Unfortunately, the single-use plastic wrap is what helps keep fruits and veggies fresh and clean, and almost every household or market uses it. Supermarkets are overflown with this type of packaging, most of which isn’t recyclable. Sadly, plastic waste that’s produced by food consumption ends up in landfills and the […]
Under the solar panels in Minnesota, there are green wildflower-studded pastures where a bunch of sheep graze and there’s a chance that biodiversity may recover. While the sheep are grazing through the tall prairie grass, butterflies and other insects visit the native flowers growing there. The pastoral setting isn’t a […]
15 years after beekeepers’ first reports of bee mass die-offs, it’s still common for the average beekeeper to lose 13 of his hive yearly. And, it’s even worse for wild bees, with many species being on the list of endangered. One of the main culprits for bee decline is the […]
Bumblebees are doing more than just bumbling around our gardens-they’re assessing plants and checking out which flowers are the richest with pollen and nectar. The relationship between flowers and pollinators goes back some 130 million years. When checking out plants, these insects leave behind scent marks that inform them which […]
Bees are pivotal for the environment and are busy working to pollinate a lot of plants. Without them, the eco system would crash. This is why it’s important to welcome them in your garden-they’re actually doing you a favor. And, why not help your important guests and offer them some […]
Project Vesta’s ongoing experiment will be spreading a green mineral on beaches where its interaction with the waves may help pull carbon from the air. The non-profit, on a beach in the Caribbean, will soon start their testing of a radical method that may be of aid in the fight […]
According to data shared by the Brazilian government, the deforestation of Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world, elevated for the 14th consecutive month. In the Brazilian Amazon, the deforestation is 83 percent ahead of where it was a year ago. The data collected by the national space research institute […]
Without doubt, one doesn’t need to be an arachnophobe to dislike and fear spiders, especially when you catch them lurking from your shoes or from corners in your room, right?! And, the most common reaction we have is to kill them or to use the vacuum and remove them. But, […]
Buying shoes made from discarded plastic may be our future after Adidas managed to transform millions of plastic bottles into running shoes. These bottles were recycled and used to make modern running shoes. This dream has become the reality in Adidas and its customers. Back in 2015, the company worked […]
From a statistical point of view, every one in three bites of food that we eat today is enabled by hardworking bees. Unfortunately, today, bees have been dying at an increasing rate; as a result, there have been a lot of efforts from different organisations and individuals to urge the […]