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Climate Change: Forests as a Mitigating Factor
Sustainable forest management is a necessary condition to mitigate climate change; however, it is not sufficient. In order for forests to help stabilize the climate, further measures are needed, including the expansion of forest land, the reduction of deforestation, and governmental commitments. What is the problem? Earth is presently facing the destructive effects of global […]
Continue readingCondé Nast Traveler International Magazine Suggests Ecobnb
Condé Nast Traveler, one of the most important international magazines focused on tourism, has published an article about Ecobnb in Spanish. The article, published on April 24, titles “Ecobnb, el buscador de alojementos singulares y sostenibles“, which means “Ecobnb, the search engine for unique and sustainable accommodations”. You can read it in the Spanish digital version of […]
Continue readingFlowers: What is the environmental cost of them?
Flowers are common gift in almost every culture. Either it is for your love, mother, sibling or colleague. There are always occasions, where a bunch of flowers sounds like a good gift. But is it ecological? Lately, I had my b-day party and I received a lot of flowers. Only one bunch made me truly […]
Continue reading6 Good Reasons to Plant Trees
Human behavior on planet Earth is one of the major causes of climate change: the use of fossil fuels and deforestation raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere with worrying consequences. Our generation has the task of stopping these climate changes and safeguarding the planet. The best way to compensate for the CO2 produced and released […]
Continue readingFirst power plant with “negative CO2 emissions” introduced in Iceland
Few days ago, Iceland introduced the world´s first power plant, that eliminates more CO2, than it produces. After successful project in Switzerland, where Climeworks introduced world´s first commercial Direct Air Capture (DAC), another “world’s first” was introduced in Iceland. Together with their partner Reykjavik Energy, swiss company Climeworks introduced CarbFix2 project. The project is considered […]
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