The truth about our plastic usage I love the ocean. This love is expressed through my underwater photography and amateur freediving (holding my breath while swimming underwater). Back on dry land I am also a busy mother and ‘everyday consumer’. Each time I filled my supermarket trolley with the weekly groceries for my family, a few questions haunted […]
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Canadian Grocery Store Chain first to order 25 Tesla Electric Semi Trucks
On November 16th, 2017; Tesla’s CEO — Elon Musk showed the world his plan to reconstruct the freight truck industry by unavailing the Tesla Electric Semi Truck; an all electric solution to an outdated way of transporting goods throughout the world. This 500 mile ranged freight vehicle is more aerodynamic than a super car and […]
800,000 Volunteers Planted 49.3 Million Trees In One Day
Indian officials have reported that on July 11th, 800,000 volunteers from Uttar Pradesh spent 24 hours planting 49.3 million trees along roads, railways, and on public land. The saplings were raised on local nurseries and are made up of 80 different species. This magical effort was in part due to India’s commitment to the Paris […]
Studies Show Increasing Rates of Suicide in India Due to Climate Change
Although more than three quarters of world’s suicide happen in developing countries, there’s still little research on the issue. The problem is becoming alarming in India, where one fifth of the world’s suicides occur. In numbers, around 12,602 farmers committed suicide in 2015, which was one of the worst years registered. And, since 1995, more […]
Areas of the Barents Sea Reached 20ºF Above Average in 2016
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has just released its annual summary of the global climate, the State of the Climate 2016, written by nearly 500 experts from around the world. The results of this report not only confirm a common thought -2016 was the warmer year on record- but also show hair-raising data and climate […]
Polluted Tourism – The State Of Our Seas
Yup – we’ve stabbed the environment in the heart yet again. This week it was revealed that a second trash vortex has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean, three decades after the original Great Pacific Garbage Patch was found. This latest marine monstrosity is said to measure one million square kilometers – that’s bigger than […]
How One Impossible Foods Veggie Burger Could Save the World
The Umami Debut Here in Los Angeles, we are total health foodies. We love a fresh green juice, super fruit smoothie, gently massaged kale salad, literally an avocado anything, and most importantly: Veggie Burgers. When we heard Impossible Foods was coming to Hollywood’s Umami Burger, we screamed in joy (so much that we almost wet our Lulu Lemon’s). All […]
The Official White House Website Has Taken Down All Mentions Of Climate Change
The new Trump Administration has taken no time in taking down all mentions of Climate Change and Global Warming from the official White House website. The major link; http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy/climate-change dedicated to Climate Change policy has been completely removed. “Motherboard noticed the change when it occurred at noon ET, when the official changeover took place. […]
Here Is What We Can Take Away From The Victory Against The Dakota Access Pipeline
Breaking News: The Obama administration and the Army Corps of Engineers have officially denied the easement to cross under Lake Oahe, halting the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States. It has been subject to a lot of controversy over the past […]
If Climate Change Escalates It Could Be “Game Over” Scientist Warn
“New research suggests the Earth’s climate could be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than thought, raising the spectre of an ‘apocalyptic side of bad’ if temperatures rise more than 7C within a lifetime” The main issue with global warming that not a lot of people think about; is that there is a potential for our planet’s […]