South Korea will switch government computers from Windows to Linux in order to lower costs and reduce the dependency on a single operating system; the Amsterdam-based co-op ‘Fairbnb’ plans...
Tanzania bans plastic bag ban in an effort to tackle plastic pollution; Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriages in historic first for Asia; San Francisco is the first city in the...
Amsterdam plans to ban all gas and diesel vehicles by 2030; Mexico City decided to ban businesses from selling or giving customers single-use plastic items; the first ever ‘cocktail’...
186 countries agreed to amend the Basel Convention by adding thousands of types of plastic as hazardous waste; a team of researchers at Columbia University created a new desalination...
In India, a Tinder initiative and a Facebook group are revolutionizing pet adoption; Germany has opened the world’s first “eHighway” on the autobahn near Frankfurt; a new study shows...
A new study suggests air conditioners could be used to remove carbon from the air instead of putting it in; London Marathon replaced hundreds of thousands of plastic bottles...
A new law in Maine prohibits restaurants and grocery stores from using the to-go styrofoam containers; a Ghanaian project plans to use cocoa pod husks as feedstock in bio-fuel...
By publishing online maps of environmental violations, Ma Jun has pushed over 1,300 Chinese factories to address pollution problems; a new device uses computer models to produce speech from...
Adidas’s new ‘Futurecraft.Loop’ sneaker is made out of thermoplastic polyurethane and is completely recyclable; a new device generates electricity by capturing the charge produced when snow contacts a silicone...
Instead of relying on crop rotation, an ancient Jewish agricultural practice allows the land to rest for an entire year; SUN Mobility plans to solve India’s pollution problem by...
Del Taco customers will soon be able to request pea-based, environmentally-friendly “meat” as an alternative to any protein in Del Taco products; Israeli researchers are running a unique experiment...
A Ghanaian start-up is making medicine in Africa more affordable; due to economic growth, the poverty rate in the Phillipines has decreased substantially since 2015; and advances in AI...
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