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If you like tourism and you like education in this direction you will want to check out university programs that are just ideal for this purpose and that are appealing in the lack of a better word. Ecotourism is a hot topic today and many universities are offering this option. University’s programs of this kind have […]

Plastic is really all around you. It is in your phone, clothes, or fridge. Oceans, rivers and lakes are full of plastic waste. Not to mention hundreds of tons of waste ending up on a rubbish dump. We live in a plastic age. And plastic is slowly getting into our bodies. How? By water, we […]

An alarming report from IUCN warns of a forthcoming danger of extinction for more than half of European trees. 1 tree out of 4 is in danger of extinction in Europe: causes and consequences On September 27th, when FridaysForFuture movement was at its peak, calling on both students and adults, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) released […]

A study on a global scale tells us that there is still much to do: tourism pollutes much more than estimated, it’s responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gases emissions, thus contributing significantly to climate changes that are destroying the environment and the planet. The study “The carbon footprint of global tourism“, conducted by the […]

Our actual plastic age lifestyle is unsustainable. Therefore, scientists all around the world are looking not only for plastic alternatives, but also for ways, how to solve the actual problem of plastic waste. On a landfill site in Pakistan, scientists discovered, that fungus called Aspergillus tubingensis can feeds on plastic. A group of researchers from […]

Women living in the countryside live longer and better, these are the surprising results of a study of T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard that show that women who live surrounded by greenery have a lower mortality rate of 12% compared to those living in cities. The study lasted 8 years and involved little […]

Walking in the woods helps fight negative thoughts: there is a new study to prove it, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, conducted at Stanford University by researcher Gregory Bratman. The study (which you can read here) involved 38 subjects living in urban areas. They were subjected to a questionnaire designed to […]