George Monbiot: We Can't Be Silent on Climate Change or the Unsustainability of Capitalist System This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: While Houston continues to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, we look at the media silence on the human contribution to it. The silence has been even more resounding on climate-related disasters in areas of the world where populations are more vulnerable, most recently on the devastating floods across the globe, from Niger to South Asia. AMY GOODMAN: Over the past month, more than 1,200 people have died in flooding in Bangladesh, Nepal and India. We go now to Oxford in Britain to speak to George Monbiot. George Monbiot, welcome back to Democracy Now! GEORGE MONBIOT: Well, because to ask those questions is to challenge everything. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Well, quite apart from the fact, George, that the issue of climate change is not mentioned in the media, as you write in your article, you also think that the term "climate change" is misleading, and the term that should be used is "climate breakdown."
Questions and answers: The Kumamoto earthquakes The series of huge earthquakes and aftershocks that have been rattling wide parts of Kumamoto and Oita prefectures since Thursday have raised fears that other regions in the nation might be struck by similar jolts in the near future. Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan: What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto? The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake is actually a series of quakes that are being caused by two plates slipping against each other along an active inland fault. It is the same type as the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 that hit Kobe and surrounding cities, killing over 6,000 people. In contrast, the Great East Japan Earthquake that hit the Tohoku region in 2011, was caused by accumulated stress resulting from one tectonic plate being forced underneath another, resulting in what is called a “megathrust quake.” What is unique about the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake? Why did we see such big quakes in relatively rapid succession? Experts are not sure.
Alison Teal's Powerful Message on Plastics | The Inertia Alison Teal, TV star and eco-adventurer filmmaker, recently traveled to Indonesia to work with the conservation group Orca365 and was stunned to see how the global plastic epidemic is impacting some of the world’s most naturally beautiful locales. “Growing up and working in places like Bali, the Maldives, Mexico, and Hawaii, I’ve watched plastic pollution plague these pristine places,” she told The Inertia. The short clip above is just a fraction of what Teal observed on her trip but it also proffers a few strategies that anyone and everyone can incorporate into their daily lives to wean off of single-use plastics. Advertisement This video file cannot be played. “While positive efforts are being made by organizations and local villagers, I am scared that our planet is close to being completely suffocated by plastic,” said Teal. “As plastic bags literally coated my face while swimming with the marine life, I gathered the bags and kept wrapping them around my waist,” said Teal.
Stronger Japan Earthquake Triggers Landslides and Collapses Homes Police officers investigate a house collapsed by an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan on April 16, 2016. Yusuke Ogata / Kyodo News via AP Rescue workers take care of an elderly woman suffering from shock after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake at the evacuation center at the Mashiki Town Gymnasium on April 16, 2016 in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan. Taro Karibe / Getty Images An evacuee cries as she talks on a mobile phone at a park in Kumamoto, southern Japan early on April 16, 2016 after an earthquake. Naoya Osato / Kyodo News via AP Evacuated residents gather at Shirakawa park after an earthquake in Kumamoto, southern Japan, on April 16, 2016. Kyodo News via Reuters 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Climate change environment environnement climatique climat Séquence en cours de construction... Séance 1 : Travailler le vocabulaire est le point de départ incontournable de ma séquence. Je me suis basé sur le vocabulaire proposé dans E For English 3ème, Didier pour reconstituer leur mindmap avec des activités orales dans un premier temps pour libérer la parole et découvrir les mots clés, puis inférentes - retrouver les titres des rubriques, par exemple. Voici mon PPT (sans la mindmap du livre page 36 ni les exos du workbook pages 30/31 proposés par E for English) : 1 voc environment Les exercices se déroulent en différentes étapes : Une phase individuelle pendant 15 min max. / Une mise en commun dans les îlots et passage du prof pour donner jusqu'à 4 points verts si tout est juste. HMW : Les exercices non finis sont donnés à faire à la maison. Séance 2 : 1. 2. Comparatifs climate change 3. Negative effects of climate change . 4. 5. HMW : Leçon à apprendre et applis pour réviser dispos sur le site (applis-3emes/environmental-issue.) Séance 3 : 1. 2. 3.
Stabilized amateur footage of the Kumamoto earthquake in Japan. On opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean, rescue workers are still searching for survivors of the earthquakes that shook Japan and Ecuador just days apart. The most recent death toll estimates have reached 41 in Japan, and 272 in Ecuador, where the force of the quake was significantly more powerful. Both tolls are expected to rise. The two earthquakes are both examples of tragic natural disasters that would be unspeakably terrifying to experience, but are difficult to comprehend from afar. Wallace & Gromit's creators make new animation to try to save the seas By Layal Liverpool Turtle Journey tells the tragic story of a turtle family travelling home through an ocean under growing pressure from climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling and overfishing. The short animation, which you can watch below, was produced by Aardman – the creators of Wallace & Gromit – and campaigners Greenpeace to highlight the plight of the world’s oceans. Climate change is already affecting the habitats of sea turtles. Changing ocean currents are damaging the coral reefs some turtles rely on to survive, while rising seas threaten to destroy their beach habitats. Plastic, which has been found in hundreds of marine species, poses another danger. Characters in the film are voiced by two Oscar-winning actors, Olivia Colman and Helen Mirren, alongside Bella Ramsey from Game of Thrones, David Harbour of Stranger Things, Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter and comedian Ahir Shah. More on these topics:
Cork's climate-rapping schoolkids go global as they feature on huge American site - Pupils at a small primary school near Bantry have gone global with their brilliant rap video on tackling climate change. The kids at Cappabue N.S. - a mixed, two-teacher school in the Shehy Mountains north of Bantry - made the video with the help of Cork producer Garry McCarthy of award-winning Cork City based music collective GMC Beats. The video, which was first featured on CorkBeo, has gotten such a reaction since appearing online that it is now getting attention in America. NowThis, a huge news site in New York with 14 million Facebook likes and 2.5 million Twitter followers, featured the videos on their social media channels. Over 900,000 people viewed the rapping clip with more than 15,000 clicking the like button on Facebook for the kids. Cappbue N.S. may be one of the smallest schools in Cork - but they have an amazing track record when it comes to making movies. Teacher Olive Creed says the kids were inspired by a project they did, looking at plastic waste in Bantry Bay.
'I found 300 Lego flippers on the beach' News BBC News Navigation Sections Previous Next Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Coronavirus: Fifty million plastic pieces sifted from beach in lockdown Video Coronavirus: Fifty million plastic pieces sifted from beach in lockdown Artist Rob Arnold is spending his lockdown sifting plastic from 40 sacks of litter from his local beach. Two vans loads were collected from Tregantle beach in Cornwall before the lockdown came into effect. He has removed items including 50 million plastic beads, 200 car tyre dust caps and 300 Lego flippers. Rob is using the material he's sifted to make artwork to raise awareness of environmental issues. Video journalist: Patrick Clahane. 10 May 2020 Go to next video: The artists painting front-line workers for free More On: Cornwall Video Top Stories More from BBC Reel Must See Most watched Why you can trust BBC News