Not many people can say they planted an entire forest by themselves, but Jadav “Molai” Payeng is one of them. At 16, Payeng started planting seeds on a sandbar near his home in India. Now 47, his life’s work has grown into a thriving habitat for birds, rhinos, tigers, and even elephants. Incredibly, Payeng went about his work with such little fanfare that Indian officials didn’t even notice the forest until 2008.
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Ecocide As War Crime
When Myooze Polly Higgins describes ecocide, the destruction of ecosystems, as “the cutting edge of where law is going,” we pay attention. The Scottish-born lawyer and activist thinks it’s time for environmental lawyers to take their prosecutions to the next level, even comparing ecocide to a war crime. To learn more, check out the link below for a recent interview during her North American book tour.
42 days ago
Eco-Burials
Normally morbid thoughts aren’t our style, but MYOOZE and writer Lucy Siegle would like you to take a moment to think about death. Perhaps there are more environmentally friendly ways to dispose of our remains? “Death becomes us,” writes Siegle, but “embalming, plastic-handled coffins and hearses are not compulsory.”
73 days ago
MYOO Features
Surfing The Waves of Change
How a 21 year-old surfer became the banking world’s most unlikely watch dog. (more…)
64 days ago
David de Rothschild: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Presentation?
After a recent eco conference, MYOO Founder David investigates why we are less scared of modern threats like drastic climate change than we are of the dark.
182 days ago
MYOO Profiles
New Wave: Jim Moriarty
The CEO of Surfrider Foundation talks to MYOO about the relationship between surfers and the environment. (more…)
211 days ago
Doing More With Less: A Mushrooming Business
Meet the two men who are changing the shipping industry one mushroom at a time. (more…)
267 days ago
MYOO Galleries
Clouds
To some, all clouds look the same. Great fluffy things that stretch out across the sky for miles, but to others it’s the clouds that make the sky so interesting. Once you start to concentrate you realise a cloud can be many things. It’s a Lenticular, a Mammatus or a Cumulas. It’s long, it’s short, it’s high or it’s low. It’s as soft as a kitten, or as harsh as gravel. Some even make out shapes, faces or animals. Check out these images and tell us what you see!
268 days ago
Future Cities – the impact of climate change
Have you ever wondered what our cities will look like in years to come? And we’re not talking levitating vehicles and shiny silver cat suits. If some predictions for our planet’s climate materialize, we could be faced with a real-life water world, or rice fields lining the banks of the Thames.
470 days ago