Refugees from the Middle East and Africa leave a lot of trash behind. Volunteers in Greece have figured out ways to upcycle some of the most common items.
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Global Food Waste On The UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda
The most recent versions of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals include cutting global food waste in half by 2030. Can we do this?
The Waste Biz: African Entrepreneurs Turning Human Waste Into Fuel
Entrepreneurs in Africa are addressing sanitation needs by collecting human waste and turning it into energy and other necessary products.
15 Things You Can Do with Used Tea Bags
Don’t toss those used tea bags after making your tea – there are all sorts of things you can do with them! From cleaning to freshening your breath…
1 Billion Pounds of Electronic Waste: a Recycling Milestone for Best Buy
Techie retail giant Best Buy celebrates the collection of 1 billion pounds of electronic waste through its free in-store drop-off program.
Coffee Processing Wastewater: a Great Source of Energy
Cleaning up wastewater from coffee processing not only prevents water pollution, but also creates biogas that would otherwise be emitted as methane.
How to Build a Keyhole Garden
Want to maximize your gardening space with a raised bed? Consider a keyhole garden. This African-style kitchen garden puts everything you need for successful vegetable gardening right in front of you.
World Wind Power Poised to Bounce Back after Slowing in 2013
New data from the Global Wind Energy Council show that wind developers built 35,000 megawatts of new generating capacity worldwide in 2013.
Expanding Dust Bowls Worsening Food Prospects in China and Africa
When most people hear the term “dust bowl,” they think of the American heartland in the 1930s, when a homesteading wheat bonanza led to the plowing up of the Great Plains’ native grassland, culminating in the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Unfortunately, this phenomenon isn’t just relics of the past.
Pay as You Go Solar: Off-Grid Power for the Developing World
Think “pay as you go” models only work for cell phones? Think again: social enterprise Eight19 has applied this model to solar panels for residents of the developing world.
Aflatoxin: A Toxic Potential of Climate Change
One of the most toxic and carcinogenic threats in the human food supply is a natural chemical called “aflatoxin”; the chance that it will contaminate a crop is enhanced by drought and/or insect damage – both conditions expected to be more common with the onset of climate change.
We Are Losing the Most Vital Commodity of All: Farmland
With each passing year, we learn more and more about our impact on the environment and the depletion of many of our vital resources. As we learn more, individuals are looking to do what they can to reduce their impact and lessen their burden on our planet.
5 Successful Reforestation Projects
Between the Arab Spring, the weird weather, and, well, the Casey Anthony trial, you may have missed the fact that 2011 was proclaimed “The International Year of Forests” by the [ … ]