Biodiversity
Are sharks going extinct next?
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth 100 million sharks are killed by humans every single year Contrary to what famously terrifying movies like ‘Jaws’ would have […]
Tag: Environment
Energy
Clean Solar energy, brings light to Kenya’s villages
Marianne de Nazareth Head quartered in Nairobi, M-KOPA Solar has connected over 375,000 low-income homes to affordable , safe and clean energy in Africa […]
Biodiversity
What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots
Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, Salma Hegga The world may still argue about whether or not climate change is for real. But in vast expanses of […]
Sustainable Business
Rickshaw gets upgrade with hemp sidecar
Paul Icamina Filipino and South Korean scientists launched on 1 July a project for the development of a tricycle whose sidecars are made mostly […]
Biodiversity
Knowing our butterflies: The stunning yet common Blue Tiger
Marianne de Nazareth This species of butterfly migrates extensively during the monsoons in southern India and toxic compound from can cause heart attacks when ingested in large […]
Multimedia
65 years, a person spent restoring a Californian river
Learn more about the San Joaquin River and take action to restore its health at AmericanRivers.org At 85 years old, organic raisin farmer and […]
Biodiversity
UN report confirms corruption is biggest threat to ivory, as wildlife officials arrested across Africa and Asia
A new UN report has confirmed that corrupt officials are at the heart of wildlife crime in many parts of the world, rather than […]
Biodiversity
Rare sighting of Oriental Scops Owl in Mysore, India
MARIANNE DE NAZARETH Bangalore bird watcher Abhishek MB is all excited about his rare sighting of an Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) in Mysore […]
Environment
Protest against relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in Hasankeyf dam site
Activists are protesting against the relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in the historical city of Hasankeyf which is under the threat of the Ilisu Dam on the […]
Education
Self-sufficient Cities May Hold the Key to the Future
Juan Vargas The Pukika Experiment consists of building a self-sufficient city for 3 million people By the end of the century, we’ll need to […]
Sustainable Business
A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs
The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the […]
Climate
Ten years on: how Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth made its mark
John Cook But has the film achieved what it set out to do – raise public awareness and change people’s behaviour in order […]
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