A recent study published by Plos One has found that the world is wasting a lot more food than previously thought. Previous estimates from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have shown an average per capita waste of 214 calories per day. The new findings show 527 calories perRead More →
Scotland is on track to reach 100% renewable energy target by the end of 2020. In 2016, the country closed down its last coal fired power plant. The plant once powered 25% of homes in the country and was once the largest coal plant in all of Europe. The majority ofRead More →
The company Watergen has created a system that creates drinking water from air. The technology extracts humidity from air in a machine resembling an air conditioner. The machine works by drawing in air, filtering it, going through a heat exchanger which extracts the water from air, and finally filtering theRead More →
The Youth Climate Strike is happening on Friday, September 20th. Events are planned throughout the United States throughout the week to demand transformative action to address climate change. Demands from the strike are a Green New Deal, respect of indigenous land and sovereignty, environmental justice, protection and restoration of biodiversity,Read More →
The Endangered Species Act was signed into law on December 28th, 1973 by president Richard Nixon. The act recognized the importance of nature and the increasing risk of many plant and animal species that were going extinct at that time. The Endangered Species act (ESA) was put into effect toRead More →
Today is Earth Overshoot Day. Each year the world reaches the point where we have used more resources than the earth can renew in a year. Since the 1970’s the date has become earlier and earlier each year. According to reporting by the United Nations Climate Change Committee, fossil fuelsRead More →