Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen
World’s Biggest Digital Olympic Workout Introduces Half a Billion People to #Stayactive on Olympic Day
Olympic champions, rising stars, world figures and fans young and old came together across five continents and 20 time zones on Olympic day 2020, 23…
Beavers are gnawing away at the Arctic permafrost, and that’s bad for the planet
The beaver may be an unlikely agent of climate change, but the cuddly-looking creatures are transforming the Arctic landscape in a way that could be…
Etelä-Suomen vihersillat monen eläinlajin käytössä
Vihersilta on tiealueen yli rakennettu maisemoitu silta, jota pitkin eläimet pääsevät ylittämään tien turvallisesti. Viime syksynä käynnistyneessä Väyläviraston hankkeessa selvitetään nyt ensimmäistä kertaa vihersiltojamme käyttävää…
Pohjois-Karjalassa käytettiin vähiten rahaa sote-palveluihin suhteessa asukkaiden palvelujen tarpeeseen
Eniten rahaa sosiaali- ja terveyspalveluiden järjestämiseen kului vuonna 2018 Pohjanmaalla, kun huomioidaan asukkaiden palvelujen tarve. Siellä tarvevakioidut sote-menot olivat noin 13 prosenttia maan keskitasoa korkeammat….
Ruokavirasto vaatii Valiota luopumaan laidunkuvista vapaan lehmän maidon markkinoinnissa
Ruokavirasto on lähettänyt Valiolle kehotuskirjeen, jossa kehotetaan lopettamaan harhaanjohtava laidunkuvituksen käyttö vapaan lehmän maidon markkinoinnissa. Valion vapaan lehmän maito tulee pihattonavetoista, joissa lehmät eivät ole…
Pandemian aikainen nallehaaste kuroi umpeen sosiaalista etäisyyttä
Pandemianaikaista leikkiä ja leluaktivismia tarkasteleva tutkimus käsittelee kansainväliseksi ilmiöksi muodostunutta nallejahtia. Koronapandemia vaikutti myös leluleikkiin. Maaliskuun 2020 alkupuolella suomalaiset ryhtyivät asettamaan nalleja kotiensa ikkunoihin ohikulkijoita…
Yhteisvastuukeräyksen tuotolla onnistuttiin tunnistamaan ja tukemaan ihmiskaupan uhreja
Vuoden 2017 Yhteisvastuukeräyksen tuotolla rahoitettu kolmivuotinen Harmaan eri sävyt -hanke onnistui tarjoamaan matalan kynnyksen tukea ihmiskaupan tai ihmiskaupan kaltaisen hyväksikäytön uhreille, kertoo Kirkkopalvelut tiedotteessaan. Hankkeessa…
Indigenous peoples of South America face ’genocide’ as coronavirus pandemic exposes historic inequalities
Berlin Diques oversees the well-being of some of the most vulnerable peoples in the world. As a regional president of the Interethnic Association for the…
Netflix makes $100 million commitment to support Black communities in the U.S.
Netflix announced Tuesday it will start putting 2% of its cash holdings into financial institutions and organizations to “directly support Black communities in the U.S.”…
UK economy shows biggest drop in 40 years in early 2020
Britain’s economy shrank by the most since 1979 in early 2020 as households slashed their spending, according to official data that included the first few…
Japan to delay ”womenomics” target for female leaders by up to a decade
Japan will delay by up to a decade its target to raise the percentage of women in leadership posts to 30 per cent – part…
Koalas will be driven to extinction before 2050 in NSW, major inquiry finds
Koalas will become extinct before 2050 in NSW unless there is urgent government intervention to prevent habitat loss, a year-long inquiry has found. The NSW…
McDonald’s announces plans to introduce ‘rapid charging’ for electric vehicles at new UK drive-thrus
McDonald’s U.K. said Monday that it was planning to install rapid charging points for electric vehicles at new drive-thru restaurants in the country. The fast…
Spanish police clean up Canary Islands waste-smuggling ring
Spanish police on Monday said they had broken up a criminal organization that illegally shipped 2,500 tonnes of toxic waste from the Canary Islands all…
Spotlight on feedstocks: Field to Market and U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol team up to boost sustainable outcomes for cotton
Multi-stakeholder initiative Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and cotton production assessment system U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol have formed a partnership to accelerate…
Defra says food waste initiative is ‘bearing fruit’
Defra (UK) has said its food waste prevention initiative is “bearing fruit”, a year after announcing the first instalment of its £15 million fund to…
DOE Recognizes Volvo for Waste Prevention Efforts
Volvo Group North America recently received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Plants, Better Practice Award for preventing and reducing waste at several North…
Circular economy could boost UK economy by £75bn, says WRAP
A circular economy will help the UK build back better, bolstering the economy by £75 billion and creating half a million jobs, according to the…
India’s digital ID system deepens exclusion of vulnerable communities amid pandemic
India’s digital identification system—which faced scrutiny over privacy concerns and exclusion— has further put marginalised communities at a greater disadvantage during the pandemic. There have…
Drinking water under threat from bushfire
Rainfall after fire brings immediate relief but the environmental effects can sometimes be as significant as the fire itself. Edith Cowan University (ECU) environmental experts…










