(63) Urbanization Causes and Impacts
Poor air and water quality, insufficient water availability, waste-disposal problems, and high energy consumption are exacerbated by the increasing population density and demands of urban environments. Strong city planning will be essential in managing these and other difficulties as the world’s urban areas swell. Currently, half of the total population of the world lives in […]
(62) Camera Shows Your Carbon Footprint
We know about CO2 emissions, but we’re blind to the problem. Not anymore! This camera calls out emissions EVERYWHERE that are driving climate disaster. Now that we can actually see the problem, will we finally see real change ? The effect is startling – far more pollution rising into the air than we ever actually […]
(61) Turning CO2 Into Rocks
In 2018, global carbon emissions reached a record high and the United Nations warned we could have just 12 years left to prevent the catastrophic effects of climate change. With time running short, some scientists have been working on other ways to mitigate global warming, including capturing carbon emissions from power plants and industrial processes, […]
(60) Affordable Housing By Plastic Waste
Growing awareness of PET environmental consequences is encouraging people to take action. Mexico’s Carlos González, CEO of EcoDom, is an example. His company, based in Xicotepec de Juárez, Puebla, turns plastic waste into construction materials to build affordable housing for low-income families. “Our goal is to deeply clean Mexico, and the world, of plastic by […]
(59) This 2-Acre Vertical Farm Produces More Than ‘Flat Farms’ That Are Using 720 Acres
Another massively successful vertical farming startup is pushing the future of farming towards the sky, literally and figuratively. From an ag-tech startup named Plenty, a two-acre indoor vertical farm produces yields that would normally require a 720-acre ‘flat farm’—and it can be done with 95% less water. The vision is truly one out of Star […]
(58) Five ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality
Before coronavirus, inequality was already increasing in many parts of the developing world. But the pandemic is going to greatly heighten existing economic and social inequalities. Here are five of the main ways inequality is heightening around the world.1. Access to Healthcare, The pandemic has highlighted inequalities in access to healthcare and health outcomes for […]
(57) Nobel Peace Prize: UN World Food Programme Wins for Efforts to Combat Hunger
The agency was given the prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. To receive this award is a recognition to the men and women at the World Food Programme who put their lives on the line every day for the struggling, suffering people around the world. So I hope this […]
(56) Blood Farms: Cruel Horse Hormone Scandal as Pregnant Mares’ Blood Is Injected Into Pigs and Other Animals
Thousands of pregnant horses are kept on blood farms for fertility product which is then sold to the vets and factory farmers to help increase production. Crammed into pens and repeatedly forced into pregnancy, these are the pitiful horses whose blood is extracted on horrific “vampire” farms to boost meat production. Tens of thousands of […]
(55) Which Country Has The Best Environmental Performance ?
The 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world. Using 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy […]
(54) How Does The COVID-19 Coronavirus Kill? What Happens When You Get Infected.
In severe cases, the viral infection moves from the nasal passage and throat to the lungs, where it can cause pneumonia and prove fatal. The coronavirus pandemic originated in China in late 2019 as a cluster of mysterious cases of pneumonia. The culprit was found to be a new type of virus, now called severe […]