🇳🇴 Norway gets fully electric public transport system
At the end of this year, travelers in Oslo, Norway can expect to circulate fossil fuel-free as the city plans the world’s first fully electric public transit system.
🌺 Tropical forests ravaged by logging can still have thriving ecosystems
A new study shows that logged forests in Borneo have more abundant birds and mammals than pristine forests. This shows that conservationists should still try to protect these lands and habitats.
♻️ Sustainability Boosts Zero-Waste Packaging Market
The zero-waste packaging market is anticipated to expand significantly due to the growing focus on sustainable packaging together with improving waste management infrastructure.
🌤 A solar project that is a Win-Win-Win-Win
A 10 megawatt community solar landfill project is being developed in New Jersey. The solar farm consists of two 5 MW systems and they can produce enough electricity for about 2000 homes.
🦎 Pink iguana babies spotted for the first time ever
For the first time ever, pink iguana hatchlings and babies have been spotted on the Galápagos islands. This brings so much hope to scientists.
🌳 Man on a mission to plant five million trees
A man in Senegal is on a mission to plant five million trees over the next five years after returning to his village and finding only a handful of the big trees he grew up with still remained.
🚬 Crows help remove cigarette butts from the streets of Sweden
In Sweden, a startup is training wild crows to pick up cigarette butts from the streets.
🤖 BB - a beach-cleaning robot
BeachBot is a mobile beach cleaning robot which picks up cigarette butts from the sand and disposes them into safe bins. The robot uses an AI-detection algorithm to find the butts.
🤖 Robot collects rare minerals from the seafloor
A company has proven that sustainable ocean mining is possible with the world's first hovering robot.