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Global Crises·20 March 2020

Coronavirus: Scientists reveal reduction in global air pollution and nitrogen dioxide levels

Since the Coronavirus outbreak, scientists have re

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New Museum·19 March 2020

Conservators at the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Are Donating Their Face Masks and Gloves to Front-Line Medical Workers

A conservator at work. Photo by Fabian Strauch/Picture

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Global Crises·19 March 2020

Coronavirus should give us hope that we are able to tackle the climate crisis

Author David Comerford Program Direc

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United Nations·19 March 2020

70 Ways the UN Makes A Difference

Child Protection Personnel of UNMISS Police Visit School at POC Site. Credit UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Joe Thorp · 29 min read

Climate·19 March 2020

Greenpeace: Climate change affects rich and poor unequally. Climate justice redresses the balance

Global temperatures have already risen by 1ºC, hitting those people least equipped to respond. Millions of people are experiencing food insecurity in southern African following unprecedented droughts and storms. Summer temperatures reach…

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Sustainability·18 March 2020

Moriyama & Teshima Design New Honey Bee Research Center in Canada

Moriyama & Teshima Architects are designing a new Honey Bee Research Center at the University of Guelph in Canada . Announced last fall, the team won the competition to create a new facility for the school’s Ontario Agricultural College.…

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Education·13 March 2020

‘No school, no skating’: the Indian skate park bringing children together

Children at Janwaar Castle in Madhya Pradesh have embraced skateboarding with relish, demonstrating the sport’s potential as a learning tool. Photograph: Matjaz Tancic

ON Network · 5 min read

Charities·10 March 2020

We simply can’t turn our backs on vulnerable refugee children

‘Boris Johnson’s withdrawal bill leaves the children whose rights have been removed with no means of finding their family in the UK.’ A child in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece. Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

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Arts And Sustainable Ecology·6 March 2020

Switching to cycling and public transport “essential” to hit sustainability targets, says EEA

Shifting to walking, cycling and public transport i

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Renewable Energy·6 March 2020

From shuttles to pods: This could be the future of public transport

Image: Photo by Ricky Kharawala on Unsplash The

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Dwelling·5 March 2020

Mother Pavilion / Studio Morison

MOTHER... is an artwork by artists Heather and Ivan Morison of Studio Morison that engages with the connections between the natural world and our mental health. The work is inspired by writer Richard Mabey’s book ‘Nature Cure’, in which he…

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Sustainability·5 March 2020

Peruvian sisters build lagoons in the Andes

As climate change shrinks Andean glaciers and brings water shortages, two Quechua sisters are building traditional ‘sacred’ reservoirs to harvest rain. You can see them from space (the lagoons, not the sisters).

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Charities·27 February 2020

ShelterBox in the Philippines

A family stands proudly outside their ShelterBox tent, which they received following typhoon Rammasun, locally known as Butchoy that destroyed more than 100,000 houses and damaged 400,000 others.

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Arts & Culture·22 February 2020

Three Enchantingly Painted Houses in the Lost City of Pompeii Are Finally Open to the Public After a 40-Year Restoration Project

Massimo Osanna, director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, at the unveiling of one of the painted houses at Pompeii. Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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Humanitarian·18 February 2020

The librarian of Moria - and other tales of hope from the notorious refugee camp

Green shoots ... Sima Mohammedi, 26, a refugee volunteer from Afghanistan, in a garden at the One Happy Family community centre near Moria. Photograph: Byron Smith/Getty Images

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Climate·17 February 2020

Global Optimism: 2020: The Start of the Exponential Decade

Global Optimism exists to precipitate a transformation from pessimism to optimism as a method of creating social and environmental change.

ON Network · 1 min read

Renewable Energy·15 February 2020

VW’s hip, all-electric ID Buzz van is a platform for its self-driving efforts

VW’s hip, all-electric ID Buzz van is a plat

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Arts & Culture·15 February 2020

Graciela Iturbide at Tate Modern

A leading photographer in Latin America, Iturbide’s work has been collected by art museums across the world. She has described photography as ‘a pretext to know the world, to know life’. Her images in Mexico capture people, rituals and…

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