Fire-resistant coconut husks to save trees worldwide?
It is always saddening to hear about the number of trees being cut down every year. According to research published in Nature, 1.5 billion trees are chopped down every year, and approximately 46% of…
Canada to ban single-use plastic items by the end of 2021
Canada is working to achieve zero plastic-waste by 2030! As a step towards success, the country's Environment and Climate Change Minister announced in October 2020 that single-use packages/objects…
How one beach clean-up in Versova is saving the world
Versova Beach was once considered one of the dirtiest beaches in India. That was before Afroz Shah stepped onto the beach in 2015, with the intention of cleaning it. It all started with a weekly…
Algae facade system innovation
In 2013, the world's first bio-reactive facade generating renewable energy from algal biomass and solar thermal heat was installed in Hambourg (Germany). The integrated system developed…
Pointless Emails
Saving and receiving emails is never going to constitute the largest part of our carbon footprint. But it's important to remember that sending an email requires energy: 0.3g of CO2 for a spam email,…
Hawaii’s sunscreen ban in effect
Since January 1st, 2021, the sale of sunscreen containing the coral-harming chemicals Oxybenzone and Octinoxate is banned in Hawaii - the first state in the US to take such action! Although this…
EU Plastic Waste Ban
In 2019 and 2020, it made the news that many developed countries such as the US or the UK used developing countries as a dumping ground for their plastic waste. In May 2020, Greenpeace published a…