🐠 Ecuador creates new marine reserve
Ecuador creates a new marine reserve north of the Galágos archipelago, called Hermandad. The reserve serves to protect sea turtles, sharks and other species who migrate.
🌳 California redwood forest is returned to native tribe
523 acres of California’s redwood forest is given back to Native tribes. There’s still 200 acres of untouched forest that survived the logging. Now the tribes want to heal and protect this place from further damage.
♻️ Recyclable plastic turns into building blocks
Recycled plastic blocks can be used for construction and help diminish plastic pollution at the same time.
🦾 New technology separates 12 different types of plastic
A new camera technology, developed by scientists, can tell the difference between and separate 12 different types of plastic.
🏢 Can we make buildings that capture and store CO2?
The building trade needs to alter its focus in order for the construction industry to soak up more carbon dioxide than it produces. Instead of using materials that embody carbon dioxide, the industry should use materials that soak up CO2.
🌲 IKEA buys land and turns it into forests
IKEA has bought 1321 hectares of land previously destroyed by hurricanes and plan to turn it into forests.
🐟 Scotland shades rivers to save salmons
Scotland will plant over a million trees along the nation's rivers to cool the waters in order to help save the wild salmon.
♻️ Science moms on a mission to spread climate optimism
These science moms are on a mission to fight climate change for their children by spreading science-based climate optimism. They want to fight “climate doomerism”.
♻️ Reusable pallets reduces construction waste
These reusable pallets make the UK's construction industry greener.