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Environmentalism used to be about defending the wild – not any more
Via The Guardian Most of us find it easier to imagine a world without pine martens, honeybees, otters and wolves than one without social media, lattes, cheap flights and dishwashers. Even environmentalism, which was once motivated by a love of the natural world, now seems more concerned with finding slightly less destructive ways of enabling […]
Poorer countries do more for the conservation of large mammals
Via Bizcommunity Scores of animal species across the globe, including tigers, lions and rhinos, are at risk of extinction due to threats posed by mankind. Recent studies indicate that 59% of the world’s largest carnivores and 60% of the world’s largest herbivores are currently threatened with extinction. These species, known as megafauna, play very important […]
Glowing Worms Prove Environmental Changes Can Affect Genes for 14 Generations
Via @futurism GLOW LITTLE GLOW WORM Most are familiar with at least the most basic concept in genetics: inheritance. If both of your biological parents have brown hair, then there’s a pretty good chance that you will have brown hair, too. If a parent and a grandparent and an aunt all have a specific genetically-linked […]
Faster, easier way to test water quality
Via BusinessLive Despite the country’s water scarcity, waste water pumped into the rivers and dams is often not clean enough. A new water test, developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), could be an important tool in the fight to improve SA’s water quality. Despite the country’s water scarcity, waste water pumped […]
Donation from Stellenbosch University equips AEL for further research
Via The Gremlin The Academy for Environmental Leadership SA (AEL) is an accredited academic institution, which offers matriculants the opportunity to partake in a one year course of environmental and conservation studies. After the successful completion of the course, students receive a NQF level 5 qualification, which enables them to enter a number of jobs […]
The next generation of jobs won’t be made up of professions
Via BBC Capital To prepare for the future, we need to shift from thinking about jobs and careers to thinking about challenges and problems, reports Alina Dizik. When Jean-Philippe Michel, a Toronto-based career coach, works with secondary school students, he doesn’t use the word profession. Neither does he focus on helping his young clients figure […]