Did you know that tigers worldwide are at threat, and you need to protect them? As top predators in the food chain, these majestic felines play an essential role in maintaining the balance of our planet’s ecosystems. Sadly, over the last 100 years, there has been a 96% decrease in the tiger population; nowadays, around…
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Heat Waves, Climate Change And Human Health
Hot days are becoming more common and intense worldwide, whereas cold days are becoming rarer. Daily record hot temperatures have happened twice as often as daily record low temperatures over the continental United States in the last decade, up from a near 1:1 ratio in the 1950s. Heatwaves are growing more prevalent, and violent heat…
3 Reasons Why You Should And Shouldn’t Be Eating Meat?
You may not know, but the world is consuming more and more meat; even though there is a sudden shift to a vegan diet, a considerable amount of meat is still being consumed, which may affect the environment. You may be asking how eating a steak or your fave McDonald’s hamburger may be detrimental to…
What Happens Inside A Recycling Plant?
Recycling is the act of taking products created from a particular material, dismantling it, and repurposing it in some fashion. Your washed metal can is sorted and crushed with thousands of other cans before processing, melting, and reusing. They’re all melted down and repurposed into new cans. Paper is recycled and used in new paper…
How Changes In Your Diet Can Benefit The Planet
Since our childhood, we have learned that food provides us with the energy we need to carry our everyday tasks. Protein, carbs, veggies, and fruits are the basis of the food group. In the past decade, humans have been producing and wasting too much food, causing a major health and environmental impact. Food that we…
Environmental Achievement That Happened In 2021
It’s all too easy to be pessimistic about the health of the world’s ecosystem in 2021. More than a million species are on the verge of extinction, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere continue to rise, and the world has been shattered by a succession of climate-related catastrophic weather events. Meanwhile, the world is still…
Natural Disasters That Happened In 2021
The world has witnessed a panoply of natural disasters this year; disasters that should make us reflect on climate change and global warming. The globe temperature has increased by 2 degrees Fahrenheit over a century, we haven’t realized the gravity of things yet. The situation is very dangerous right now, we are living the harsh…
COP26: what world leaders agreed to — and what they didn’t.
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26) was held in Glasgow, the United Kingdom and ran from 31 October to 13 November 2021. If you have never heard about this event, we are here to guide you through what is COP26 and what this would change. What Is COP? For approximately…
Sustainable Beer Brewing – What Do We Know?
Brewing is not an ecologically friendly enterprise in general. One barrel of beer requires three to seven barrels of water. During the brewing process and after that, a lot of energy is needed to keep the beer warm. Then there are the unrecycled byproducts and the transportation impact to consider. While sustainability has been a…
Does Air Travel Have a Green Future?
Air travel is one of the biggest contributors to environmental damage. In 2020, just before Covid-19, more than four billion passengers had traveled by air; this is the highest number in the last 10 years. Air travel is the least sustainable mode of transportation, contributing to 2.4% of the global carbon footprint. Even though 2.4%…