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Slovenia adds water to constitution as fundamental right for all
Slovenia has amended its constitution to make access to drinkable water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop it being commercialised. With 64 votes in favour and none against, the 90-seat parliament added an article to the EU country’s constitution saying “everyone has the Read More...
Scotland wants to introduce a law that will mean no one goes hungry again
The Scottish Government is considering enshrining a ‘right to food’ in Scots law. It is one of a number of recommendations being looked at following the publication of a report by the Independent Working Group on Food Poverty earlier this year. The group said that while enshrining Read More...
Morocco lights the way for Africa on renewable energy
As the host of this year’s COP22 climate change conference in Marrakech, Morocco has been keen to demonstrate its green credentials and make this COP the “African COP”. In the past year, Morocco has banned the use of plastic bags, launched new plans for extending the urban tram Read More...
From train to car, a Finnish app to guide citizen’s travel plans
Helsinki, on the southern shore of Finland, has a regional population of 1.2 million. Its transportation options include buses, trams, and a metro, not to mention bike rentals in the summertime—yet plenty of people still use cars. To encourage more of those drivers to use public Read More...
Want To Detox Your Home? Throw Out These Things Right Now
It wasn't until I became a mother that I realized many objects in our homes are made from petroleum and other harsh chemicals. Then, I learned that these chemicals can contaminate our air and even act as neurotoxins, reproductive toxins, developmental toxins, and endocrine disruptors in the body. Read More...
16 more tips for living without plastic
Plastic-free living requires careful and conscientious consumer choices. Here are more ideas to help you along the journey. 1. Burn beeswax or other natural candles to scent your home, instead of air fresheners. Just make sure to avoid palm oil in the ingredient list. 2. Choose kids’ toys Read More...
Study shows LED lights attract far fewer bugs than other lights
Here’s another reason why you should replace the traditional filament lamps in your home with LED lights. In a new study, researchers found that LED lights are much less attractive to nuisance insects such as biting midges than filament lamps. In fact, the results showed that LEDs attracted four Read More...
First electricity from tidal energy farm reaches mainland Scotland
For the first time, Scotland’s mainland has received electricity from tidal power. Scotland is currently developing the world’s first large-scale tidal energy farm, with plans to deploy up to 269 turbines that will generate around 400MW of electricity. That’s enough to power hundreds of Read More...
Amsterdam has plans to turn its city center into an environmentalist's paradise
Amsterdam’s city center is always crowded with tourists and traffic, but that may all change in the coming years. Architecture firm HofmanDujardin recently unveiled a new project that will decentralize the area and repurpose routes currently used solely by cars into green, pedestrian-friendly Read More...
China is taking climate change and air pollution seriously
China is stepping up its efforts to crackdown on pollution as public anger continues to grow over damaging smog levels and environmental degradation. After inspections revealed that provinces are doing too little to implement pollution control efforts, the country is holding factories and other Read More...