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How to cope with feelings of climate anxiety?
More and more people are feeling the pressure of climate anxiety and in this article, we discuss ways to cope with these feelings.
Mental Health...
UK opens applications for green social prescribing pilots
Applications are now open to deliver four ‘green social prescribing’ pilots a bid to help the communities hardest hit by COVID-19.
Activities such as walking,...
Chemical from fracking could interfere with male reproductive hormones
Research has shown that a chemical used in hydraulic fracturing – known as fracking – could potentially interfere with male reproductive hormones.
According to a...
Celtic Wind: Leading the way in the hemp industry for a sustainable future
Paul McCourt CEO and founder of Celtic Wind explains how his firm is leading the way in the hemp industry for a sustainable future.
At...
Cannadabis: tissue culture and the future of cannabis cultivation
Cannadabis Medical INC is dedicated to the organic and holistic production of cannabis medicine and related technology.
Cannadabis Medical INC they intend to create a...
Climate change: risks to health are growing but health funding isn’t
A new WHO report has highlighted the lack of support for health sectors in the face of climate change.
The report, from the World Health...
Public health: nature better than tech for reducing air pollution
Adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by an average of 27%, new research...
Is global climate change affecting fertility?
According to the University of Liverpool, UK, global climate change could make some species sterile and see them succumb earlier than expected.
Published in Trends...
Eating insects to save the environment
Consuming foods of insect origin is encouraged as a response to the environmental impact of meat production, but how do vegans and vegetarians feel...
Organically farmed food has greater climate impact than farmed food
Researchers have found that organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required.
A...
Time for change: EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets
An urgent call for more ambitious EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets is set by Leading European Healthcare Institutions.
The European Health Care Climate...
DTU Biosustain receives investment to tackle harmful insecticides
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) formed a spinout, BioPhero, which has receiving €3m in funding to develop products replacing the...
The origins of asthma
Led by Professor Hans Bisgaard, the COPSAC research unit focuses on phenotyping children and their environmental exposures to study asthma and other chronic inflammatory...
The University of Waterloo reconciles agriculture and water quality
Agricultural nutrient legacies delay the recovery of healthy aquatic ecosystems, according to researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada
Agriculture is a dominant source of...
