* Newspapers *

1. Bioplastics and the Truth About Biodegradable Plastic

- growing industry for bioplastics with a more eco-conscious customer base

- classification: bioplastics include: durable and biodegradable products

- problems with biodegradable products:

+ in most cases biodegradable bioplastics will only break down in a high-temperature industrial composting
facility, not your average household compost bin. (worsened by lack in proper composting facilities)

+ intricacy of manufacturing -> nonsensical to be so readily disposed.

+ not enough land for bioplastic feedstocks (which can have a significant water footprint, deforestation)

- durable products: more eco-friendly

+ not have to build materials from scratch

+ in the production cycle longer

-> still need to cut demand for plastics

+ pressure govs

+ education

2. Who Is Responsible For Climate Change?

QUESTION 1 OF 3: WHICH COUNTRIES EMIT THE MOST CARBON DIOXIDE TODAY?

- In 2017, humans emitted about 36 billion tons of CO₂. Together, this is more than half of the world's CO₂
emissions.

- More than 50% came from Asia.

- China is by far the world's largest emitter with 10 billion tons of CO₂ every year, or 27% of global emissions. 
QUESTION 2 OF 3: WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE EMITTED THE MOST IN TOTAL?
- The US is responsible for 25% of the world's historical emissions emitting 400 billion tons,
mostly in the 20ᵗʰ century.
- 2nd place is the EU.
- The UK is responsible for one percent of annual global emissions but takes five percent of the historical
responsibility.
QUESTION 3 OF 3: WHICH COUNTRIES EMIT THE MOST CARBON DIOXIDE PER PERSON?
-The countries with the largest CO₂ emissions per person are some of the world's major oil and gas producers. In 2017,
Qatar had the highest emissions at a hefty 49 tons per person, followed by Trinidad and Tobago, Kuwait, the United
Arab Emirates, Brunei, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.
- Australians have one of the highest carbon footprints per person: 17 tons a year.
- China may be the world's largest emitter, but it's also the world's most populous country with over 1.4 billion
people, 18.5% of the world population. Per person, it's above average at seven tons.
QUESTION 4... OF 3: SO WHO SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY?
- Many of today's richest countries are in a convenient position.
- For one, the richest countries have the resources. We need low-carbon technology to be cheap and available.
- If the rich countries of the West decide to seriously tackle rapid climate change, the rest of the world would follow,
because it has no choice.
- Climate change is a global problem, and no country alone can fix it.

3. Tech-free dinners and no smartphones past 10 pm — how Steve Jobs, Bill

Gates and Mark Cuban limited their kids’ screen time.
- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, tech billionaire Mark Cuban and Reddit co-
founder Alexis Ohanian.

- Jobs:

+ real discussions about books, history,…

+ no electronics. Kids not addicted at all.

- Gates:

+ no cell phones until teen.

+ limit screen time for his youngest.

- Mark Cuban:

+ electronic curfew.

+ even when allow: installed Cisco routers (management software -> what apps used so I can shut off their
phone activity).

+ pay son to not watch Minecraft videos

- Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

+ hope child gets time with her thoughts and her toys. -> regulate pretty heavily

- Apple CEO Tim Cook (nephew): not allow them on a social network.

- onto something as electronics can hamper a child’s activity.

4. This 5-minute workout will tone and tighten your butt

- Gluteal amnesia and "dead butt syndrome" are both terms used to describe what happens when your glute
muscles forget how to activate and therefore your hips, low back and legs take the brunt of your movements
that require your butt for proper form.
a. Backward lunge with lift

- works the standing leg's glute as you lift the other leg up into a lifted position and work that leg's glute. ->
strength

b. Side lunge with lift

- works the entire glute and especially the gluteus medius in the side lift. The standing leg has to balance and
stabilize throughout the movement, so the glutes and quads are engaged throughout the exercise.

c. Curtsy lunge

- The outer glute of the stationary leg really works during the movement of this exercise to give the glutes a
well-rounded definition.

d. Wide leg squat

- The inner thighs are recruited for this exercise, and the added squeeze at the top of the squat strengthens the
glutes more than a traditional squat.

e. Standing kickbacks

- Balance is required for this exercise, and the stabilizing muscles around the glutes are also engaging to
make this movement seamless. If balance is challenging at first, you can place your hand on a chair or
countertop to assist.

5. Corona Virus – 100 days that changed the world

- At 1.38pm on 31 December, a Chinese government website announced the detection of a “pneumonia of
unknown cause” in the area surrounding the South China seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, an industrial
city of 11 million people.

- Over the next 100 days, the virus would freeze international travel, extinguish economic activity and
confine half of humanity to their homes, infecting more than a million people and counting. By the middle of
April, more than 75,000 would be dead.

- Progression of the Virus:

- 1/1: thought to originate from the Wuhan sea food market.

- 9/1: new coronavirus identified.

- 13/1: Thailand reports its first case. If several days go by without any new cases -> free of the virus

- 20/1: human-to-human transmission confirmed: two cases in Guangdong province with no connection to
Wuhan.

- 24/1: Virus arrives in Europe

- 31/1: The novel virus passes the milestone compared to Sars on Brexit day
- 4/2: First death outside China (Philippines)

- 19/2: Cases at a south Korea church -> new wave

- 25/2: virus takes on its global trip. Cases confirmed outside China outnumbered those inside.

- 6/3: Italy in crisis as UK records its first death.

- 11/3: Covid 19 declared a global pandemic. Britain still resisting the shutdown adopted in Europe.

- 17/3: Massive shutdowns around the world. Government figures contracted the virus.

- 23/3: Britain issues lockdown order

- 2/4: Cases passed 1 million. British PM sick. Indian case recorded in the a populous area of the country.

- 8/4: China first day 0 deaths, opening cities. Countries still adopting strict measures. Further complications
unknown.

6. The permafrost pandemic: could the melting Arctic release a deadly

disease?
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