environment, Tag

Preventing mould in your house without using expensive chemicals or solutions, managing it the DIY way.

Low allergen design is a whole building approach that aims to reduce and avoid all known allergens, and to minimize the conditions in which they occur...

In an age of rising sea levels and shore erosion, the sudden appearance of new coastal land can encourage and inspire. Along North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a brand new island has emerged from the sea like...

The PM wants to talk about big nation-building projects like Snowy Hydro 2.0. Reporters ask him about Tony Abbott

A team of students at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) just unveiled an electric car that seats five and is completely powered by the sun. Called Stella Vie, the vehicle stands apart because it's more efficient than...

When humans abuse the environment and dump nitrate-and phosphorous-heavy pollutants into rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, oxygen-deprived “dead zones” form...

Turbines for £200m Hywind project will be towed from Norway across North Sea and moored to seabed off north-east Scotland

Could reaching environmental tipping points really impact the Earth's climate all that much? New research from an international team of four scientists says yes...

Businesses in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are getting involved in efforts to collect waste bread and turn it into biogas and fertiliser

Our unsustainable habits are propelling climate change, and as a result, the Great Barrier Reef is under immense environmental stress.  Coral bleaching has reached record levels and no one knows if or when the coral will...

Climate Institute survey points to overwhelming frustration with government’s inaction and lack of leadership on clean energy

Day 158: Republican: Someone who uses the government to help them up the ladder of life, only to burn the ladder down once they are on top Seriously what is it about all these republicans in office, all of whom have benefited...

It's sometimes difficult to find fresh, local produce in urban environments. To solve this problem, Finnish enterprise Exsilio Oy has developed the EkoFARMER - an urban farm in a box. With a little bit of water and electricity,...

In a dig at Trump’s climate change inaction, French president welcomes the green campaigner and says there will be ‘no new exploration licences’

Energy company warns rising cost of installations due to ‘customer apathy’ could prompt suppliers to increase tariffs

Air pollution might be invisible, but it results in 7 million premature deaths each year. Fortunately, there's a solution - the CityTree is a high-tech green wall that scrubs the air of harmful particulates - and it has as...

Stiegler Gorge dam on the Selous park, a world heritage site listed as ‘in danger’, will cause irreversible damage, say conservationists

Works out the repayments on a home loan and displays a handy graph to show you how quickly you are paying off the loan. Also allows you to check how green your house is and if the money saved could help pay off the loan sooner.

Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist is Dr. Patrick Moore's engaging firsthand account of his many years spent as the ultimate Greenpeace insider, a co-founder and leader in the organization's...