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As the "Olympic flame" is handed in Athens to the Paris Olympics organizers, I cannot stop thinking that this tradition originated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics for specific propaganda reasons. Why has the IOC kept it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics_torch_r…
EU Parliament approves Ecodesign & Right to Repair Regulation! Clothes, furniture, electrical appliances and many other products will be designed to be more repairable, reusable and recyclable, while unsold clothes and shoes can no longer be dumped in landfills! www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/press/meps-adopt-ecod…
MEPs adopt Ecodesign and Right to Repair Regulations | Greens/EFA
MEPs voted in favour of the Right to Repair and the Ecodesign Regulation. These long-awaited victories will revolutionise our consumption habits, not only by extending…
It sounds romantic until you get to the part where it says "two global firms have joined" "looking to raise capital to assist" www.abc.net.au/pacific/whales-given-legal-personho…
Whales have been given legal 'personhood' by Māori and Pacific leaders. So what's next? - ABC Pacific
Whales have been recognised as legal persons by traditional leaders of the Pacific after a landmark treaty was signed last month. But what is the significance…
In a last ditch attempt to stop the Nicobar Islands shipping & tourism mega-project (see ecoclub.com/headlines/monitoring/ad/9l/8251) that may eradicate the indigenous Shompen people, a group of Indian experts have written an open letter to the Indian government. Governments of course tend to ignore such letters unless they are accompanied by serious legal action and or street protests... Show more
Indian experts say mega-project will lead to uncontacted island tribe's "extinction"
Renowned Indian experts on the Indigenous peoples in the region are demanding that the Great Nicobar Development Project be scrapped.
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Blog by Trevor LaClair, a wildlife conservationist and environmental educator, created "to encourage people to fall in love with wildlife and the great outdoors". Includes wildlife and…