Enviro news this week

This interesting article gives a voice to other teenage climate activists around the world, we all know about Greta, here are some more activists! And there are many more around the world, leave comments to share links about other inspiring teenagers!

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/youth-climate-activists-of-color

Oak House send letters to the COP25

#QuerdiaCOP25

This week the students in Environmental Enrichment project took part in a campaign by Families for Future and we sent letters to the leaders at the COP25 climate change summit in Madrid. As we now, it is time to ACT NOW at a global level, to combat climate change.

This shocking article from 5th November reminds us of why we should keep this issue in our minds, and in the decisions we take each day.

Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering'

🌍 What planet do your children want?

🌱 How do they want us to care for them?

🔄What would they like to change for a better future?

Under the hashtag #DearCOP25 we open a cannel for children and teenagers to send their messages to the world leaders attending the COP25 in Madrid. It is their right to participate and be heard.

Useful links for ESS this week

WATER

Dead zones and oxygen loss in oceans (published Dec 2019)

Spain spends more money on fines, than on environmental protection. (published Dec 2019)

Malawi lake levels drop (published Dec 2019)

Environmental news this week...

Coldplay pause touring until they can offer 'environmentally beneficial' concerts | Music | The Guardian

Coldplay want to tour in support of the environment and their new album is called “actively beneficial”. This British group have been waiting to start the tour, while they design it to ensure the tour is "carbon neutral".

Billie Eilish for is making her world tour “as green as possible” by:

- prohibiting plastic straws 

- asking fans has to bring reusable water bottles.

Amalia 2ºESO

Read more here

ESS Interesting articles this week

Poorly planned Amazon dam project "poses serious threat to life" (related to EIAs and Hydro power)

theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/08/death-of-a-river-the-ruinous-design-flaw-in-a-vast-amazon-rainforest-dam

Enviro news this week

Environmental EP voted this the most relevant and important news item from the articles suggested this week:

Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time



Ultra-fine particles are produced by fuel
burning, particularly in diesel vehicles.
The chances of people having brain
cancer is increasing and getting to a level to
where people may die.
Nanoparticles get into your brain, which is
a problem because they carry carcinogenic
chemicals.
Lastly, a scientist says brain cancer are usually rare
and that’s why this is a very bad problem.
They have calculated that busy streets leads
an extra case of brain cancer for every
100,000 people.

By Amalia 2º ESO


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/13/air-pollution-particles-linked-to-brain-cancer-in-new-research

ESS Interesting articles this week...

Amazon Rainforest reaching tipping point

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/23/amazon-rainforest-close-to-irreversible-tipping-point

Sea level rise - the latest models showing the situation in 2050, excellent graphics

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater.html

Systems theory - an academic article about systems, feedback loops and paradigms (high level)

http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/

Long and comprehensive, well written article about veganism.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/oct/25/why-do-people-hate-vegans

Enviro news this week...

Could cricket and worm burgers save the planet?

We don’t need to create carbon dioxide emissions to take care of the worms and every thing they eat is converted into protein!



Read the news article here!

Enviro news this week!

This news is about how Spain is accusing Portugal of stealing the water from “their” river.

See the full report here

Environmental news this week...

This explains how Greta is influencing climate strikes and work is actually doing something, and that hopefully and eventually this will get solved.

Read more...

Earth Action Week at Oak House School

Last week 23 - 27 September was a Global Week of Action for the climate. Across the school we did activities such as watching videos, making signs for climate, and wearing green t-shirts. 

Climate and the Living World really were the topics of the week and we were pleased that so many students and teachers got involved in the conversation. 

Here are some pictures from the week, and the question we are left with is "What do we do next?" 

Videos and info during Earth Week!

Some highlights from the HUGE amount of media available:




Also
Pupils around the world talking about why they went on strike last week  :

EARTH ACTION WEEK : What can you do?

Tutors	On Monday, Wednesday and Friday can you please spend 5 - 10 minutes on Earth Action Week? You will receive short reminder emails at 8:55 each day with info for that day.
Teachers	Please help keep environmental issues in the conversation during the week, and share interesting articles with students and peers. We also need a few teachers to come to Maragall at 14:30 to help make signs, and keep reminding everyone about green t-shirts on Friday!
Students	If you want to be involved come to a make signs at 14:30 Thursday 26th Sept, we need helpers! Also please bring in coloured markers/crayons and USED CARD that can be reused to make signs. Also please remind your tutors and bring up conversations about our living world with your friends and teachers. You can send me interesting articles and videos a.gurney@oakhouseschool.com

Tutores	El lunes, miércoles y viernes puedes estar 5 - 10 minutos en Earth Action Week. Recibiras un email corto a las 8:55 cada día con la info para ese día.
Profes	Por favor, ayúdanos por hablar de temas del medioambiente durante la semana y compartir artículos interesantes con alumnos y compañeros. También hace falta profes para venir a Maragall el jueves a 14:30 para ayudar con los posters. Y acordamos a la gente para llevar camiseta verde el viernes.
Alumnos	Si quereis apoyar Earth Action Week hay una reunión el jueves 26 sept a 14:30 necesitamos colaboradores! También traer marcadores y “crayons” de colores y cartón USADO para RE-USAR. Además podéis acordar a los tutores y compartir info y videos para el blog con a.gurney@oakhouseschool.com

EARTH ACTION WEEK - info completo CAST

Información completo día por día (ESO and IB/BATX)

EARTH ACTION WEEK - full info ENG

Full information day by day! (ESO and IB/BATX)

EARTH ACTION WEEK!

We will be taking small actions each day next week to get people talking about the climate crisis and the ecological collapse and what possible solutions there are!

More info soon!

Environmental News this week...

First ICESat-2 Global Data Released




More than a trillion new measurements of Earth’s height – blanketing everything from glaciers in Greenland, to mangrove forests in Florida, to sea ice surrounding Antarctica – are now available to the public. With millions more observations added each day, data from NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 is providing a precise global portrait of elevation and will allow scientists to track even the slightest changes in the planet’s polar regions. This satellite is all sow used to track cracking ice.

 ICESat-2 will be able to measure the shift in annual elevation across the ice sheet to within a fraction of an inch. To do this, the satellite uses a laser altimeter – an instrument that times how long it takes light to travel to Earth’s surface and back. With that time – along with the knowledge of where in space ICESat-2 is, and where on Earth the laser is pointing – computer programs create a height data point. The data is originally processed at NASA Goddard, then turned into advanced data products that researchers will be able to use to study elevations across the globe.

ICESat-2 data products are now available for free from the National Snow and Ice Data Center at https://nsidc.org/data/icesat-2.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/icesat-2-global-height-data-available-to-public

Thanks Pol for the post!!

Do people use their Boc´n Rolls and water bottles?

PLAN

Do a survey on how many people are using their boc-n-rolls and reusable bottles

With the results decide whether we need to inform people about what they are doing to

help save resources.

RESULTS

The following results are based on 31 1º and 2º ESO students asked on 6th June 2019.

Sharing our news... "Blog Wednesdays!!"

Dear friends,

We have great news for you! Next academic year, every Wednesday morning in tutor time we will be looking at the environmental blog! Every Thursday we publish new, interesting information, so there is something new and interesting to read each week. Go and check it out!

Environmental news this week.. and BOICOT PLASTIC WEEK!!

We propose that everyone joins the BOICOT PLASTIC WEEK!!  An initiative by the Zero Waste network in Barcelona to spend a whole week avoiding plastic packaging... it's a challenge!!! Are you up to it to help save our oceans?

Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers to be banned in England

Plastic straws , drink stirrers, and cotton buds with plastic stems will be illegal and to sell and use in England from next April, this has been confirmed by the government.

Big amounts of plastic straws , drink stirrers, and cotton buds, (particularly cotton buds), are flushed down toilets or throw in bins most of this end up in the sea  surveys show evidence that recently waterways across the UK have been ‘teeming with plastic’,and  putting wildlife at risk. 

READ MORE HERE