By Ross Thrasher A recent issue of Time magazine shone the spotlight on 100 rising stars in various endeavours (entertainment, politics, etc.). Here are a few that caught my eye as environmental innovators. Mario Kohle (age 39) of Germany has created Enpal, an...
Brief Summaries: Articles from the Earth Issue of Wired Magazine By Ross Thrasher The September 2024 issue of Wired magazine, subtitled The Earth Issue, contains four interesting essays on climate and the environment. Here are brief summaries: “The hole in the map of...
Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading created the Climate Stripes. The University of Reading is ranked first place in the UK for the 2023/24 People & Planet University League, a compilation of UK universities ranked by environmental and ethical...
It was tenuous, unclear until the last moment, but at COP 28 in Dubai the world crossed a critical threshold. Delegates at this conference, some 90,000 in all, agreed that the world must transition away from fossil fuels “in our energy systems, beginning in this...
Dubai, UAE, December 1, 2023 – for immediate release PRESS RELEASE COP28 Presidency puts food systems transformation on global climate agenda as more than 130 world leaders endorse Food and Agriculture Declaration A range of initiatives supporting food and...
The GTEC Team wish to convey our deep and heartfelt concern regarding the violence occurring in Gaza, the West Bank and in Israel. We are in support of non-violent political negotiation directed towards a mutually agreed to solution, and express solidarity with all...