News from the Earth

The current pandemic has taught us the link between pollution and health. Today we are all perfectly aware of the social, environmental, economic and health benefits that the presence of greenery has in our cities.

A green and fair recovery is able to create over 50 million jobs among the almost one hundred cities of the C40 network and their supply chain. About a third more than those that would be generated simply by maintaining the current polluting infrastructure. With accelerated reconstruction, on the other hand, it could reach 80 million. 

Walking is good. Many researches have shown the health benefits of doing it regularly, but a new study has shown that movement is also good for the brain and nervous system and its absence can even reduce the production of new cells.

There is only one species responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic: us.

To avoid future epidemics, we must act on prevention, to safeguard human health through the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity, by reducing intensive agriculture and livestock farming, indiscriminate exploitation of forests and natural habitats, trade in wildlife.

New York, London, Los Angeles, Berlin, Bristol, Cape Town, Durban, Milan, New Orleans, Oslo, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, are the 12 metropolises, all members of the C40 international network, that have committed themselves to a truly sustainable recovery after the trauma of the pandemic.

The International Day of Peace ("Peace Day") is observed around the world each year on 21 September.

Saturday, September 19, 2020 is the World cleanup day, a world day dedicated to cleaning the planet from the waste that is flooding it. It is the largest civic action the world has ever seen in which millions of people participate every year, united to achieve a single, important goal: a clean and healthy planet.

The Overshoot Day is the day that indicates the official exhaustion of renewable resources that the Earth is able to regenerate within 365 days.  The Overshoot day 2020 corresponds to August 22, three weeks later than 2019, when it fell on July 29.

This event recognises the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection. 

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The COVID-19 pandemic is taking lives, inconveniencing millions and wreaking havoc with the global economy. It’s also contributing to plastic pollu...