Global and Health Briefs Archives — Page 27 of 38 — Natural Awakenings

Global Briefs

Tobacco Industry is Big Plastic Polluter

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The once-common sight of public smoking is fast disappearing from society, but cigarette butts are still the most common source [&hellip

Global Briefs

United Nations to Better Represent Indigenous Peoples

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) called on governments, courts and UN agencies to implement mechanisms to support and [&hellip

Global Briefs

Brazilian Atlantic Forest Faces Danger

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The enormous green blob of Amazon rainforest that dominates Brazil’s interior known as the “lungs of the world” has become [&hellip

Global Briefs

Abandoned Farmland Regeneration Can Mitigate Climate Change

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A new study, “Rural Land Abandonment Is Too Ephemeral to Provide Major Benefits for Biodiversity and Climate,” from the Princeton [&hellip

Global Briefs

Fashion Industry Sustainability Campaigns Fall Short

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The Changing Markets Foundation, founded in 2015 and based in the Netherlands, discovered that environmental certification programs claiming to verify the [&hellip

Health Briefs

Follow a Mediterranean Diet to Tackle Depression

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Depression has risen during the pandemic among people ages 18 to 24. A recent Rutgers University survey found that half [&hellip

Health Briefs

Avoid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs to Lower Long-Term Pain Risk

July 21st, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Taking anti-inflammatory drugs for pain relief can actually lead to chronic long-term pain, say researchers from Canada’s McGill University in [&hellip