Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- One for Hundred a furniture company that grows more wood than it uses Fri, 2 Nov 18, 8:00amOne for Hundred, an Austrian furniture company, was founded on the belief that creating furniture doesn’t have to go hand-in-hand with destroying forests...
- Endangered Malayan tigers are threatened by the demand for durian Thu, 25 Oct 18, 9:00amThe habitat of the Malayan tiger — one of the world’s most endangered tigers — is being threatened by a strange fruit. Because of a growing demand in China for durian, a 'smelly' and controversial fruit, Malaysian forests...
- Mars candy company plans to fix the "broken" cocoa supply chain Sat, 22 Sep 18, 6:30amSome big changes are ahead for Mars Wrigley Confectionery. The company, which produces some of the most popular treats in America, is revamping its cocoa supply to help combat poverty, child labor and deforestation. Mars...
- Deforestation in South America causes extinction of 8 bird species Thu, 6 Sep 18, 8:00amThe Spix’s Macaw, a bird many would recognize as the star of the animated film Rio, is officially extinct. The macaw has been listed among eight bird species that have gone extinct in South America in the last decade in...
- Colombia to produce free chocolate deforestation-free, that is... Thu, 26 Jul 18, 8:00amYou'll soon be able to enjoy your chocolate guilt-free. Colombia has become the first Latin American country and the third country in the world to commit to deforestation-free cocoa production. The government signed a pledge...
- Red List expands to 26,000 endangered species Sat, 7 Jul 18, 5:30amJapanese earthworms, the Mauritian flying fox and the Bankoualé Palm are joining over 26,000 species categorized as “endangered.” The latest International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) Red List report now...
- Images from NASA reveal the enduring damage in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria Fri, 25 May 18, 2:00amNASA has released more than 65,000 high-resolution aerial images of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, which document the full extent of the ecological damage caused by the deadly hurricane in 2017...
- EPA to consider burning wood a 'carbon neutral' energy source Thu, 26 Apr 18, 2:53amEarlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new policy which will classify the burning of wood as a 'carbon neutral' fuel source...
- This great ape species was discovered 6 months ago and it's already threatened by a dam Tue, 24 Apr 18, 1:57amThe Tapanuli orangutan was only discovered six months ago — and it's already under threat of extinction from human development. Only 800 Tapanuli orangutans live in the wild today — however state-run Chinese company Sinohydro...
- The 6 most pressing environmental issuesand what you can do to help solve them Fri, 13 Apr 18, 5:00amMore than four decades after the first Earth Day, there are still many environmental concerns for communities around the world to address; perhaps none so pressing as man-made climate change...
- The Colombian Amazon is now officially a person thanks to a group of youth activists Wed, 11 Apr 18, 1:02amWith a recent ruling, the Colombian Supreme Court has made Colombia the first country in South America to recognize the personhood rights of the Amazon Rainforest...
- Land degradation could displace 50 to 700 million people by 2050 Wed, 28 Mar 18, 4:25amLand decay is undermining the well-being of two-fifths of all the people on Earth, or around 3.2 billion people, according to an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) three-year...
- Australia's rampant deforestation is killing koalas Thu, 8 Mar 18, 10:46pmDeforestation is killing koalas in Queensland, Australia. Three million hectares of forest in the eastern part of the country could be bulldozed in the two decades up to 2030, according to projections cited by The Guardian...
- Maules Creek offsets still not secured, five years after land clearing approved Fri, 2 Mar 18, 10:45amWhitehaven Coal receives second extension while it continues to bulldoze critically endangered NSW forest to make way for mine
- Maules Creek land clearing continues despite lack of required offsets Fri, 2 Mar 18, 10:45amWhitehaven Coal receives second extension while it continues to bulldoze critically endangered NSW forest to make way for mine