Soaring forest losses set to wreck global protection pledge — National Post

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Sept 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Meeting a landmark target to slash by at least half losses of natural forests by 2020 is likely to be “impossible,” as deforestation has soared in the five years since it was set, warned a report on progress towards the goal. The 2014 New York […] … Continue reading Soaring forest losses set to wreck global protection pledge — National Post

Timberland supporting the planting of 50 million trees by 2025 worldwide including Africa’s Great Green Wall project — Life & Soul Magazine

Lifestyle brand Timberland has committed to support large-scale regreening and tree planting efforts around the world, including Africa’s Great Green Wall, as part of its plans to plant 50 million trees by 2025. Over the next five years or so, Timberland will partner with a range of organisations that support the environment including the Smallholder […] … Continue reading Timberland supporting the planting of 50 million trees by 2025 worldwide including Africa’s Great Green Wall project — Life & Soul Magazine

Ireland reclaiming its greenery with plans to plant 440 million trees by 2040 to tackle climate change

Watch It Burn — Naturally Orla

I have always watched fires burn. As a child, playing with matches Older, piling the wood in the grate better than my dad Later as a circus performer until my knees got bad I have always stopped and watched Captured by the heat And the flicker bittersweet. The first time losing the Amazon made me […] … Continue reading Watch It Burn — Naturally Orla

Types of Reusable water Bottles [Infographic] — ecogreenlove

Every minute, people all around the world buy roughly 1 million plastic bottles—a number that’s expected to jump past ½ trillion by 2021. Once we’re done with these single-use bottles, most end up in landfills or the ocean (Americans recycle less than 30 percent of them). But we need water to live and bottles are … Continue reading Types of Reusable water Bottles [Infographic] — ecogreenlove