When last summer journalist Akshat Rathi started a Twitter thread asking people who left their job to fight climate change to share their stories, he was flooded with thousands of comments and DMs from professionals who did so and had zero regrets. Bloomberg Green calls them ‘climate quitters’ and they represent a growing segment of … Read more
If you have never heard the expression ‘solastalgia’, you better get familiar with it. Coined by the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the term is formed by the combination of the Latin word sōlācium (comfort) and the Greek suffix -algia (grief) to describe a form of emotional distress caused by environmental trauma. According to the United Nations, the danger posed … Read more
“It’s a ticking bomb”, say activists. “We’re running out of time”, warns the UN’s leading coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly. The FSO Safer oil tanker anchored off the Yemeni coast for over 30 years is deteriorating at frightful speed. The vessel is 376 meters long and is estimated to contain more than a million barrels … Read more
Idyllic beaches and crystalline waters. Italy is one of Europe’s top-tier destinations as the summer tourist season approaches. Yet, there is a darker side when it comes to the tonnes of litter that pollute the Italian coastline. How much waste on our shores? That’s the premise of the Beach Litter 2022 survey published by Legambiente, … Read more