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ABOUT THE WRITER

David Charles is a freelance writer most often found in the United Kingdom (winter) or on the saddle of his bicycle (summer). Topics of particular interest include refugees, slow travel and trees. David is also co-writer of BBC Radio sitcom Foiled. You can read more at davidcharles.info

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The landscape of Table Mountain and Cape Town, where one of the first GLFx chapters has been established. Thomas Bennie, Unsplash

Introducing GLFx: the activist network for restoring landscapes

Around the world, local GLFx chapters are popping up of people dedicated to making their landscapes more sustainable. Meet them here

 
Wind turbines in a landscape near the Kenyan capital where the GLFx Nairobi chapter works. Courtesy of GLFx Nairobi

“We feel the government is missing an opportunity”

Chapter Profile: GLFx Nairobi

 
Martín Valerio, a local fisherman of Zapotitlán, surprised by a stingray jumping out of the water. Courtesy of GLFx Veracruz

“Nature conservation is inseparable from the wellbeing of local communities”

Chapter Profile: GLFx Veracruz

 
A view of the landscape surrounding Cape Town's Table Mountain. Courtesy of GLFx Lilongwe

“There’s so much need for restoration”

Chapter Profile: GLFx Cape Town

 
A close-up image of hyphae networks in a soil experiment at the University of British Columbia. Julia Maddison, Flickr

Can soil inoculation accelerate carbon sequestration in forests?

The newly popular field of soil microbiome restoration research offers hope for growing forests more quickly and with richer carbon storage.

 
How cryptocurrencies can help the planet. Courtesy of NASA

Can cryptocurrencies help the planet?

Cryptocurrencies can help reverse the economic inequalities and counter ecological degradation caused by conventional currencies

 
How cryptocurrencies can be climate conscious. Courtesy of Executium, Unsplash

Can cryptocurrency be climate conscious?

Bitcoin's value has been skyrocketing, but its mining energy comes at a climate cost. How can cryptocurrency be sustainable?

 
A visualization of carbon being added to the air by humans. Carbon visuals, Flickr

“Wartime” investment in carbon capture must start now, researchers say

What could wartime levels of emergency funding for carbon capture buy us in the fight against global warming - our "third world war"?

 
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5 books to raise your climate consciousness in 2021

Read up on this selection of books written by some of the greatest environmental writers to gain insight toward saving our climate.

 
A Kenyan farmer uses a mobile phone in the field. Neil Palmer, CIAT

Feeding the world byte by byte

CGIAR and big data “inspire” digital leadership in agriculture to fill the missing link between smart technology and food production

 
An Indonesian woman holds her harvest of cassava. Aris Sanjaya, CIFOR

Why was there no COVID-19 “food system collapse”?

Farmers step up to the challenge of accelerating the digitalization of global food systems amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

 
A relief worker distributes food in Bangkok in April 2020. Ploy Phutpheng, UN Women

How digital dynamism can transform post-COVID food systems

Big data experts ‘fall in love with the problem’ of reshaping food systems by exploring new technologies.

 
Building fire proves an essential skill for purifying water, cooking food and communicating with others. 정훈 서, Flickr

How to survive the Anthropocene

Far from creature comforts, a bushcraft course proves a trial in re-learning how to live off the Earth and re-appreciate time in nature.

 

Into the great unknown of terrestrial dark matter: fungi

We know little about some 94 percent of fungi species, which could hold answers for everything from needed medecines to better carbon sequestration.

 
New methods for using fire to clear land in Ghana are explained. Melle Meivogei, Form Ghana

In Ghana, reasons for updating – not outlawing – controlled burning

Responsible use of fire to clear land, known as controlled burning, incentivizes farmers keep forests in-tact while profiting from their lands.

 

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