[ad_1] Festival goers make their way to the stages at Boomtown Festival underway in the UK. There’s been a renewed focus on the environmental impact of the concert industry. Event organisers are focusing more than ever on sustainability. Future legislation could force festivals to make more progress. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. On a balmy July weekend, a sea of purple and blue tents stretched across a field in Belgium, providing temporary shelter for nearly 4…
"Music festivals try to save the planet, one recycled tent at a time"Tag: planet
[ad_1] “For indigenous peoples, the land, the forest, water, is life. We depend on the natural environment, and we care for our surroundings. Managing natural resources is a strong part of our way of life. For example, the way we use rotational farming, avoiding monocultures by planting several different many different types of crops on our farmland. In indigenous cultures, we look at a woman’s kitchen. If she has a wide variety of native seeds,…
"Why indigenous peoples can help save the planet — Global Issues"
[ad_1] Eight billion: That’s the number of people now living on planet Earth, according to a UN report. And it took only 11 years for the world’s population to grow from 7 billion to 8 billion. In a symbolic move, a baby girl born today in the Philippines was welcomed as number 8 billion, especially since it’s difficult to accurately calculate the number of people in the world, with sums possibly being off by a…
"As Earth surpasses 8 billion people, ‘the planet can feed and sustain billions more,’ demographer says"