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100-Year-Old Galápagos Tortoise Found on Fernandina Island is Indeed Member of Lost Species

[ad_1] Genetic testing has confirmed that a lone 100-year-old female giant tortoise found on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos is in fact the last known member of its species. Chelonoidis phantasticus, the Fernandina Giant Tortoise. View on Fernandina Island. CC license. Presumably extinct for 112 years, the Galapagos Conservation and the Galapagos National Park Directorate…

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Major Companies Sign ‘Radical’ Deal to Drastically Reduce Plastic Waste in Oceania by 2025

[ad_1] Major affiliates supplying supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand have come together and committed to addressing Oceania’s plastic waste crisis. Of the more than 60 companies that sign up, the top names include Woolworths, Coca-Cola and Nestlé, as well as various government departments. The ANZPAC Plastics Pact (ANZPAC) is a collaborative solution that brings…

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Manchester United Footballer Marcus Rashford Becomes Youngest-Ever Person to Top Sunday Times Giving List

[ad_1] Oleg Bkhambri, CC license Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has become the youngest person to top the Sunday Times donation list, a metric of philanthropy among wealthy Britons. Possessing a personal net worth of £ 16 million ($ 23 million), combining his own gifts and those inspired in response to various food assistance programs…

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Slowness is an Act of Resistance

[ad_1] May 25, 2021– “The four horsemen of my Apocalypse are called Efficiency, Convenience, Profitability and Security, and in their names crimes against poetry, pleasure, sociability and the very breadth of the world are committed, daily, every hour, constantly. These technophiles, advertisers and speculators employ marauding horsemen to assault the nameless pleasures and meanings that…