African Leaders Pledge To End AIDS In Children
The Global Alliance to End AIDS in Children has pledged to end the transmission of HIV/AIDS to children by 2030.
African Leaders Pledge To End AIDS In Children
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Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Are very small electric cars with swappable batteries going to be a popular choice for city vehicles in future?
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air expelled from ventilation systems can make corn and spinach grow taller and larger. This is good news for roof gardens and farms.
Sci-Fi City Planned in Saudi Arabia
Sci-Fi City Planned in Saudi Arabia
Opinion is split whether THE LINE, a 170km-long, 200m wide city unveiled this week by Saudi Arabia is a vision of a perfect future for civilisation, or an indication that dystopian science fiction is coming true.The announcement of the project by Mohammed bin...
Algae: A Hero For Nature And Health
Algae: A Hero For Nature And Health
Many eyes are now turning to the sea as we hunt for solutions to global problems like climate change, biodiversity loss and unhealthy diet. Water covers more than 70 per cent of the planet, much of it teaming with thousands of species of algae, which is proving to...
The New Fashion Consumer
The New Fashion Consumer
How are people’s fashion behaviours and preferences changing? In partnership with Conscious Fashion + Lifestyle NetworkGreta Thunberg, the Swedish activist and campaigner, was recently chosen to be the first ever cover girl for newly launched Vogue Scandinavia...
Designed To Be Better
Designed To Be Better
How is sustainability being carried through into the fashion design process? In partnership with Conscious Fashion + Lifestyle NetworkBy the time you actually wear your new floaty boho dress or the latest streamlined pair of ergonomically-designed running shoes,...
Fashion’s Radical Overhaul
Fashion’s Radical Overhaul
How Is Fashion Changing Behind The Scenes? In partnership with Conscious Fashion + Lifestyle NetworkThe fashion industry is a vast interconnected system worth trillions of dollars which employs millions of people, many of them women and girls. But 18 months into...
The Day To Save The Earth
The Day To Save The Earth
It is no coincidence that President Joe Biden chose to hold his Leaders’ Summit on Climate on Earth Day. The initiative, now entering its second half century, has become a focal point for environmental action and activism around the world, and with climate change...
The Problem of Microplastics – What’s the Solution?
The Problem of Microplastics – What’s the Solution?
Microplastics are one of the biggest threats to our rivers and oceans – they're everywhere and hard to get rid of. So what can be done to tackle the problem?A couple of years ago an Irish teenager won a science prize worth £38,000 for inventing a way to extract...
How Bringing Back Beavers Could Help Fight Flooding
How Bringing Back Beavers Could Help Fight Flooding
Beavers have been released into British countryside to combat the effects of climate changeThe image of a beaver gnawing on the bark of a tree in the wilderness seems a long way from the British countryside. Any likelihood of witnessing such a scene virtually...
Electric Trucks Are Just Around the Corner
Electric Trucks Are Just Around the Corner
It may not be too long before the familiar, droning diesel-engine roar of delivery trucks disappears from our city streets. Fully electric trucks have been seen as too costly and inefficient by many hauliers, but that is changing.A new study by the Stockholm...
Reduce The Household Waste Shipped To Poorer Countries
Reduce The Household Waste Shipped To Poorer Countries
The UK is the largest plastic waste producer in Europe and one of the biggest producers of plastic waste in the world, second only to the US. The UK produces 99kg of plastic waste per person per year. And it exports about two-thirds of this waste to poorer...
Transparent Wood Is Coming
Transparent Wood Is Coming
Wood is an ancient material humans have been using for millions of years, for the construction of housing, ships and as a source of fuel for burning. It’s also a renewable source, and one way to capture excess carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere. Today, the...
