Environmental issues by Matilde Seara

Poaching in Kenya

mseara — 2014-04-02 09:17:57 UTC

Poverty leads people to hunt endangered species to make a living.

A Greener World

mseara — 2014-04-02 09:38:24 UTC

Listening exercise

Save tropical rainforests

mseara — 2014-04-03 09:28:21 UTC

Worldwide, we lost between 9 million and 12 million ha of forest per year from 1990 to 2000. Clear-cutting and burning especially in order to get pasture and cropland have turned many forests into a dry, barren ground”.

Fur is ecofriendly

mseara — 2014-04-03 09:33:48 UTC

Solving Climate Change

mseara — 2014-04-03 09:35:25 UTC

"In February 2002, a huge section of the Larsen B Ice Shelf along The Antarctic Peninsula coast suddenly disintegrated into thousands of icebergs. The total volume of ice released was the equivalent to 29 trillion bags of party ice. Climatologists warn that this dramatic collapse could be a signal of global climate change and an omen of catastrophic events to come.”

Sustainable cities

mseara — 2014-04-08 08:38:09 UTC

An interesting talk by Jeff Speck, city planner and urban designer.

An alternative source of energy?

mseara — 2014-04-08 09:04:27 UTC

The Bloom Box; power in a box.