Climate Change Education – Planet Savers HQ

🌍 What is the Mauna Loa Observatory? 🌋

24/11/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

Located high on the slopes of a Hawaiian volcano, the Mauna Loa Observatory has been measuring atmospheric CO₂ since 1958. Its remote location and stable air make it the gold standard for tracking global CO₂ levels. 📈 Why does this matter?CO₂ levels here show the rise in greenhouse gases driving climate change. The current carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory is approximately 423.71 ppm (parts per million) as of November 20, 2024. Scientists have stated that…

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What’s the problem with indoor air quality?

24/11/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

Linking back to our previous post on gas hobs, indoor air quality is something worth thinking about. In general, we spend approximately 90% of our time indoors, and indoor air quality can be five times worse than outdoors due to the concentration of pollutants. Indoor air pollution is made up of small particles like dust, dander, bacteria, and allergens that move around your home through the air. Cooking, smoking, bath and body products, candles, cleaning products, fireplaces and wood stoves,…

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What’s wrong with indoor gas cookers?

22/09/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

Gas cookers produce emissions that contribute to global warming and have been linked to respiratory problems and cardiovascular disease. More than 36 million people in the UK cook with gas appliances and may be exposed to levels of indoor air pollution that would violate UK outdoor air pollution regulations. Cooking with gas stoves produces nitrogen oxides, which have been linked to respiratory problems and cardiovascular disease. Evidence suggests that even when gas stoves are off, they leak methane, and when…

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Direct Air Carbon Capture

22/09/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

DACC is a process by which air is sucked in by large fans and directed through filters to remove the carbon dioxide contained within it. The removed carbon dioxide can then be stored and sold on for other purposes (e.g., to make fizzy drinks or pumped into greenhouses) or, alternatively, is pumped deep underground to be stored. It’s a three-step process Climeworks in Iceland has probably the most well-known DAC facilities (first Orca and now Mammoth), made up of modular…

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Sustainable Development Goals

22/05/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals??? The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They were created with the aim of “peace and prosperity for people and the planet…” They state that ending poverty and other deprivations goes alongside strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and increase economic growth – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests. The SDGs emphasize the interconnected environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainable…

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Being the Change

02/01/2024 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

The last book read and recommendation in 2023 – ‘Being the Change’ by American climate scientist Peter Kalmus. We were intrigued to read this book as we were already aware of Peter Kalmus’ exploits after he got arrested for participating in a climate change protest and his passionate speeches at such protests on the perils of climate breakdown. Also, this book is on the very topic we are trying to achieve – reducing our carbon emissions to as low as…

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Planetary Boundaries

04/11/2023 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

The planetary boundaries concept presents a set of nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come. These nine planetary boundaries were first proposed by former Stockholm Resilience Centre director Johan Rockström and a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists in 2009. Since then, their framework has been revised several times. The latest update in Sept’ 2023 not only quantified all boundaries, but it also concludes that six of the nine boundaries have…

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Climate Change Books for Kids

16/09/2023 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

We have taken the plunge and purchased a number of books to introduce the issue of climate change to our young children. We were a bit torn on this as ultimately there is not much they can do about it, that is up to us now and our generation to make the best of a bad situation. But, climate change and the climate crisis will only become more and more the focus of all our lives going forward, and it…

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Time for some Perspective

22/06/2023 planetsavershq Comments 0 Comment

Time for some perspective… Earth is estimated to be 4,500,000,000 (4.5 billion) years old. The first human like creatures appeared only circa 300,000 years ago. ⏳️ For the most part of our existence, humans have therefore been living through a world of deep ice ages and interglacial warmings, which has meant we lived largely nomadic lives, never settling in one place for too long. ? However, in just the last 10,000 years, Earth has entered into a remarkably stable period…

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