New Zealand youth travel to the United Nations Environment Assembly to help the global effort to protect the environment. Meanwhile, major budget cuts back home show that the environment is not a priority for the New Zealand Government.
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Eleanor Parkes: Will the Real Environmental Heroes Please Stand Up
Two people are killed every week defending the environment. This number is rising. Today at the United Nations Environment Assembly we urged world leaders to take immediate action to reverse this devastating trend. To open the discussion we asked them to stand and acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice of these environmental defenders.
Eleanor Parkes: Trash Landing
How much waste does one person produce on an average international flight? Where does accountability lie for this waste? How can we get around strict government regulations for deplaned waste?