Drizzle Environmental Society

Drizzle Environmental Society We are a non-profit organization on a mission to inspire youth to protect the planet.

We provide programs and initiatives in schools, in our communities and online that:

• Engage youth and inspire them to take positive action in their communities

• Increase knowledge of environmental issues that affect our planet and humanity's future; and

• Provide opportunities for youth to connect with nature.

🩸Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles ...
04/06/2022

🩸Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the people tested.

The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. The impact on health is as yet unknown. But researchers are concerned as microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory and air pollution particles are already known to enter the body and cause millions of early deaths a year.

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04/05/2022

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Echoes in Time 🌳Read more about how scientists are using tree rings to study what a warming planet may hold for life on ...
03/24/2022

Echoes in Time 🌳

Read more about how scientists are using tree rings to study what a warming planet may hold for life on earth.

Link in our bio

💚💚💚🌲Forest sustainable management and their use of resources are key to combating climate change, and to contributing to...
03/21/2022

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🌲Forest sustainable management and their use of resources are key to combating climate change, and to contributing to the prosperity and well-being of current and future generations.

🌳The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests.

The Scott Islands are among the biggest concern according to WWF Canada.Covering 11,546 square kilometres off north Vanc...
03/16/2022

The Scott Islands are among the biggest concern according to WWF Canada.

Covering 11,546 square kilometres off north Vancouver Island, the five Scott Islands are a key ecological breeding and nesting habitat for 40 per cent of the province’s seabirds, including 90 per cent of Canada’s tufted puffins and 95 per cent of Pacific Canada’s common murres.

The area is also teeming with whales and stellar sea lions — and along the major cruise-ship route to Alaska.

After being shut down for two years because of the pandemic, the route will be active this year, with the large passenger ships plying B.C. coastal waters from early April through to October. In Victoria, 350 ship calls are scheduled for vessels sailing to Alaska.

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/environmental-group-calls-for-tighter-rules-around-ship-dumping-5130593

🌎Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds...
03/14/2022

🌎Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2021, it fell on July 29.

🇨🇦🇺🇸If we all lived like Canadians and Americans, that day would be March 13th.

🌳The Amazon rainforest has become slower at recovering from longer periods of drought over the past two decades, damagin...
03/13/2022

🌳The Amazon rainforest has become slower at recovering from longer periods of drought over the past two decades, damaging its complex ecosystem and pushing the world's largest tropical forest nearer a possible tipping point, researchers said Monday.

A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that more than three-quarters of the rainforest has been losing its ability to recover from shocks, such as droughts and fires, and return to a healthy state.

Curbing rising Amazon deforestation is vital to preventing runaway climate change impacts because of the vast amount of planet-heating carbon dioxide absorbed by the forest's trees.

Read more: https://news.trust.org/item/20220304142606-tu4qb/

💧The United Nations has approved a landmark agreement to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty o...
03/03/2022

💧The United Nations has approved a landmark agreement to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty on Wednesday, describing it as the most significant green deal since the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Member states held talks for more than a week in Nairobi, Kenya, to agree the outline of a pact which would rein in soaring plastic pollution - an environmental crisis that extends from ocean trenches to mountain tops.

Government officials cheered and punched the air after the adoption of a resolution to create a legally binding plastic pollution treaty, which is due to be finalised by 2024.

"We're making history today and you should all be proud," said Espen Barth Eide, President of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA). "Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic. With today's resolution we are officially on track for a cure."

Wetlands: Earth’s climate super heroes ⭐️Teeming with different species, wetlands are a key ally in the fight to stop bi...
02/16/2022

Wetlands: Earth’s climate super heroes ⭐️

Teeming with different species, wetlands are a key ally in the fight to stop biodiversity loss.
Over 140,000 species, including 55 per cent of all fish, rely on freshwater habitats for their survival. Freshwater species are important to local ecosystems, provide sources of food and income to humans, and are key to flood and erosion control.

Despite this important contribution, wetland species are going extinct more rapidly than terrestrial or marine species, with almost a third of all freshwater biodiversity facing extinction.

Also inland wetland ecosystems absorb excess water and help prevent floods and drought, something critical to help communities adapt to a changing climate.

Though they cover only around 6 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, 40 per cent of all plant and animal species live or breed in them.

Wetlands are also vital for human wellbeing and security. More than a billion people across the world depend on them for their livelihoods, about one in eight people on Earth.

Read more about the importance of wetlands and what is being done to try to protect them here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1111052

“We are the only protected natural area in Mexico that was conceived from the bottom up”, says Pati: before submitting t...
02/11/2022

“We are the only protected natural area in Mexico that was conceived from the bottom up”, says Pati: before submitting this petition, 130 meetings were held with community members to obtain their consent and, when they all agreed, the official request was taken to the highest national level.

Source: UN

Read more about the accomplishments of Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo and the Sierra Gorda Ecological Group here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1111102

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