Environment
🇮🇹 Connected hubs fight food waste in Italy
A project in the city of Milan combat food waste and redistribute excess resources with innovative connected hubs.
🌊 Huge success for Ocean Cleanup Project
The tests of the Ocean Cleanup’s newest and largest system turns out successful and hauls in a massive amount of plastic.
🧬 RNA could replace pesticides
By using RNA to knock out genes in leaf mold, it is possible to get cheaper and more environmentally friendly control of potato leaf mold.
💬 Why we need a new kind of environmental movement
A new movement is needed for all of us who, on a scientific basis, take climate change very seriously but are tired of fear-mongering columns, shame, and doomsday prophecies.
🪑 Danish designer seizes potential in seagrass
These sleek pieces of furniture are, for the most part, made from seagrass.
🏭 76% of all planned coal-fired power plants stopped since 2015
Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, 76 percent of all planned coal-fired power plants have been stopped, a recent report reveals.
🌊 Replanted seagrass restores the ocean
Virginia’s coastal waters are vibrant and have a healthy ecosystem once again, all thanks to the world’s largest seagrass restoration project.
⏳ The ban on freons gives us more time to deal with climate change
A ban on freons has both reduced the hole in the ozone layer and protected vegetation so that it could bind more carbon dioxide.
🚞 This company plants a tree for every train ticket sold
For every train ticket sold through their app or website, this company plants a tree in the UK.