Nature

The increase in rainfalls in 2012 and 2013 caused heavy floods in the North West, Far North and North Regions of Cameroon, caused a lot of hardships [...]

Nowhere is this effect more felt than in Africa where the bulk of the population relies on agriculture, the worst hit sector by climate change, for [...]

The first to employ such a strategy was the city of Sidney. The Australian city has debuted the Envirobank reverse vending machine, an innovative effort that officials hope will make it easy and fun for people to recycle. The [...]

fairplanet (fp): Jewish Monkeys. What is that? A band? A movement? A manifestation of ...? Jossi Reich (JR): A satirical rock-band with undeniable Jewish background.  fp: Caravan Petrol is a song from [...]

More than half of Americans are still not convinced that the science is valid enough. The American media is also playing a role in that – 34% of it gives a voice to climate change deniers. This is stark contrast to the [...]

The proposed arrangement seeks to make trade between the European Union and the United States of America easier by lifting current restrictions and thereby liberalising goods and services between these trading zones. In other words, it seeks to [...]

California photographer Gregg Segal attempts to put a face on the mountains of garbage we generate through his compelling series documenting families lying down in [...]

Last month the Economist has published an article about our indifference in economic terms. It’s called “the cost of doing nothing”, and as the newspaper explains, it’s going to cost a lot. The study sponsored [...]

Are you a mindful consumer that is willing to pay for produce a bit more if it is more worker and environment friendly? Take for example the fair [...]

At least that’s what LEGO is telling kids. Its new Arctic play set has brought the magical polar north into kids’ bedrooms around the globe. And by doing that it’s helping to educate children and create a [...]

According to the report, insects are high in fiber, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium and zinc, as well as energy providing protein, with some being comparable to lean red [...]

This concept was just translated to reality by the ecologic Studio. The Urban Algae Canopy can be best described as a piece of bio-digital architecture that combines micro-algal cultures and [...]

“Look 4 Them”(not to be confused with the British website who is searching for missed people) is a thriller who gives his young audience more [...]

Our oceans are under attack. It has been going on since the beginning of the industrial age. Pollution, over fishing and global warming are the elements that for the last 200 years or so have been changing dramatically what most of us [...]

The concept is simple – none or very little packaging. a team of women in Berlin are trying the next iteration of the packaging-free grocery store, and they call the [...]