BY AILEEN ZANGOUEI Lauren singer dedicates her blog trashisfortossers.com and her YouTube channel to teaching people how to live a zero-waste lifestyle, therefore being eco-friendly. For five years, she saved her trash in a jar, and made a video exposing…
Why Amsterdam is one of the most eco-friendly places to live (EDITED)
BY: NADIA ZAIDI Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful and whimsical places in the world. But it goes beyond windmills and red lights. It’s one of the most ecologically friendly places to live — and visit. Supporting local farmers…
Easy ways to be a more ethical tourist
The travel and tourism industry is one of the world’s largest. In fact, according to a Statista travel and tourism industry report, the industry contributed over 7.6 trillion dollars US to the global economy in 2016. And the industry is…
How to build your own eco-friendly house
BY: HANNAH THOMAS You’ve searched and searched but you just can’t find it; you want it to have a structure that will withstand the burden of time, but won’t be costly. Well, if you can’t find it, then build it.…
India’s first solar powered train has left the station
BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Decorated in green and orange balloons and chains of flowers, India’s first solar powered train hit the rails on July 14th leaving from Sfdarjung Railway Station in New Delhi. The train is one of six using sun…
Are green energy technologies a realistic option for most people?
BY: OLLIE WHITE Once considered a concept practiced mostly by businesses, industries and wealthy individuals, today green energy technologies are getting more and more popular among ordinary households and families, both in urban and rural areas. And while there is…
The organic gardener’s guide to greenhouses
BY: JENN FRENCH The green revolution was slow to start, but now more than 60 per cent of American households have resolved to be more sustainable. With that comes an increased interest in home gardening fruits, vegetables, herbs and other…
This environmentally friendly pesticide may change farming forever
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Springtime arrives once more to banish the icy hand of winter from our frosty cities, and again the Earth renews itself in preparation for another long and bountiful summer. For you and I, springtime probably means…
Portable, eco-friendly water filter is designed to provide clean water to millions
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS Clean water is something everyone should have access to. Unfortunately this is not the reality. One Swedish engineering company has created a portable, eco-friendly water purification filter for emergency purposes. KTH Royal Institute of Technology created a…
Eco-friendly plastic: a bacterial enzyme brings us one step closer
BY: DUSTIN BATTY There is a common misconception that nature and technology are diametrically opposed to each other, antonyms that cannot be reconciled. Some people think that the sole purpose of technology is to help humans conquer nature, and that…
Eco-garden: how to garden organic
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Create an eco-garden instead of just a regular, ole garden. Okay, so you’ve built your dream garden in your backyard. It’s flourishing, it’s beautiful and it’s environmentally-friendly. But, is it? Just like with everything in life, it…
This family built their own eco-house under a solar dome in the Arctic Circle (photos)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP How eco-friendly are you teaching your children to be? Probably not living in a self-built, sustainable, eco-home under a solar geodesic dome, eco-friendly. Hjertefølger means heart follower in Norwegian, and the Hjertefølger family are definitely living up…
New packaging made from milk is edible, biodegradable and reduces food spoilage
The environment is becoming an increasing concern worldwide, as the amount of waste each year grows. In 2009, each Canadian was said to produce around 777 kg. of waste, leaving the environment in much worse shape than we found it. Many…
This guy hand-built an eco-friendly cob house for only $250
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Michael Buck wanted to prove that paying for a house shouldn’t take a lifetime or require burdensome loans. So the 59-year-old British farmer and retired art teacher decided to build a cob house in his garden—for a…
Architects have designed a stunning green residence complete with waterfalls and cloud forests.
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Singapore-based Ingehoven Architects and A61 have designed a new series of residential towers for the Marina Bay area – a 360-hectare extension of the adjacent central business district. The design, known as Marina One, will boast lush…
These office workers share their cubicles with an urban farm
BY: JESSICA BEUKER In Japan, 126 million people occupy a very small land area, making it one of the most densely urbanized countries in the world. It’s a crowded place for the people who live there, and leaves very little…
This motorcycle can travel 500 kilometres on a single litre of water
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Water-powered vehicles have come a long way from their conception in the early 19th century by Swiss inventor Francois Isaac de Rivas, who built a six-metre-long car that weighed almost a ton and was powered by hydrogen…
The world’s most sustainable office runs entirely on solar panels and rainwater collection
BY: MATTHEW CHIN In the Netherlands, the world’s most sustainable building shows how the working environment can also be environmentally friendly. The Edge is a 40,000 square metre office building and the headquarters of Deloitte, a company that specializes in…
Revolutionary three-storey plane will be the first to fly with zero carbon emissions
BY: ZOE MELNYK A new plane could be taking off in the next fifteen years that will hold up to 800 people, use ultra light and noiseless material, and—believe it or not—release no trace of carbon emissions into the atmosphere.…
The Nimbus e-Car is the eco-friendly hippie van of the future
BY: DANIEL KORN Like most kids who grew up with the benefit of having older siblings, I watched a lot of The Simpsons when I was probably a bit too young to understand certain things about the show, the most…