This discussion could span a broad set of categories. You can post about politics, scientific research, pop culture, habitat restoration, non-profit initiatives--basically any recent update about a development within the environment or in our interactions with it. Going forward, we can create more specific discussions to focus our conversation, but I thought that a general discussion would be a good starting point.
As a small news update, one non-profit organization that I follow is "The Ocean Cleanup." They are developing a series of technological innovations to gather and clean plastic waste from our waters, with the ultimate goal of eliminating 90% of the ocean's plastic. This past month, they have made a YouTube video showing how they've transformed some of their gathered waste into a "plastic granulate," which they plan to recycle into new products. Here's the link to the post. (If you want to skip to watch the actual conversion process, you can start around the 4:00 mark.)
The Ocean Cleanup Project: https://www.facebook.com/TheOceanCleanup/posts/3437883452911345
If you have any of your own news updates to post, whatever field it may come from, I'll look forward to seeing them!