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The 20 most polluted cities in the world
According to the World Health Organization WHO, environmental factors are the major cause of disease and their impacts affect mainly the elderly and children from the poorest. Air pollution has increased by 8% in the last 5 years. The World Health Organization estimates that pollution is the cause of 3 million premature deaths each year. [...]
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EARTH DAY 2016
Earth Day 2016 will be a remarkable one! On April 22, all world leaders have been invited by United Nations Secretary Ban Ki -moon to sign the Agreement that was reached in Paris on December 12 2015. The ceremony will take place at UN Headquarters in New York. The Agreement was adopted by all 196 [...]
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Paris, COP 21: an agreement for the next generations!
It happened! The meeting imagined in the book Sofia’s Mission on Planet Earth to decide the future of the planet actually happened in Paris. Young people did not participate as it tells the story of the book, but the meeting just aimed to secure a future for children and youth and all future generations. Representatives [...]
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COP 21 – We count on you
It all started in 1992 with the Rio-92 or the Rio Convention, when the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCC was adopted. The goal was an action framework to stabilize emissions of harmful gases to the atmosphere, the greenhouse gases (GHG). The table currently owns 195 shares or participating countries. Once a year, [...]
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U.S. Ecological Deficit Day
July 14, 2015 marked the Day of the Ecological Deficit in United States. The country United has exceeded the use of natural resources for this year. The annual demand of the country for goods and services that the land and oceans can provide such as agricultural products, fish, wood, raw material for clothing exceeded the [...]
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Praise be to you, my Lord _ Pope aks protection for Mother Earth
June, 18th 2015 LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – . “PRAISE be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, MOTHER EARTH, governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs”. This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of [...]
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World Environment Day – June 5
Sophia’s Mission goes to ORGANIC FAIR in Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro, Saturday June 6. We live in a consumer society that draws from nature the resources for our needs. To resources continue to exist, we must preserve its biocapacity. We should give time for nature to recover and replenish what we take from it. Consume [...]
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Sustainable Energy: 24th International Painting Competion
In 2015, United Nations Environment Program and Tunza invite children all over the world to submit their paintings on sustainable energy. Deadline for paintings submission is May 31. ONLINE is accepted! Prizes to be won: 1st Prize US$3,000 The 2nd Prize US$2,000 The 3rd Prize US$1,000 All information about the competition is at Tunza. Good [...]
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/30/dear-bill-gates-will-you-lead-the-fight-against-climate-change?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Do you want water?
Everyone wants because we need it. We can not live without water, but climate change is creating dramatic events such as droughts and floods that affect the water supply. It does not rain where it has to rain. So if you want water, please note: 1 – Plant trees because they recycle the oxygen we [...]
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