BY THICH NHAT HANH| NOVEMBER 23, 2020Photo via Thich Nhat Hanh FoundationThe earth is you. You are the earth. When you realize there is no separation, says Thich Nhat Hanh, you fall completely in love with this beautiful planet.At this very moment, the earth is above you, below you, all around you, and even inside you. The earth is everywhere.You may be used to thinking of the earth as only the ground beneath your feet. But the water, the
The big environmental stories in the Chinese media this week (20-26 November)A few provinces might fail to meet their 2016-2020 energy intensity target, just when China’s new carbon neutrality pledge requires even more ambitious targets, a Chinese media report revealed this week.China Energy News reports that more than 10 provinces, including Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Shaanxi, will have difficulty meeting key energy targets assigned
The big environmental stories in the Chinese media this week (20-26 November) The Emmy Award winning documentary Gasland (2010) described how tap water in some US homes caught fire. The film linked the flammable water to nearby hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking”, to get at natural gas reserves.In the past few years, a few dozen residents in Panjin city, northeastern Liaoning province, have had the same fracking-related problem, China’s
China’s coal-related CO2 emissions hinge on consumption, not capacity, so the surge in new coal plants likely won’t lead to a dramatic increase in emissionsBy Amelie Bahr, November 25, 2020 About 250 gigawatts of coal power capacity is planned or under construction in China, more than the existing coal capacities of the US and of India (Image: Alamy)Long gone are the days when China held up negotiations and blocked efforts for a new global
There is a huge global market, and exciting tools are ready to help develop what women want.By Sarah G. Chamberlain,Kirsten M. Vogelsong,Michelle Weinberger,Emily Serazin,Sarah Cairns-Smith &Stephen E. Gerrard, November 25, 2020 A nurse at a health centre in Cape Coast, Ghana, talks to women about family planning. Credit Kate Holt/eyevineWorldwide, almost half of women who are of reproductive age use contraception1. Another 171 million women
