Researchers at Rice University showed that social media posts can be used to measure pollution in Chinese urban areas. In the study and with the help of ...
Can soil modelling help to fight climate change?
Research on soil carbon stocks are vital in the fight against climate change. A new study by researchers from Finland, Sweden and Japan revealed however ...
More and better education on sustainability
Teachers and administrators met at the third World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities to exchange ideas and inform about existing ...
Indian farmers advised to use municipal solid waste as fertilizer
In a workshop it was recommended to Indian farmers to use municipal solid waste as compost for their fields. This environment-friendly way of fertilizing ...
Scandinavia is leading the Global Green Economy Index 2016
For the fifth time the international consulting agency Dual Citizen has studied how “green” the economy of 80 countries is. While Sweden is ...
Switzerland to vote for a “green economy”
Switzerland consumes 3.3 times the amount of natural resources that are available per capita worldwide (via Swiss Federal Statistic Office). This is the ...
Zurich ranked as world’s most sustainable city
According to a new global ranking released by Dutch building consulting company Arcadis, Zurich is the world’s most sustainable city, performing best ...
Building a future for green concrete
Even though concrete has a much bigger carbon footprint than the aviation industry, the material is often overlooked in discussion of emission cuts. ...
US: Quiet but big changes in the energy sector
Almost unnoticed by the public, the United States has shifted away from dirty power sources and more toward cleaner fuels such as wind and solar: While ...
First step in achieving SDGs: Make people aware of them
An important first step in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals for municipalities is to raise awareness for them. The city of Utrecht, ...
