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‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis

December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with the simplified current food system already vulnerable.
#climatechange #globalfoodsystem #sustainability #biodiversity
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Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable

The Amazing Journey of Bottley

December 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM

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🌍✨ El increíble viaje de Bottley, de Elvira De Grazia, es una iniciativa local desde Chile que reimagina cómo enseñamos el reciclaje: no solo manualidades, sino reutilización con propósito y una verdadera educación ambiental para niños y familias. ♻️

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Season 2 | Ep. 39 (Spanish/Español) - Entre Poesía y Tierra: Manteniendo la Cultura Mapuche con María Isabel Lara Millapan

December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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Nuevo episodio en español con María Isabel Lara Millapan, poeta mapuche, hablante nativa de mapuzungun, académica e investigadora dedicada a la revitalización de su lengua y cultura. Su obra poética entrelaza espiritualidad, memoria, territorio y resistencia. podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/s...

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December 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM

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What happens when the economy works like a global machine — and what does it mean for our well-being and local communities? New episode with Helena Norberg-Hodge exploring globalization, resilience, and local futures.

🎧 Out now. Subscribe for more.

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What happens when the economy starts functioning like a global machine?

Howto Build a Healthier Economy with Helena Norberg-Hodge

December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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Our latest conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge shed powerful light on today’s societal challenges 🌍 and why strong local communities are key to real solutions 🤝.
Tune in to the episode to learn more 🎧 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je2e...

November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM

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New episode 🎙️
A powerful chat with Helena Norberg-Hodge on what’s broken in our global economy—and how localization can help us rebuild. So inspiring to hear from a woman with such wisdom, strength, and commitment to real change. 🎧 Listen now.

#localization

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Season 2 | Ep. 38 - From Global to Local: Redefining Progress with Helena Norberg-Hodge

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November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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New episode of We Need to Act🎙️
A beautiful conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge on why localization matters, how globalization harms our well-being, and why rebuilding community is the path forward. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7KK6...

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November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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Art is a way of reimagining our existence, giving new purpose to what we already have. It challenges us to rethink our systems and opens possibilities for transforming them.
#circulareconomy #climatechange #sustainability #weneedtoact
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The Indian designers turning waste into art – and insult into pride

Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebrities

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November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM

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This is outrageous: A new draft text on the outcome of the #COP30 climate talks has been published that contains no mention of a phase-out of #fossilfuels, despite countries supporting such action having threatened to block any agreement without it.

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Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap

Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment

‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed

November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after the emissions target is reached.
#climatechange #climatecrisis #sustainability #GHGemissions
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A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says

November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM

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It’s an incredibly sad truth—though not an unexpected one.
#climatechange #cop30 #sustainability #fossilfuel
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One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

How to Empower Communities for Conservation?

November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM

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In our latest episode, Isabel Felandro, Head of Programmes at Cool Earth, explores why empowering Indigenous peoples — not imposing top-down conservation — is key to protecting our planet. 🎧 Listen now, in partnership with Cool Earth and Equal Right.
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Season 2 | Ep.36 - Transforming Money for Environmental Justice with Isabel Felandro (Cool Earth) and Carlos Adrián Perez (Equal Right)

November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM

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New episodes out today in English and Spanish on transforming money for environmental justice. Isabel Felandro from Cool Earth and Carlos Adrián Pérez from Equal Right discuss the Basic Income for Peace with Nature project in Colombia.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30.
#COP30 #Sustainability #climatechange
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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30

There's an island in a canoe: care for Mother Earth

November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM

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Uncle Kimokeo reminds us: “In ancient times, we were self-sustainable… They didn’t talk about sustainability. They lived their life just being sustainable.” Maybe it’s time we got back to that. 🎧 New episode out now.

#Sustainability #CulturalWisdom

November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM

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In ur new episode, Uncle Kimokeo — a revered kūpuna, paddler, and cultural leader — shares the Hawaiian proverb:
“He wa‘a he moku, he moku he wa‘a.” The canoe is an island, and the island is a canoe." This wisdom reminds us of the deep interconnectedness of all life.
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Climate pledges 'barely moving the needle' on global warming, says UN

November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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Our new episode honors Hawaiian wisdom with Uncle Kimokeo Kapahulehua 🌊✨ A revered kūpuna, paddler, and cultural leader, he reminds us that true sustainability begins with remembering who we are, where we come from, and our kuleana (responsibility) to care for Mother Earth. tinyurl.com/yysxcdez

November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM

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World heading for 2.8°C warming as UN report reveals climate pledges are 'barely moving the needle'
#climatechange #sustainability #globalwarming #globalemissions #climateaction #podcast www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

A new UN report reviews the gap between countries’ climate commitments and global emissions targets.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM

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#COP30 is just around the corner. For the first time, a global climate summit will take place in the Amazon. A chance to defend forests, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and our collective future. But the question remains: Real action — or more empty promises? www.youtube.com/shorts/NW6uY...

COP30 in the Amazon: Hope, Contradictions & High Stakes

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

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November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents, to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process. #fossilfuels #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’

November 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels.

#fossilfuels #climatechange #weneedtoact #sustainability #education

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Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels

Bill Gates says climate crisis won’t cause ‘humanity’s demise’ in call to shift focus to ‘improving lives’

October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM

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Bill Gates dismissing climate change as a cause of humanity’s demise seems particularly odd — especially ahead of COP30. What agendas and interests might be behind this sudden shift in tone? 😮 #climatechange #billgates #cop30
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Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastation

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

October 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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🌿 The Quechua peoples are among the largest Indigenous groups in South America. Bringing Indigenous knowledge into sustainability dialogues is essential for real change. 💚
#Quechua #IndigenousKnowledge #Sustainability #WeNeedToAct

October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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In an interview before COP30, the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, warned that humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5 °C and must change course immediately.

#climatechange #sustainability #UN #COP30 #GHGemissions
#globalheating

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Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30