The latest sustainability news, fun, facts and reviews from the Green Elephant for 9th December 2020. Top stories: 01:07 – Top 3 plastic polluters are CocaCola, PepsiCo and Nestle. Again. 14:38 – New Report Finds 57% of Global Economy to Face Flooding Risk by 2040 07:40 Leave a review Your
The latest sustainability news, fun, facts and reviews from the Green Elephant for 24th September 2020. Top stories: 01:17 – Coronavirus: Ministers balance science and politics in latest rules 42:20 – Climate Change: Is the movement diverse enough? 45:48 – Australia whale stranding: 470 animals now beached in Tasmania record
Overview The UN recently released the UN Sustainable Development Report 2020. It’s principle co-ordinator was Guillame Lafortune. We are delighted that he has joined us to discuss the report and, given the current pandemic, his observations on what the data is telling us about how UN member states are coping
Amazon created and filled over 175,000 new jobs during the lock down Source: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/amazon-hiring-for-additional-75-000-jobs
The UK went 18 days and 6 hours without burning coal for electricity – longest period since 1882 Source: https://twitter.com/ng_eso/status/1136005946830983168
Overview Which facts and figures can you believe? Russell and Mike dissect some “facts” which are not as they seem at first sight. As a show all about facts it’s important that we and our listeners understand the pitfalls in the facts that are out in the wild. Thinking for
Government policies during the COVID-19 pandemic have drastically altered patterns of energy demand around the world. Many international borders were closed and populations were confined to their homes, which reduced transport and changed consumption patterns. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-020-0797-x
Overview In this episode Russell and Mike discuss the issue of the moment for many people – working from home! Between them your hosts already have 30 years of experience of working from home themselves and managing a home based/remote workforce. We discuss the implications for saving money, premises, flexibility
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