Tim Bromfield 
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Tim Bromfield co-founded Atlantic Rising, a charity and schools network raising awareness about the effects of climate change on coastal communities around the Atlantic. Previously he worked as a management consultant and more recently in international development, managing projects in the field such as the Guardian newspaper's Katine project in Uganda.
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A hot topic for the classroom
Environmental education in Guinea Bissau 0
Posted 5 days, 10 hours agoIn Guinea Bissau, which ranks 10th from the bottom on the U.N.'s Human Development Index and where life expectancy is 47, there are perhaps more pressing concerns than educating people about climate change. However, the International Union for Conservation of Nature is doing just that.Rooting for the Sandicoly superheroes
Roll-up for the world’s largest mangrove planting project 1
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days agoEager to enter the pantheon of mangrove superheroes, we headed to the Saloum Delta in Senegal where the world's largest mangrove planting project is underway. Organized by local NGO, Oceanium, almost 30 million mangroves have been planted since June.Trouble with chicks
Where the Sahara meets the Atlantic 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week agoThe Banc d'Arguin, where the Sahara meets the Atlantic in Mauritania, is a staging post for over two million exhausted migratory birds from Europe and Siberia. This vital geographic point is threatened by climate change.A fishy business in Morocco
Sardines head south 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks agoEmile Azran stands in the sun in front of his sardine processing factory in Safi, Morocco, smoking a cigarette. Business is slow because it is the Eid holidays but soon he says the chimneys will be pumping at full steam again. The smell is putrid.
Sardines, once cheap foodstuff for the poor, have become a popular dish in Morocco. Mr. Azran’s factory, Almev, takes discarded sardine heads, tails and entrails from the canneries along the row at Safi and turns them into protein-rich animal feed. The flour-like substance is mixed with other feed and served up to contented chickens, turkeys,… Read More
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Mont St Michel -- flushing the meadows 0
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks agoMont St Michel is France's most popular tourist attraction outside Paris. Tourists flock to admire its ethereal beauty, shrouded in sea mist and cut off from the mainland by the sea. However, this Arthurian vision is threatened by the very industry that champions it.