Sustainability Archive

How Can Farmers Optimize Water Use Through Smart Irrigation Practices?

Water shortage is becoming a worldwide problem. The rising population means we need more food, so our farming needs to improve. One big issue for farmers is that they’ve got to use water wisely. But with smart irrigation practices, they could grow even more crops

How Effective Are Biodegradable Alternatives in Reducing Waste?

Biodegradable alternatives hold great potential in reducing our environmental impact and tackling the issue of waste.

1.6 Million People Live Next To The Most Polluting Incinerators In America

Since the 1880s, U.S. cities have been burning municipal solid waste as a means of getting rid of trash. Many incinerators operating now use the heat from burning trash to produce steam that can generate electricity. Advocates of these “waste-to-energy” plants say that it

Solving Hunger With Food Waste – The Robin Hood Army

The Robin Hood Army is a New Delhi, India, based organisation that works to get surplus food from restaurants and distribute it to hungry and less fortunate people of society. The organisation has over 9000 volunteers in 13 countries, in 41 cities, so far. The

Air Pollution: London’s Invisible Child Killer

802. The number of schools in London which exceed the legal air quality level in the UK. 40,000. The number of people whose deaths are directly attributed to air pollution each year in the UK. 5. The number of days into 2017 that one

How You Are Being Conned Into Doing Nothing For The Environment

Right at this very moment, you are doing nothing. You may be sitting, and you may be reading, and you may even be on public transport, but you are doing nothing. Nothing, in the sense that your actions right at this moment are doing

There’s Something Fishy Going On In Scotland…

Outrageous secret plans were leaked this week suggesting that Scotland is contemplating building the world’s largest salmon farm, caging two million fish. Sneaky Salmon Scotland’s Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has been quietly and mischievously humming and ahhing over a project that would see them

Is Ukraine On The Cusp Of Chernobyl 2.0?

As promising reports filter out of Ukraine that Chinese investors plan to invest $1bn in turning the radioactive wastelands of Chernobyl into a giant solar farm, the country comes to grips with a new environmental crisis. Crises at all levels, in all departments… Ukraine

A Message For 2016 And Beyond

Prince Ea, also known as Richard Williams, ups the ante set by his historical and viral videos of the past. He touched on humanity’s cost to ourselves and this planet before, but this time he really makes it clear: we, humans, are pushing the

Watch a citizen de-escalate a situation and get arrested as cops prepare to shoot

In the scene above, police were actively pursuing a driver fleeing at reasonably slow speeds. As the situation continues into more highly packed areas, an unknown citizen positioned himself in front of the car. Although described by the news commentator as a crazy person,