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Mustafa Hassanali urges youth to upcycle for environmental conservation
Dar es Salaam. The founder of Swahili Fashion Week (SFW) and a renowned fashion designer, Mustafa Hassanali, has urged youth to endeavour to preserve the environment by keeping their old clothes. This was said during the launch of the 16th edition of SFW. Speaking during the launch held at the Bravo Coco Beach Hotel in…
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Coalition of Philanthropic Funders Unveil More Than $250 Million Ocean Resilience and Climate Alliance to Supercharge Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
Investment from Ballmer Group, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Builders Vision, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, Oak Foundation, Oceankind, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Rivian Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Vere Initiatives, and others will advance ocean-climate and marine-based initiatives. Dubai, UAE – Today, at…
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Grammy winners to come together for climate concert in Dubai
Dr George Jacob, President & CEO of Bay Ecotarium on climate conservation Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: Grammy winners will come together for a climate concert during UN COP28 in Dubai. The climate concert titled “Resonance” is being hosted by San Francisco based Bay Ecotarium — California’s largest watershed conservation group. The climate concert in sync…
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Arizona’s darkest places: These parks and cities have the best night skies for stargazing
The International Dark Sky Places program was created in 2001 by DarkSky International to encourage the preservation of the nighttime environment, educate the public and encourage a reduction of light pollution. Over 200 Dark Sky Places have been certified in 22 countries on six continents. These places, including dark sky parks, sanctuaries, reserves and urban…
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Arizona’s darkest places: These parks and cities have the best night skies for stargazing
The International Dark Sky Places program was created in 2001 by DarkSky International to encourage the preservation of the nighttime environment, educate the public and encourage a reduction of light pollution. Over 200 Dark Sky Places have been certified in 22 countries on six continents. These places, including dark sky parks, sanctuaries, reserves and urban…
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Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight
Today’s internet would not be possible without Virginia. It’s time the state studied what that fact means for its citizens’ health, its environment and its energy future, and pass legislation accordingly. That was the thesis of several environmental and land-use organizations that gathered in Lake Ridge, Virginia, on Friday for a press conference to announce…
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That red dye in Oyster Bay Harbor is part of a shellfish protection study
Even from a distance, a sea change was evident Wednesday as a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation boat left a ramp at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and motored toward a red plume fanning out in Oyster Bay Harbor. That change began a short time earlier at nearby Oyster Bay Sewage Treatment Plant, where environmentalists pumped a brightly…
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Concerns are mounting about the management of 910 Cattle Ranch
A stand of aspen trees, left, was growing near a cabin on the 910 Cattle Ranch on Oct. 6. The trees were accidentally cut down by an inmate work crew hired by Summit County a few weeks later prompting outrage for Leslie Miller, the personal partner of the property owner.Park Record file photo by David…
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Costa Rica, Partners Launch Sustainable Project for Climate Investment
Dubai: The Government of Costa Rica announced today the creation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project Preparation Facility (PPF) to leverage public and private sector resources to develop sustainable and efficient infrastructure projects. This initiative will take place in the context of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangement approved by the International Monetary Fund…
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COP28 Global Gender and Environment Data Conference calls for increased support to data production and use to inform climate action
Counting on a Sustainable Future: Global Conference on Gender and Environment Data took place November 28-29, 2023, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, UAE. It closed with a call to action on all world leaders, policymakers, and other key actors in gender and environment data systems to urgently strengthen multi-stakeholder…
