Environment
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EnvironmentLife is Back in Thames River with Fish, Seals, and Dolphins
London’s River Thames is teaming with life and has recovered from its biologically dead state since the 1950s. Improved waste systems, stricter environmental regulations, and 393 habitat enhancement projects since 2005 revived the river.
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EnvironmentTrash Mountain to Provide Power in Addis Ababa
A huge heap of trash is the newest power plant in Ethiopia: Samuel Alemayehu, a Stanford engineer from Ethiopia, turned the big problem of waste management in booming Africa to an even bigger benefit with Africa’s first “waste-to-energy” plant.
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Environment“Be Good to Us to Help The Forest”, Indigenous Tribes Ask Amazon Countries
Leaders in the Amazon – including the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru – have joined the indigenous peoples at a summit held in Leticia, Colombia to sign a conservation pact focused on protecting the rainforest.
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EnvironmentConstruction Goes Back to Nature, as Wood Replaces Concrete
There is a new trend in the construction industry, helping to reduce carbon dioxide emission: more and more developers and architects build with wooden structures, as an alternative to high-rise buildings made of steel and concrete.
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