Coal is the worst of all fossil fuels and we burn eight billion tons of it a year. First of all, what are fossil fuels? Fossil fuels are the natural sources for energy formed millions of years ago. These materials are non-renewable because it takes another hundreds of millions of years for these energy sources...
We all know the importance of drinking eight glasses of water every day but the benefits decrease when the water we drink comes from plastic. Most plastic water bottles contain harmful synthetic chemical compounds including Bisphenol A or BPA. More than 60 years since the industrial chemical was added to plastic, BPA has only recently...
Abuja, Nigeria: The African continent is regarded by many as the cradle of wildlife, and rightly so. From the most beautiful sunsets to powerful rainstorms, the continent is surrounded by the perfect meld of bushvelds, rivers, unspoilt beaches, wet coastlands and an amazing array of forests and animal safaris. In fact, the most popular images...
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Authors: Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide; Sean Connell, Professor, Ecology, University of Adelaide, and Zoe Doubleday, Research Fellow, University of South Australia Humans love optimism. It’s a no-brainer – optimism makes us feel good and wanting more. This attraction has deep neurological...
The team at sustainability and social purpose focused agency The Bravery have pulled together a line up of the best five Netflix docos to watch this Saturday night for Earth Hour. While we might usually opt for a trashy series on a Saturday night Netflix binge, this weekend we’re suggesting something a tad more educational. Why? Because on...
I have been itching to hit the beach as of late. The weather’s perfect and getting baked in my own room is not my idea of a perfect summer. Except that I’m not equipped to head to the beach and soak up some Vitamin D just yet. I need to have the essentials. One of...
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Author: Chris Smith, Research Fellow in Physical Climate Change, University of Leeds. Pupils in 60 countries go on strike from school on March 15, 2019, to demand urgent action from the world’s leaders on climate change. Here, a scientist answers teenagers’ questions about climate change,...
Over the course of human history, oil has always symbolized progress. From the story of Elisha and the widow of Zarephath in Biblical times down to modern usage, oil has somewhat always been used to characterize abundance and forward movement. Thus, you have expressions such as “oil of progress” and “good oil”. Generally, when we...
By Amanda Carr. Back in the day (we’re talking just a decade or so ago), wearing an organic cotton t-shirt was THE green fashion statement. Maybe, if you were lucky, you would get your hands on something made from hemp. Add a beanie and your reputation as a nature-lover was made for life. Anyone remember...
Several high-profile projects in recent years, such as Global Wind Atlas, seek to rank the wind power capacity of the world’s nations. It’s proven to be a tough thing to do, given how fast public policy can change and the frequency with which private and public investments move around in this fast-growing energy sector. Nevertheless,...
The increasing accessibility and desire to visit some of the most exotic places on the earth is a wonderful thing, to capture that photo on a mountain peak, lounge about on an isolated island, trek to Machu Picchu or take the family to Bali. The more exotic the better, but often the more exotic the...
Manila, Philippines: Just thinking about going anywhere in the Metro Manila area gives me a headache; imagining how to deal with the heat, getting enveloped in black exhaust smoke and feeling the dirt slapping me in the face when a car zooms past me – it all just turns me off. Sometimes when I give...