By: Kassandra Dzikewicz All photos taken at Virunga National Park Gorillas are becoming increasingly endangered; it has been reported that there are approximately 700 mountain gorillas remaining on the planet. Since 2008, the IUCN’s red list has considered gorillas to…
Earth’s continents are turning into giant sponges to keep sea levels down
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA It seems every headline concerning climate change has something to do with the melting of polar ice caps. Images of receding glaciers, emaciated polar bears, and sinking cities are the ones we find shown over and over.…
These alternative burial methods will use your body to heal the environment long after death
BY: CAROLINE ROLF It’s never too early to start thinking about our death. If you practice the traditional Tibetan sky burial in which the deceased are carried to a remote location in the mountains where the body is left for…
Landfills are turning trash into energy and cleaning the environment
BY: SWIKAR OLI Methane has always had a bad rap. Often associated with trash or manure, and dreaded by environmentalists for trapping 25 times more heat per pound in the atmosphere than CO2, it could use a second introduction. With…
Now you can help plant trees while sitting on your ass
BY: LISA CUMMING Tree planting is no picnic. The hours are long and the work is quite literally backbreaking. Unfortunately since the early 2000s, wages earned from tree planting have been dropping rapidly. This drop could be attributed to anything…
Planting trees in the forest will help you embrace your inner hippie
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Tired of working in an office? Craving the outdoors? Tree planting could be your calling. Planting trees is becoming a popular way to earn some extra cash and spend your summer outdoors. Tree planting is becoming a…
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…
Here is how to bypass the government’s inaction and save the environment while sitting on your ass
BY: LISA CUMMING Crowdfunding has given us the ability to throw money at pretty much everything. This is how environmental activists are hacking the Internet to do something worthwhile. Naturfunding is the brainchild of crowdfunding giant Indiegogo and popular European…
Urban algae farm eats highway pollution and turns it into organic fuel
BY: MATTHEW CHIN With road transportation being the greatest contributor of global warming in the atmosphere according to NASA, accounting for more than half of the carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide levels emitted into the air, the amount of pollution produced…
How your clean ass is coming at the expense of the environment
This article is sponsored by: BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA From corncobs to fruit skins, to moss and seashells, depending on the region, the less advantaged would wipe with just about anything they could get their hands on. Wealthy segments of…
NASA’s guide to the best air-filtering plants to have in your home
Maybe you’ve heard that having plants in your home is proven to increase happiness, and improve your attention span and even reduce fatigue at work. Even with these psychological benefits aside, there’s no denying the peaceful aesthetic of houseplants. One scarcely…
8 reasons why living in a small space is the key to having a big life
An emerging movement of tiny house enthusiasts are working to reconcile the mistakes of generations past, where giant houses were once embraced as the ultimate symbol of achievement only to leave their owners as empty as the spaces they occupied.…
Young entrepreneurs are saving the rainforest with an incredible new alternative to coffee
BY: MATTHEW CHIN If you’re an avid coffee drinker, you might be disappointed to find out that every cup you drink destroys roughly 3cm2 of pristine rainforest. The Amazon is also one of the world’s largest producers of coffee, and…
This former NASA engineer will use drones to plant 1 billion trees a year to save the world’s forests
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Deforestation is one of the largest contributors to global warming, with the forestry industry valued at $606 billion globally, according to the UN Food and Agricultre Organization. Not only are forests being cut down, but much of…