Latest research has found that we are consuming approximately 5 grams of plastic each week! That’s almost the weight of a credit card. Find out how much plastics you’re consuming and what you can do about it
Month: January 2022
Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic
Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.
How to be a PLASTIC GAME CHANGER
In the episode, Amanda Keetley – founder of organisation Less Plastic who gives practical tips on cutting plastic pollution. Book “PLASTIC GAME CHANGER – How to reduce plastic in your organisation to make a difference to plastic pollution” is out now. The episode talks about individual and collective responsibility for plastic pollution, what it takes…
Plastic Pollution
Likely after concrete, there is probably not a product of modernity more ubiquitous than plastic. Similarly, with concrete following, there is also not many products more synonymous with the failures of modernity than plastic.Plastic and plastics bags aggressively entered the market in the 1960s with companies like Mobil, Colloplast and Kroger beginning rapid and comprehensive…
“On Time and Water”, An Interview with Andri Saer Magnason
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer and documentary filmmaker. In this interview, Andri discusses his new book On Time and Water and our relationship to time in an age of ecological crisis. With Iceland having recently lost its first large glacier, the Ok glacier, Andri discusses the ways in which geological time is beginning…
The disarming case to act right now on climate change
In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world’s attention. “The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and…
Global Warming
Climate change is a broad term used to refer to changes in the Earth’s climates, at local, regional, or global scales, and can also refer to the effects of these changes. In recent decades, the term ‘climate change’ is most often used to describe changes in the Earth’s climate driven primarily by human activity since…
Episode 8
Jessica and Marijn speak to Rosanna Wiseman and Cameron Joshi from Global Justice Now about colonialism, capitalism and making Extinction Rebellion more inclusive.Extinction Rebellion has three demands. 1) Tell the Truth – Government must tell the truth by declaring a climate and ecological emergency, working with other institutions to communicate the urgency for change. 2)…
What can i do to stop climate change? Climate change for beginners: An Extinction Rebellion podcast
We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. Life on Earth is in crisis: scientists agree we have entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown, and we are in the midst of a mass extinction of our own making. This is leading people more and more people to ask What can I do to stop climate…
What is causing climate change? Climate change for beginners: An Extinction Rebellion podcast
Climate change is the biggest threat that humanity has ever faced. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most complex. In this brand new podcast series scientist and activist Dr. Ciarán O’Carroll explains the science and answers the most frequently asked questions about climate change in a series of bite size podcasts. This podcast will answer…