Microplastics are everywhere. In the air, soil, and water. Which means they’re getting into all aspects of living beings, including us. We’re drinking them in our water, breathing them in our air, heck maybe even ingesting them through the food chain. But don’t worry, scientists don’t think it’s going to be a problem for us, yet.
The weather is getting hotter but turning on the air con burns a lot of electricity and isn’t all that advised. Can the answer be in personal cooling devices? Reon Pocket is the air conditioner that you wear under your shirt.
Conserving water is a good practice. Taking a shower over baths, not watering lawns as much (or ever, get rid of your lawn), these things help. Make your shower a bit more water efficient with the Nebia Spa Shower, the shower head that mists you.
As climate change ramps up, droughts are a major concern but scientists have found a gene in barely that may be able to help crops of the future survive dry seasons and give higher yields which will help push back against food scarcity.
Plastic recycling is hard. It’s time we all admitted it. It’s not as easy as just tossing your plastic into the right bin. Most people end up with a lot of plastic just from grocery shopping and not all of these can be recycled. This handy guide will let you know what can and can’t be recycled.
Plastic bag bans are much talked about but do they really work? Kenya banned plastic carrier bags two years ago and so far, it’s been pretty positive. If for nothing else, plastic bags have stopped showing up in cows’ stomachs.
Our devices have a high carbon footprint. Manufacturing technology has a high ecological cost in materials as well as pollution which is terrible. Companies are making in roads to change this though by using more sustainable practices. Omega and Circular Computing have teamed up to bring sustainable machines to Austria.
The Amazon produces a lot of oxygen which is no surprise, it’s a lot of plants! But that isn’t the reason why we should care that it’s being burnt down. Most of our oxygen comes from water and is already in the atmosphere so the forest’s destruction isn’t going to impact that but it’s STILL a problem.
