Joseph Scanlon and Anne Bayley are hearing lots of useful and inspirational information at the “International Greening Education” conference in Karlsruhe, Germany. A head zoologist from the local zoo gave a moving overview of the polar bear situation – will we let them go extinct in the wild as the sea ice melts? – or turn around our carbon-intensive economies to preserve the polar habitat? Compare the two pictures below (from her presentation) and see if you aren’t motivated!

Polar bear mother with 2 cubs


Starving polar bear