Changing eating habits holds the potential to undo damage from unsustainable food production Picture Credit: KALLIOPÉ ANVAR MCCALL/THE VARSITY Food production systems on earth are struggling to feed its 7.7 billion inhabitants. This is likely to continue: the United Nations projects food production would have to increase by 70 per cent, compared to 2009, in …
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Humans do not capitalize nearly enough on our most significant evolutionary advantage: a unique ability to take forward-looking actions that influence the future for the better. Exhibit A: Climate change is here, and things are changing quickly for the worse. However, even as dangerous and costly weather events grow more frequent and severe, we still don’t do …
Since June, hundreds of people have died in a heat wave that broke Canadian heat records. Picture Credit: A doctor in Canada’s British Columbia province has diagnosed a patient who came in with breathing trouble as suffering from “climate change”, possibly the first such case recorded till date. (Representational image) A doctor in Canada’s British Columbia …
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Bhubaneswar: Prominent E-Commerce based Asian direct selling company QNET announced a new project in partnership with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) through its social impact arm, the RYTHM Foundation, to bring solar energy to remote tribal communities in the state of Meghalaya and upgrade the healthcare infrastructure in the region. The project titled, ‘Empowering North-East India’ …
Greta Thunberg did not wait to be 25 years to contribute to the betterment of the planet An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will, said the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Since time immemorial, social movements have led to awareness creation and ultimately resulted in change …
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