SEBASTIAO SALGADO RECEIVES THE PRAEMIUM IMPERIAL AWARD

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Have you heard that the world- renowned photographer, Sebastiao Salgado has just received the Praemium Imperial Award? This is Japan's highest Art Price (Sometimes referred to as the "Nobel Prize of the Arts")

Photo by Dollar Gill on Unsplash

ARE NATIONS LOBBYING TO CHANGE CLIMATE REPORTS?

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You might be shocked (although probably not 100% surprised) to read this article. There's so much focus on what we, the individuals, can do to help the environment, that we might overlook that unless politicians and industry leaders change their outloook, it may all be for nothing. We can only hope that environmental issues become vote changing policy (like in Germany in the last elections), so that this issue is seriously addressed.

Click on the image to read the article

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

THE TIME MAGAZINE AND ITS EYE- OPENER COVER

 Good morning, everyone!

Have you seen the cover of the TIME magazine for its April issue? it is a picture of a sculpture made of 50.000 green- tipped matchsticks that represent the world.

Once this sculpture was made, the artist Red Hong Yi and her team set the whole thing on fire, in an attempt to show how the global climate crisis touches all of us, regardless of where we live.

Check out this article for more info on this cover (click on the image below): 

DIGITAL LIFE

 Hi everyone!

Here's a video that shows how the way we do things has changed in the digital world we live in. Amazing!

Hope you like it! 

Cheers

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

 Hi!

Are you ready for exponential change? Here's a video that will make you think about our life in the present and future. Quite inspiring!

And in case you are interested in this topic, here is yet another short but clever video on the topic.

Hope you enjoy watching it:

FLIGHT ON MARS?

 PHOTO: @ Nicolás Lobos

Speaking of technology, today marked the first flight on another planet! Read about it (and see a short video) here:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/19/world/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-first-flight-scn-trnd/index.html

What are your thoughts on space exploration? Life on Mars?

BEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAY

Each day, The Guardian's picture editors bring you the best in news photography from around the world. 

Every photo includes information about the location, a caption and the name of the photographer. They're both interesting to look at and great material for warm-up activities or conversation classes with more advanced students.

Hope you enjoy them!