Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 timesMore than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year300 million tonnes of new plastic is produced every year An estimated 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic now litter the world's oceans 38.5 million plastic bottles are used every day in the UKA million plastic bottles are used per minute around the world500 million plastic straws are used per yearWithout big action, at the current rate, pieces of plastic will outnumber fish in the ocean by 2050. That is the legacy we are leaving our children and grandchildren.Plastic flows into our lives from every direction and most of it is not recycled. Instead it is incinerated or ends up in landfill, where it will sit for hundreds of years, or enters the world's seas where it fragments into tiny pieces to become microplastics - the environmental scourge of our times. Many
Forfatteren undersøger, hvorfor vores nuværende fødevaresystem fører til stigende fedme, fejlernæring og klimabelastning. Med afsæt i forskning og politisk erfaring præsenterer han en plan for, hvordan vi kan omlægge landbrug, produktion og forbrug, så vi sikrer sundere befolkninger og en mere bæredygtig planet. Type: Hardcover Ravenous er en fagbog om det moderne fødevaresystem og dets konsekvenser for sundhed, klima og samfund. Henry Dimbleby analyserer, hvordan vores måde at producere og forbruge mad på påvirker fedme, folkesundhed, miljø og biodiversitet, og han fremlægger konkrete forslag til reformer af fødevarepolitik og landbrug. Bogen kombinerer forskning, politiske perspektiver og personlige erfaringer og argumenterer for en gennemgribende madrevolution til gavn for både mennesker og planeten.
Voyages of marine research and capacity development This publication narrates the voyages of the iconic Norwegian research ship and documents marine research in the Western Indian Ocean, from early exploratory surveys to the current ecosystem surveys undertaken to support fisheries management. It provides a rare glimpse into the realities of conducting research at sea and evaluates the impact of the Nansen programme. Forfatter: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Forlag: Food & Agriculture Org. Udgivelsesår: 2018 Sider: 255 Sprog: Engelsk
"Lester Brown tells us how to build a more just world and save the planet from climate change in a practical, straightforward way. We should all heed his advice." —President Bill Clinton “A great book which should wake up humankind!” —Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum "An enormous achievement—a comprehensive guide to what's going wrong with earth's life support system and how to fix it." —Grinning Planet “Lester Brown should receive a Nobel Peace Prize for his new book.” —Talli Nauman, The Herald Mexico “...exactly what we need to do to get sustainability moving. And it’s a very vital approach to it.” —Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut “... the most compelling blueprint I have seen yet for restoring the planet.” —Tom Weiss, enXco, Inc.
Fotograf Per Folkver har tilbragt 39 dage sammen med 33 mænd på den færøske trawler Enniberg. Turen gik til Barentshavet mellem Norge og Svalbard på fiskeri efter torsk Titel: Hvor strømmen går Forlag: Politiken Udgivelsesår: 2013 Sider: 119 Sprog: Dansk
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast A significant proportion of global carbon emissions come from farming meat. The link between farming animals and the climate crisis is barely discussed, because giving up our meat-based diets feels like an impossible ask. But we don't have to go cold turkey. Cutting out animal products for just part of the day is enough to change the world. Foer frames this essential debate Titel: We are the weather : saving the planet begins at breakfast Forfatter: Jonathan Safran Foer Forlag: Hamish Hamilton Udgivelsesår: 2019 Sider: 272 Sprog: Engelsk
Forfatteren og hans kunstnerven vil fange en grønlandshaj ved Lofoten. Med essayistiske afsnit om havet, dets opståen, hvaler, fiskeri, videnskabsfolk og naturhistoriske emner Titel: Havbogen Genre: natur_videnskab_teknologi Sammendrag: To venner tager i en lille båd ud på de store dybder ved Lofoten for at forsøge at fange en grønlandshaj. Jagten bliver rammen om en mosaik af scener, essays og refleksioner om havet, dets geologi og biologi, om hvaler, fiskeri, videnskabsfolk og naturhistorie. Fortællingen bevæger sig mellem nutidige oplevelser på havet og historiske og mytiske skildringer af havet som kraft og livsgrundlag. Bogen kombinerer reportage, naturbeskrivelse og filosofiske overvejelser i en rapsodisk, humoristisk og eftertænksom form. Type: Paperback
The True Cost of Cheap Meat 2014 non-fiction book by Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott. It surveys the effects of industrial livestock production and industrial fish farming around the world. The book is the result of Lymbery's investigations for which he travelled the world over three years. Isabel Oakeshott is the political editor of The Sunday Times, Lymbery is CEO of Compassion in World Farming. The book was published by Bloomsbury. Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating - as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world. Farmageddon is a fascinating and terrifying investigative journey beh
