At the rooftop of Israel’s oldest mall in Tel Aviv a huge urban farm called “Green in the City” produces 10,000 heads of leafy greens ...
12 organizations that do great work for urban agriculture
Urban agriculture reduces poverty as well as food insecurity that results from urbanization and improves the health of citizens and preserves the ...
U.S. EPA admits fracking causes widespread water contamination
In final report, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency strikes its previous conclusion that water pollution is not systemic to the fracking process. In ...
How dumpster divers improve food waste
Two dumpster divers report about the experiences they made while diving. After a while they had found and collected so much packaged and unexpired food ...
Studie: Private Unternehmensbeteiligung als Preistreiber?
Eine neue Studie “Private Unternehmensbeteiligung als Preistreiber? Eine empirische Vergleichsanalyse am Beispiel der deutschen Trinkwasserversorgung ...
FoodCloud app to tackle food waste
The Irish social start-up “FoodCloud” developed an app that informs charities when businesses have a surplus of food available. Thus food ...
Low-carbon healthy meals for schools in the UK
The WWF-UK and French catering provider Sodexo launched a new range of low-carbon healthy meals in schools across the UK. The “Lean & Green” ...
Slovenia initiated a constitutional right to water
Access to clean public drinking water is a constitutional right in Slovenia now which is known for its good water quality. In parliament 64 votes were in ...
Solar-powered smart sensors for the potato chips industry
Walkers Crisps has managed to cut its carbon footprint and water supply for growing potatoes by 50 percent. The company installed sensors that are powered ...
A disaster and climate strategy for sub-Saharan Africa
Extreme weather is occuring more frequent around the world due to climate change. As a response to that, the World Bank and the Global Facility for ...
