Human waste, leaked from sewers, untreated sewage and poorly designed landfills, is one of the biggest causes of groundwater contamination today. How can groundwater pollution from human waste be prevented and what can you do as an individual?
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Are solar panels bad because we use fossil fuels to build them? The is a classic case of using the Nirvana Fallacy to tear down many potential environmental solutions. But as we fight a global ecological crisis, we cannot afford to encourage such logic.
After wheezing and coughing for years, the lockdown was like a brief holiday in the mountains for our cities. But we may be heading right back to the good old days…
The plastic menace continues to grow, threatening human life and lives across ecosystems. Project Nawah, a student initiative, recognizes bamboo as a sustainable alternative. This is their story of how they empowered marginalized women to spearhead the switch from plastic to bamboo products.
Trees cool the air in 2 ways: 1) by intercepting sunlight (shading), they allow less heat to reach the ground; 2) by transpiration cooling, which is the cooling effect caused when water from stomata gets converted into water vapor and evaporates.
The 10 features of an effective sustainability standard help you identify the most reliable and impactful ecolabels in a crowded—and confusing—market.
Ecolabels signal environmental and social protection to consumers. Every successful ecolabel has three key ingredients: an effective sustainability standard, authentic communication strategies and skillful information design.
