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Amanda Burrell

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As seen in: Al Jazeera Media Network, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera English, HuffPost UK, QOSHE
Planet advocate. Environmental broadcaster. Award-winning Executive Producer. @AJearthrise #AJPlanetSOS
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Articles by Amanda Burrell

On Earth Day, remember the people defending the planet

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By Amanda Burrell
| Al Jazeera English Verified
On a January morning in 1969, an oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara blew out. Over three million gallons of crude oil spread across swathes of California coastline, darkening beaches and killing marine life. It was the largest oil spill the United States had ever seen. This catastrophe galvanised an environmental movement already gathering momentum around pesticides and pollution and helped spark the first Earth Day.
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Five films to watch on World Environment Day

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By Amanda Burrell
| Al Jazeera English Verified
On June 5, 1972, delegates from 114 countries gathered in Stockholm for a landmark United Nations conference, the first-ever to focus on the environment. Some key decisions were made there that firmly put the planet on the political agenda. Twenty-six principles on environmental protection and human rights were outlined in The Stockholm Declaration. Six months later, the UN Environmental Programme, or UNEP, was established.
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Five wildlife films to watch during lockdown

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By Amanda Burrell
| Al Jazeera English Verified
With human populations around the world being forced to take a back seat, emboldened animals are gliding through clear waterways, stepping out onto peaceful city streets and reclaiming deserted national parks. Animal sightings are drawing wonder on social media. A jellyfish floating along the canals of Venice, a civet cat sauntering along a zebra crossing in Kerala, a puma lying asleep in a tree in a back yard in Boulder, Colorado, and others scouting the streets of Santiago.
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Five environmental films to watch on Earth Day

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By Amanda Burrell
| Al Jazeera English Verified
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans rallied to demand protection for the environment. The hope is that, today, many more people around the world will mobilise for the cause, albeit while adhering to physical distancing and lockdown guidelines. With carbon emissions and global temperature records at an all-time high and wildfires, floods and other extreme events surging around the world, never has the need for climate action been more urgent.
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Motherhood on Ice

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By Amanda Burrell
| Al Jazeera English Verified
Al Jazeera's Amanda Burrell is in her 40s, childless and single. She would like to have children one day and is weighing up the available options. Among them is oocyte cryopreservation or, as it is more commonly referred to, freezing her eggs. The process, which involves collecting and then preserving a woman's eggs with a view to thawing them for use in IVF at a later date, is growing in popularity. But it can also be expensive, painful and physically and emotionally taxing.
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