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  • Earthtalk Q&A: Will Nature “Learn” How To Handle Plastic?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug EarthTalk Humans have long aimed to maximize efficiency and convenience in everyday life. Plastic has fueled the growth of today’s post-industrial world: From food preservation and textile production to construction and machinery, plastic has made elements of everyday life more convenient. Consequently, the planet is...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Lavar los trastes a mano vs lavavajillas

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Sin duda, el lavavajillas es el camino a seguir, no solo desde el punto de vista del desperdicio de agua y el uso de energía, sino también para mantener tu propia cordura. ¿Quién necesita fregar, enjuagar y secar los trastes todo el día...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Washing the dishes by hand vs dishwasher

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Hands-down, the dishwasher is the way to go, not only from the standpoint of water waste and energy use but also to preserve your own sanity. Who needs to be scrubbing, rinsing and drying dishes all day when an efficient machine can do...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: What is Climate Feminism?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Climate change impacts the everyday lives of all citizens around the globe, but certain communities are disproportionately affected. Women, in particular, shoulder a disproportionate burden as they are most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods but lack the needed resources to properly...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: ¿Qué es el feminismo climático?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El cambio climático afecta la vida diaria de todas las personas en el mundo, pero ciertas comunidades se ven afectadas de manera desproporcionada. Las mujeres, en especial, soportan una carga desproporcionada porque son las que más dependen de los recursos naturales para su...
  • EarthTalk: Update On Bee Population

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Whether you’ve noticed it or not, there are far fewer bees around nowadays. One-quarter of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in precipitous decline or have already gone extinct since 1990. A range of causes are to blame, including indiscriminate overuse of pesticides,...
  • EarthTalk: Actualización Sobre la Población de Abejas

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk    Quizás lo hayas notado o no, pero hay mucho menos abejas hoy en día. Un cuarto de las 20.000 especies de abejas del mundo sufre una abrupta disminución o ya se ha extinguido desde 1990. Esto se debe a varias causas, incluyendo...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Environmentalists and Civic Desobedience

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The concept of civil disobedience (defined by Merriam-Webster as the “refusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to do or change something”) dates back to the dawn of civil society. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. are primary...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Medioambientalistas y desobediencia civil

    Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk El concepto de desobediencia civil (definido por Merriam-Webster como la “negativa a obedecer las leyes como una forma de obligar al gobierno a hacer o cambiar algo”) se remonta a los albores de la sociedad civil. Mahatma Gandhi y Martin Luther King Jr....
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