Photo by crustmania via Wikimedia Commons (CC by 2.0) Article by Tik Root and Harry Stevens, Washington Post On Tuesday, more than 100 countries signed on to an ambitious plan to halt deforestation by 2030 and pledged billions of dollars to the effort. Although world leaders lauded...
Photo: A Child Explores "Recycling Labyrinth" Art Installation at U.N. Office Geneva, via Global Citizen Article by Helen Lock, Global Citizen You never know what is going to be the spark for the next budding activist to take a stand. In the case of 9-year-old Lizzie A. (her...
Photo via Intelligent Living Article by Andrea D. Steffen, Intelligent Living A couple of people can literally make a whole forest of a difference! That’s what renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado have proven. With the help of many, they planted 2.7...
Image by Mr.TinDC from Flickr Article by Andy Corbley, Good News Network The small country of Lithuania is making big strides towards creating a seamless circular economy where each and every water bottle and aluminum tuna can is recycled and turned into an identical successor. And, in two years...
Image by Brewbooks from Flickr Article by Andy Corbley, Good News Network An increase in the sale and use of electric vehicles (EVs) is vital for many governments to reach their stated CO2 reduction targets, however if special regard is not quickly given to advancing the technology in...
Photo by Masis Dzuk via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Article by Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times California’s severe drought has probably made a lot of us more aware of our water footprint, which is the amount of fresh water we use plus the amount used for the goods...
Photo courtesy of AFP Photo/STR Article via Agence France-Presse (AFP) China will ban plastic bags in major cities and single-use straws from restaurants by the end of this year in a bid to cut down on waste. The country is one of the world's biggest users of plastic,...
Image courtesy of PxFuel (CC0) Article via Associated Press Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minster warning on Monday that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin...
Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Article by Christine Fisher, EnGadget Electric vehicles will play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but they are not yet a perfect solution. Today, most EVs run on lithium-ion batteries made with heavy metals like...
Image courtesy of Omoeko Media via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Article by Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa The funding pitch for off-grid energy companies across Africa can be boiled down to one poignant statistic: the continent is home to world’s slowest electrification rate. The problem is most significant in...