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Water Crisis: Planet’s Fresh Water Reserves Diminishing

Greener Ideal Staff — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:35:24 +0000

Roughly 1 in 10 people around the world lacks access to clean, safe drinking water while unsafe water kills more people than all forms of violence, including war. Dwindling fresh water supplies on the planet are fomenting a crisis like we've never seen before.

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Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye

Greener Ideal Staff — Tue, 04 May 2021 22:56:56 +0000

Climate Change is a real and serious issue. In this video Bill Nye, the Science Guy, explains what causes climate change, how it affects our planet, why we need to act promptly to mitigate its effects, and how each of us can contribute to a solution

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Why Humans Are So Bad at Thinking About Climate Change

Greener Ideal Staff — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:45:13 +0000

“We need to change the way we talk about climate change” This statement by Dr. M. Sanjayan of UCLA opens up this new Vox video that argues that the biggest barrier to combatting climate change isn’t technology, but rather human psychology. More about the video series below: This is the first episode of Climate Lab, a six-part ... Read more

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How Can We Keep Plastics Out of Our Oceans?

Ian Andrew — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:30:32 +0000

Plastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal trenches, eventually accumulating in our own food. This National Geographic video explores how we can start solving the plastics problem.

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How “Sponge Cities” Are Helping to Curb Effects of Climate Change

Ian Andrew — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:42:57 +0000

Sponge cities are becoming the latest trend in urban design to help curb the effects of climate change. A sponge city is a city that’s “designed to passively absorb, clean and use rainfall in an ecologically friendly way that reduces dangerous and polluted runoff”, and leverage techniques such as permeable roads, rooftop gardens, rainwater harvesting, green space and more. ... Read more

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WATCH: The Story of Climate Change

Greener Ideal Staff — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 04:56:13 +0000

In this video, Bill McKibben, Mustafa Ali, Maggie Gyllenhall, Jim Hansen, Katharine Hayhoe and others tell the story of climate change. Both McKibben and Hansen were involved in the early days of the climate change movement, and speak to the history of the process with authority. It’s a relatively short video at around 12 minutes, but does a ... Read more

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WATCH: How Earth Day Began

Greener Ideal Staff — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:23:00 +0000

This video highlights some of the most important facts about how Earth Day began, and gives credit to the great people who put it all into place and got the world to "wake up and pay attention to the most important challenge the human species faces."

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How to Make Your Own DIY Face Mask

Greener Ideal Staff — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:32:01 +0000

You can help slow the spread of Coronavirus by using a face mask when you're out in public. Here are simple instructions for making your own homemade DIY face mask using only a t-shirt and a pair of scissors.

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WATCH: The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Being Built in the UK

Greener Ideal Staff — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:07:10 +0000

In this video, you can watch and learn about the world's largest offshore wind farm, currently under construction in the UK. Located 120 km off the English Coast, the completed wind farm will have a power generation of 1.2 gigawatts.

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China’s New Recycling Policies May Spark an International Waste Crisis

Greener Ideal Staff — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 03:15:58 +0000

The current state of North American recycling results in much of our recyclables being shipped to China for processing. But a new policy being implemented by China is going to place much stricter controls on the types of recyclables they accept – and that could spark an international waste crisis. Watch the video above to ... Read more

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