The recent COVID-19 crisis was only a couple of weeks old when the media began reporting one unexpected positive effect. Worldwide greenhouse gas emissions were markedly reduced and the atmosphere less polluted as a result. As well as being good news in itself, this was an inkling that the corona crisis and the climate crisis are linked. Recognition...
I am originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota in the US and have spent the past 39 years explaining to people in the Netherlands where that is. Everyone knows where New York, Florida, Texas and California are, but Minnesota is someplace most people had never even heard of. While the fact that not everyone knows...
The first contact I had with the concept of planting trees to compensate the emissions produced by air travel was at the first FAWCO Conference I attended in Stockholm in 2003. Environment Committee Chair Valerie Garforth, had a chart with distances from various cities to Stockholm and the number of trees one needed...
Fly means “to soar through air; move through the air with wings,” the Old English fleogan: “to fly, take flight, rise into the air.” Migratory birds connect people, ecosystems, cultures, development and nations, offering an extraordinary opportunity for international collaboration. “They are symbols of peace and of an interconnected planet,” says Secretary-General António Guterres of the...
Many hearts were warmed by photos like this from Davos 2019. How could they not be? Looking at each other with mutual respect and admiration, young climate change activist Greta Thunberg and scientist and conservation advocate Jane Goodall spoke to the ongoing struggle to care for our planet.
The picture was also gratifying because it...
Who could have imagined six months ago, that I and more than 150 other FAWCO members would NOT be in Luxembourg from March 20–22? Certainly not me!! It is ironic that just as Health has become our Target issue, the entire world is being shown just how drastically health problems can affect lives.
