Non-renewable Resources

Smartphone owners are being given new rights to have their device repaired under laws introduced by the EU that could put an end to 'throwaway culture'. Manufacturers will made to fix broken electronic devices under the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), which will also cover the UK despite Brexit.The…

‘Iknew only that I had to survive,’ Jane Lazarre writes about the process of giving birth.I pushed hard only because that was the only way to get the bastard out. And because pushing is not an urge; it is a demand backed up by all the violence your body, turned…

WikiImages These days, sustainability is a major buzzword in the tech community, and the business community at large. Sustainability programs are growing in importance, and many businesses, if they have not already, plan to put one in place in the near future. An important concept, for those seeking to transform…

Anyone who’s paying attention and not willfully burying their head in the sand is concerned about climate change. It’s the great existential crisis of our time, forcing us to rethink our relationship with everything from where we live to what we eat and even to what we wear. It’s clear…

“Green” school buildings can help students better understand the role that humans have in and on the environment, a small study suggests. Nearly 40% of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions come from buildings, according to the United Nations E…

Every year, billions of people go on holiday to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Eight out of ten tourists travel to coastal areas, hoping to relax under blue skies, clear waters and white sandy beaches. Increasingly, however they risk fin…

Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, said on Monday that its fleet of delivery vehicles in the country will include 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025 in India. This commitment comes after successful pilots across different cities in 2019 — learn…

E-commerce major Amazon said on Monday that its fleet of delivery vehicles will include 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025 in India. These EVs are in addition to the global commitment of 100,000 electric vehicles in the delivery fleet by 2030 announced in…

Research sponsored by global credit ratings agency Moodys concludes that by the end of century, parts of the US and Europe are now bound to experience severe reductions in rainfall equivalent to the American dust bowl of the 1930s, which devastated Midwest fa…

I’m not being dramatic when I say that the fashion industry is contributing to our planet’s demise. It’s hard to imagine how a sock or a T-shirt could be partly responsible for climate change, but I assure you, it is. Over the past few years, research has qu…