The Ecological Cost of Bolivia’s Wildfires
Photo: AP While much of the world’s attention has focused on the recent wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, blazes have also destroyed wide swaths of land in the neighboring country of Bolivia. Particularly hard hit is the area of Chiquitanía, which has seen nearly 40,000 fires that have razed 3,700…
The World’s Most Sustainable Building
In order to combat the increasing threat of climate change, certain companies have now begun to operate in more sustainable ways. Rhenus Netherlands has joined this cause and now owns the world’s most sustainable building, NewLogic III, in the Dutch city of Tilburg. The building received a score of 98.4%,…
Restaurant Nolla’s Efforts To Eliminate Waste
In a small-scale attempt to achieve zero waste, three chefs in Helsinki, Finland founded “Restaurant Nolla” in 2018, becoming the first to operate without any single-use plastics, trash cans, or vacuum-sealed food items. Other restaurants around the world are also working based off of a similar zero-waste model, including “Silo”…
Botanical Gardens in Ethiopia
Written by Ligia Clara Ethiopians have recently established botanical gardens to promote sustainability and conservation practices throughout their country. Gullele Botanic Garden was founded in Addis Ababa, the nation’s capital, in 2005, but it was not officially inaugurated until January of 2019. The 1,740-acre park, which citizens have referred to…
Algal Blooms Threaten Waterways Worldwide
By Nigel Jaffe Picture this: On beaches from Norway to Cancún, fish wash up in the millions. Huge groups of birds and marine animals go the way of the fish, bringing the coastal seafood industry to a halt. Shellfish populations, riddled with deadly biotoxins, become dangerous for humans to eat.…
Don’t Let Your iPhone Become Toxic “E-Waste”
What happens to the electronics you throw out when they stop working or you’re ready for an upgrade? While some get recycled into new products, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 50 million metric tons of discarded electronics, known as “e-waste,” end up in landfills worldwide every year.…
Instituto Terra’s Atlantic Forest Restoration Efforts
Instituto Terra is a non-profit environmental NGO founded in April 1998 to promote the sustainable development of Southeast Brazil’s Doce River Valley. Once a former cattle ranch marked by deforestation, significant erosion, and iron ore exploitation, it now more closely resembles its natural subtropical rainforest state as the institute's nursery…
Put More Climate Change Stories on TV
New research from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Deloitte has found that climate change is hardly referenced on TV. The academy analyzed 128,719 non-news programs from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Sky between September 2017 and September 2018, and ‘climate change’ is lagging far…
Net Zero for the UK by 2050?
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) released a report that said the United Kingdom (UK) can be net zero by 2050. Net zero means that carbon emissions are balanced with carbon removal. If the UK adopts this target, it will be the most ambitious emissions reduction goal set by a…
Protecting Bobcats in New Jersey
When considering the natural fauna of present day New Jersey it is difficult to perceive any kind of predatory animal that would be abundant. That is because many predatory animals have for the most part been pushed out of the state. Being the most densely populated state, New Jersey has…