@Educate_Explore

What: Sustainability. Climate Change. Biodiversity. Ecosystems. Education. Who: Sci & Tech nerd. Gardener. Musician. Seinfeldologist.

 Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2012
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The complex and dynamic links between #climatechange & health make adaptation challenging & requires close partnerships b/w health officials within and outside the health sector. Find out more in @GovCanHealth’s new report: bit.ly/3gaDaDf #ChangingClimate @ICLEI_Canada
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Always a bitter sweet feeling to close up the garden at the end of the season. Planted the garlic and harvested the last of the veggies. Eventually I'll get around to building those cold frames to extend the season. #backyardgarden #GrowYourOwnFood #foodgarden #gardening
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UNESCO
@UNESCO13 Oct 2020
Nature holds the solutions for many of our problems. Healthy ecosystems can serve as natural infrastructure to prevent hazards or buffer people from impacts. Let's put nature & #biodiversity at the 💚 of global action: on.unesco.org/DRR2020 #ItsAllAboutGovernance #ForNature
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Before #COVID19 only a third of 1⃣1⃣3⃣ countries were on track to achieve their national target🎯 to integrate 🍃biodiversity into national planning. #GlobalGoals #SDG15
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Call for proposals: develop an inventory of adaptation indicators for pan-Canadian reporting on climate change adaptation, and develop a report on best practices for adopting adaptation indicators. ccme.ca/en/whats_new/article… #ClimateChange #adaptation #canada
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7⃣4⃣ % of the poor are directly affected by land degradation 🌎globally. UNDP Mexico is promoting🔛 agroecological practices and sustainable use of terrestrial 🌿ecosystem #fornature. Read🧐 and register✍️ your #SDGactions 👉sustainabledevelopment.un.or…
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Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study theguardian.com/environment/…

Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study

Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland

theguardian.com
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If we want to change the world, we need to change our behaviour and give food the value it deserves. You can help #StopTheWaste: 🔗bit.ly/StopTheWaste2020 v @WFP
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🌊The High-Level Dialogue on “Biodiversity: The Ocean’s Role” is 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝟎𝟖𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐒𝐓 ⚠️Don’t miss out and 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞👇👇👇bit.ly/OceansRoleRegister
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Encouraging actions have been taken around the 🌎world to tackle 🍃biodiversity loss. UNDP Colombia is aiming to improve 🔁connectivity and biodiversity conservation🌿🌱🌳 #ForNature #UNGA Biodiversity Summit📣calls for action #ForNature ➡️un.org/pga/74/united-nations…
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More than 1 million species are at risk of extinction and two billion hectares of land are currently degraded. @UNEP's @andersen_inger explains why protecting nature protects us. #SDGLive un.org/sdgmediazone
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#CalvinandHobbes
Seed saving my beefsteak tomato seeds. One tomato will be enough for the next 5 years. #forthefuture #seedsaving #seeds #GrowYourOwnFood #gardening
Forests Ontario and Forest Recovery Canada have 16 years of experience building and administering Canada’s largest afforestation program, the 50 Million Tree Program, and are excited to share more of our experience and knowledge to support the #2BillionTreeProgram!
Catherine McKenna
@cathmckenna23 Sep 2020
The Government will use nature-based solutions to fight climate change, including by planting two billion trees. #ThroneSpeech2020
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Forests are the lungs of the planet. They provide countless ecosystem services which all life depends. Join in the #generationrestoration to help bring back forests.
UN Environment Programme
@UNEP23 Sep 2020
4.7 million hectares of forests are lost every year. That’s an area larger than Denmark. It’s up to all of us to protect & restore our precious forests. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration will start in 2021, join #GenerationRestoration: bit.ly/333EMYF
🌊“Towards and Action-Oriented UN Ocean Conference” session is LIVE ‼️ #SDGBizForum @ThomsonFiji Let’s follow together here 👇👇 registration.unglobalcompact…
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COP26
@COP2622 Sep 2020
"We're at a critical moment, the clock is ticking on climate action" Watch a clip from #COP26 President @AlokSharma_RDG's virtual address at last night's #RaceToZero event 👇 #COP26Action | #ClimateWeekNYC
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🌊Marine biodiversity is critical to the health of people and our planet🌎 🙌Join on 📆30 September @ThomsonFiji in a High-Level Dialogue on “Biodiversity: The Ocean’s Role” Register here👉 bit.ly/OceansRoleRegister For more info👉 sdgs.un.org/events/biodivers…
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The 5 global megatrends of our time are all human-made. Which means that we have the power to change them! The new #UNEconomists report for #UN75 calls for a radical change in policymaking to put the world on a sustainable path. Read it here: bit.ly/UNmegatrends
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#COVID19 pandemic has further highlighted the importance of the relationship between people👫& nature🌳 #GBO5 demonstrates the close links🔁 &dependencies between meeting objectives for nature🌱 climate change🌎 and other components of sustainable development❗️#Biodiversity2020
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