Can Commercial Fishing be Sustainable?
It’s a complex question that involves marine ecosystems and government regulations, and it should concern us all.
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The Environmental Impacts of Asbestos
Exposure to asbestos can cause multiple negative health effects, but asbestos can also pollute the air, water, soil, and settle on different objects.
5 Ways Vegan Beauty Products Help Save the Planet
Making the switch to vegan beauty products, from your face wash to your hair care, goes a long way in supporting the health of planet earth.
Nature’s Composting Secret: How This Ancient Practice Eliminates Carbon Emissions
Biochar: It’s an ancient practice that can eliminate carbon emissions in a way that scientists are only now beginning to appreciate.
Actionable Ways to Reduce Your Consumption
There are many actionable ways that you can reduce your consumption and live a cleaner life. Try these tactics today and know you are making a positive change.
Sustainable Ways To Protect Your Garden While Embracing Nature
Some sustainable actions you can take to keep your garden protected without defying nature or hurting wildlife.
A Guide to Ethical, Sustainable, and Fair Trade Coffee Brands
Guide for an ethical dark roast: Organic, sustainable, and green harvest certifications; and a list of the best fair trade coffee brands.
Malawi: Traditional Basketry Offering an Ethical and Cheap Alternative to Plastics
In Malawi, where a recent ban on single-use plastics has forced people to think outside the box, there is a growing resurgence of an almost-forgotten technique.
Dutch Startup Creates The World’s First Microplastic-Free Sports Shorts
Sports brand Iron Roots starts a crowdfunding campaign to bring sustainable sports shorts to the market.
Why Food Waste Shouldn’t Be an Issue
Nowadays, food waste is one of the biggest environmental issues in the world, but should it be?
Sustainable Furniture and Home Décor: A Complete Ethical Guide
Sustainable Furniture is attempting to bring back moderation in the use of natural resources, and consideration for the artisans on whose skills we depend.
Campaigns and Initiatives to Paint Strokes of Growth across E-Waste Recycling and Reuse Services Market
A research article on present and future services relating to E-Waste recycling and re-use, drafted by Transparency Market Research
The Malawi Water Crisis: Initiatives Aim at Universal Access
To address the Malawi water crisis, a collaboration between the government and key NGOs is attempting to curb the disastrous lack of access to this resource that is affecting broad swathes of the country.
Understanding the Intrinsic Value of our Planet to Fight Climate Change ft. Dr Richard Byron-Cox
Featuring Dr. Richard Byron-Cox, the Head of the Capacity Development and Innovation Office at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Tackling a Locust Plague in the 21st Century: A Sustainability Issue
In East Africa, experts are warning of new threat to food security, that of an unprecedented locust outbreak that began at the end of 2019.
When Women Take the Lead to Fight Deforestation
Chitetezo Mbaula: The innovative cooking stove that is sweeping across rural Malawi, and encouraging environmental conservation in its wake.
On World Savings Day, GoParity launches a Green Savings Plan
World Savings Day: GoParity launches a four-step Savings Plan, that promises to make the world a better place while increasing its user’s personal income.
Make Your Food Shop More Sustainable by Asking These 5 Simple Questions
Our food shop is so intrinsically connected to how we treat the environment, though it often doesn’t cross our minds as we do this weekly chore.
Modular Construction: More Efficient, More Environmental
Greater focus on sustainability in recent years has led architects and builders to put the environment in focus with their creations.
You Don’t Have To Be A Vegan To Choose Vegan Leather – How Using Non-Natural Leather Can Save You And The Environment
Not only is it a more humane choice, it could be argued that it’s the only type of leather that can contribute to biodiversity, and to a brighter future for our fragile planet.
Why You Should Choose Cruelty-Free Cosmetics
If you’re interested in cruelty-free cosmetics but aren’t quite ready to make the switch, these are a few things you’ll want to consider.
The History and Safety of Teflon and PTFE: What Is Teflon? And Should I Be Concerned?
PTFE, and the associated brand Teflon, is found in kitchens across the world. Just as common, perhaps, are concerns over just how safe these products really are.
Warning: Oceans are Turning into Landfills
The situation in our oceans is worse then ever. It’s time to review the facts, and discuss what we as individuals can do to help.
Sustainable Fabric: A Complete Guide to Environmentally Friendly Fashion
Sustainable Fabric: Not all fabrics are created equal, especially as regards the costs of production and disposal to the environment and to human health.
Stitch by Stitch – A Textile Company Supporting Sustainable Cotton Production
Stitch by Stitch: A socially responsible textile brand committed to working with sustainable materials while supporting marginalized communities.
Sustaining Mangroves for Better Livelihoods Along the Kenyan Coast
Mangrove forest restoration: Communities living along the coast of Kenya are protecting these ecosystems while also utilizing them to support livelihoods
Why Majestic Tim Matters
The world lost Majestic Tim, one of Kenya’s largest elephants, in early February 2020. His story can improve awareness of conservation efforts worldwide.
Choose the Dark Side to Discover Light: The Effects of Light Pollution and How to Reduce It
It’s important to educate people on the negative effect of excessive light and what they can do to reduce energy consumption and preserve the darkness of the night sky.
The Ocean Cleanup Bags Its First Lot of Trash
A project envisioned in 2012 by a Dutch teenager is beginning to address the problem of ocean plastic, and the damage it causes to marine life.
The Benefits of Hemp: The Little Plant That Could
It’s hard to imagine that a single plant could fulfill most human needs. Hemp (or Industrial Hemp, as it is also known) can clothe, house, medicate, feed livestock, and even cleanse soil.
Using bamboo for land restoration
Restoring soil and preserving it for the future is an important 21st century challenge, and bamboo could play a major role.
China dashes hopes of raising its climate ambition at UN climate summit
China decided against raising its climate ambition at the UN climate action summit in New York; instead, it did leant on nature-based solutions.
Climate Change: Addressing the Issue by Changing Tack
A storm of our own design bears down upon us.
Now, the time has more than come for us to ask, not what the world can do for us, but what we can do for the world.
How To Go Carbon Neutral
If we hope to avoid the impending climatic disaster, carbon neutrality should be the goal of everyone, but is net-zero carbon emissions truly achievable?
Ethiopia’s Record-Breaking Day of Tree Planting
In global reforestation news, Ethiopia’s recent tree planting campaign breaks the record for the most trees planted in a single day.
Malawi: Lead Farmers Filling the Gap to Combat Drought and the Fall Armyworm
With inconsistent weather patterns, and the recent rise of the Fall Armyworm, crop yields across the country have fallen alarmingly over the last three seasons. Now, the government of Malawi is equipping rural subsistence farmers with the skills and equipment to deal with such challenges.