C Iorns
@IornsLaw
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Wellington, NZ, when I'm home!
Joined August 2011
Amazing session on the future of conservation for iucn. All brains were firing on all cylinders. (Even as we need new analogies for hi-tech futures.) worth a watch.
Featuring roundtable discussions on the future of #conservation, join us as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of IUCN. Join our live stream of the special event taking place tomorrow at the Castle of Fontainebleau. Details here: https://t.co/3FddLHTLzi
#IUCN75
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Iucn doing lots of great work on increasing and restoring nature. Every little bit helps.
How can we address the local and global impacts of cities on #nature? #NaturePositive approaches are key, our new Issues Brief explains. ➡️ https://t.co/6KUR9q3AxA
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To what extent are marine and coastal NbS part of national strategies to support #mitigation and #adaptation efforts? To support the #COP28 Global Stocktake, 148 NDCs were analysed, showing an increasing recognition of ocean potential.🌊 📈 Learn more: https://t.co/vOvslLsM7v
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We welcome the Civil Society Recommendations for the #OnePlanetPolarSummit. These perspectives will help ensure that the world conserves its glaciers and poles – key ecosystems at the forefront of #ClimateChange. Read them here: https://t.co/WbvHBeksQX
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A Sydney high school banned mobile phones. It had dramatic results
smh.com.au
Mobile phones go into a pouch that gets locked at the school gates at Davidson High School and related behavioural issues have dropped 90 per cent.
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“You’re on mute”: still said in every zoom and videoconference call 😂
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Do we blame an individual for their accident, or the political, social, or regulatory system that allowed it to happen? Interesting-sounding book! It Will Change How You Look at the World
treehugger.com
The Japanese word describes piling up books to save for later ... even if you'll never actually read them.
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BREAKING: A U.S. judge cancels all of Biden's oil and gas leasing sales in the Gulf covering 80 million acres after the President ignored climate risk in his decision. Huge. The kind of ruling courts make when not intimidated by the oil industry. https://t.co/a4pg3zHPLI
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🚨🐧 RED ALERT! 🐧🚨 The developers are lifting rocks off of the breakwater where kororā are still living & chicks may still be present! Please help us keep all eyes on Pūtiki #ProtectPūtiki
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Great new term "hyperloopism”: a new and unproven technology which nobody is sure will work, that probably isn't better or cheaper than the way things are done now, and is often counterproductive and used as an excuse to actually do nothing at all."
treehugger.com
Learn more about Virgin Hyperloop's pivot to freight, which the company says will build a cargo system to deliver freight at "the speed of flight and closer to the cost of trucking."
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What's wrong with Australian & NZ mortgages? They're fixed for shareholders, not home owners
theconversation.com
There’s no reason why Australian lenders couldn’t offer 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, as they do in the US. It could save borrowers thousands of dollars in interest a year.
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Useful!! Wearable air sampler detects personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 https://t.co/RxYTOnDETb
#Covid19 #Covid19nz
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Fascinating Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex attraction has a biological basis
theconversation.com
Evidence suggests the development of a person’s sexuality begins before they are born.
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Covid-19: Time for the control freaks to move aside. It’d be funny if not so tragic. https://t.co/tYM8PcLIW1.
#COVID19
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How much money is too much? The claims of money on the natural world:
newsroom.co.nz
Jack Santa Barbara weighs the value of natural capital against financial capital, and makes some suggestions on how we can avoid a 'Midas Touch on steroids'.
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Thousands of properties at risk of flooding or erosion due to sea level rise
stuff.co.nz
Parts of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula are likely to become unhabitable as the city council figures out how to adapt to sea level rise.
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Join the call on the @nzlabour Govt to support the regenerative farming revolution! https://t.co/nB7Ng8N0ah
#RegenerativeAgriculture #ClimateCrisis #NoMoreExcuses via @greenpeacenz
greenpeace.org
Get involved with Greenpeace to create a greener future. Make your voice heard today.
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PETITION: Save Te Waikoropupū Springs from synthetic nitrogen pollution! https://t.co/Vae5qBhAw2 via @PeoplePowerNZ
community.greenpeace.org.nz
Te Waikoropupū Springs are a national and international taonga (treasure). The springs have some of the clearest water ever measured on earth. That clarity is under threat from rising nitrate...
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