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October 11, 2016 Renewable Energy

Wind Trees: The wind turbines that are flourishing in the cities of France

Inspired by Mother Nature, the Wind Tree is an innovative wind turbine worthy to be referred to as a sculpture. Aesthetically impressive, surprisingly quiet and not really cumbersome, it is a wind turbine Made in France that can collect even simple wisps of air to produce electricity. The idea of creating the Wind Tree sprung… Read more

October 11, 2016 Renewable Energy

George in South Africa: Continent’s first solar-powered airport

This is unprecedented in Africa! South Africa has just opened its first airport powered by solar energy. The George airport is an infrastructure with 3,000 solar panels on a surface of 200 m2. Read more

October 10, 2016 Collaborative Economy

Local initiatives promote rural development and poverty reduction in India

A cooperative encourages rural development and poverty reduction in India through local initiatives whose goal is to empower women and youth living in rural areas. This broadly the objective of SEWA (Self Employed Women Association) based in the western state of Gujarat. Read more

October 6, 2016 Innovation

Iceland: A student invents a 100% biodegradable bottle

If we take the trouble to go further than the simple prototype, this is undoubtedly a good news for the planet. An Icelander has presented an invention at a design festival in March 2016. The bottle is completely biodegradable and loses its strength when it is empty. Read more

October 6, 2016 Environment

Dear Mr President, thank you

In one month, President Barack Obama will leave the White House, but with several good deeds under his belt — one of them being the establishment of the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean. As reported by National Geographic, “under authority of the Antiquities Act, President Obama set aside 4,900 square miles of… Read more

October 5, 2016 Environment

Green lanes in Montreal provide free food to inhabitants

In Montreal, Quebec, volunteers are working towards edible streets. Now, residents can consume fruits and vegetables freely that grow almost in front of their doors. Read more

October 5, 2016 Renewable Energy

Ile de France: Geothermal Energy Heats More Than 150,000 Homes

It is stored underneath our steps. Naturally generated and stored within the Earth itself, geothermal energy is an extremely precious resource. The department of Val de Marnes in the region of Ile de France in France has pioneered by capitalizing on it. Today, geothermal energy is providing heat at a cheaper rate to more than 150,000… Read more

October 4, 2016 Renewable Energy

World’s largest wind farm off UK coast

While the Hornsea One project to equip the UK’s largest ever created wind farm is still in progress, the country of Her Majesty approved the second phase. At the end of the day, some 600 wind turbines will be located off Britain’s coast. The British government may proceed more calmly to the closure of its… Read more

October 3, 2016 Environment

Bikin: A Russian Amazon To Save The Amur Tiger

Majestic yet terrifying. Powerful yet endangered. The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, which has been skimming extinction, sees its future brighten as the Bikin National Park is being set up in the Primorsky Krai in Far East Russia. Spreading over 1,16 million hectares of virgin forests, the park is the Russian Amazon.… Read more

October 3, 2016 Agriculture

Nemo’s Garden: Underwater Farming To Sustain Food Production

“The imagination, give it the least license, dives deeper and soars higher than Nature goes”, rightly wrote the American essayist Henry David Thoreau. Sergio Gamberini, the CEO of Italy’s Ocean Reef company, is the incarnation of this saying, having propelled imagination beyond limits to create Nemo’s Garden. Who could imagine that one day we… Read more

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Netherlands: Plastic roads to be made from recycled ocean waste

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Hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is ‘healing’

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TO INSPIRE & TO ACT – WORKING TOGETHER FOR A BETTER WORLD

Wind Trees: The wind turbines that are flourishing in the cities of France

George in South Africa: Continent’s first solar-powered airport

Local initiatives promote rural development and poverty reduction in India

Iceland: A student invents a 100% biodegradable bottle

Dear Mr President, thank you

Green lanes in Montreal provide free food to inhabitants

Ile de France: Geothermal Energy Heats More Than 150,000 Homes

World’s largest wind farm off UK coast

Bikin: A Russian Amazon To Save The Amur Tiger

Nemo’s Garden: Underwater Farming To Sustain Food Production