge, committing to net-zero carbon emissions. They later backed it with $2B to invest in sustainable tech.

In 2019, internal emails showed Chevron fighting U.S. methane regulations while publicly promoting climate responsibility. They backed Trump’s rollbacks behind the scenes.

The Lohner-Porsche electric-hybrid was built in 1901, making it one of the earliest in history. Imagine how far ahead we could have been if that path continued

YouTube video by Simon Clark How much progress have we made on climate change?

This is worth watching.

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Rwanda: How plastic became the new contraband - The Africa Report.com With Rwanda’s plastic ban firmly in place, hundreds of plastic smugglers are arrested every year.

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In Singapore, edible insects are farmed as a high-protein, low-carbon alternative to meat, producing as much as 90% less CO₂ than beef in some cases.

Do you think this is too much or something we should actually do?

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Kamikatsu in Japan recycles 45 types of trash. They recycle 80% and lead the world in waste management.
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Rwanda’s plastic ban was so successful that smugglers now try to sneak plastic bags across the border. Police literally seize them like contraband.