12 July 2011
The planet tends to bite back when man's pressure gets too much. Unsustainable behaviour is then often put into sharp focus. Kenyan asparagus, Vietnamese tuna and European dinner tables were just some of the victims of the transport chaos caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in April 2010, according to EEA ‘Signals’ 2011, a yearly story-based report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The eruption illustrated the connectivity between some of the key systems underpinning our globalised society, from trade to health and the environment. This connectivity, its benefits and drawbacks, are key themes of Signals 2011, which tells its stories through the real life experiences of people around the globe. The report uses case studies that range from a child miner in the Congo to the Bhuyan family – members of a forest-dwelling tribe from east India. The European Environment Agency (EEA) publishes Signals each year, providing snapshot stories on issues of interest to the environmental policy debate and the wider public in the coming year.
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