🐿 3000 acres are given back to wildlife – England launches massive restoration project
England announced a large-scale nature restoration project that might help protect the region from flooding as well as absorbing CO2 and boost biodiversity.
📖 Human Progress for Beginners – an interview with Tony Morley
“Why grow up to be a researcher, engineer, doctor, architect, entrepreneur, or strive to make the world a better place if it's all for nothing?” Tony Morley disagrees with the gloomy predictions about the future and wrote the world's first children's book about human progress.
🇳🇴 Norway turns its last arctic coal mine into a national park
Norway is turning its last arctic coal mine into a gigantic national park with the aim of creating one of the world's best-managed wilderness areas.
♻️ Old wind turbine blades are getting new purposes
Old wind turbine blades are turned into bridges and are used to reinforce concrete.
🚏 Bee-friendly bus stops are making cities greener
This city in the UK is installing bee bus stops, making pollinators happy and the urban space greener.
🔥 AI system spots wildfires immediately
This new AI system can spot wildfires before humans, and thus help prevent the great harm a wildfire can cause.
🌳 A tree with big potential
This tree could help create a biofuel revolution, power cars, feed people and restore degraded land.
🏠 Houses in Nigeria are built from plastic bottles
In Nigeria, villages are building houses of old plastic bottles and the construction can withstand earthquakes.
🚢 Ships are to release alkalinizing agents over coral reefs
Researchers have found a new method to help coral reefs while the world seeks a permanent solution.