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Scientists from Minnesota have calculated that for environmental improvements, you should switch to plant foods
Scientists from the University of Minnesota (USA) have published a study proposing a global change in the human diet to improve the ecological situation on the planet. The study, released to the public following its publication in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental…
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The impact of smoking on the environment - the latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO)
This Wednesday, May 31, World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented its report on how cigarette smoking affects the global environment. World No Tobacco Day, included in the list of world and international days of the UN, was officially…
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"Interactive map of landfills" has collected more than 6,500 requests from residents of Russia
The project of the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) "Interactive map of landfills" *, launched 3.5 months ago, has already collected more than 6.5 thousand requests from residents of Russia about places to dump garbage, 3.1 thousand of which have been taken into work. This became known from the speech of the coordinator of the Center ...
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Vivaldi Web Browser and Ecosia Search Engine Join Forces to Give Profits to Plant Trees
The authors of the Vivaldi web browser, created last year by natives of Opera Software, announced that with the new version of their product - version 1.9 - Ecosia has become one of the search engines available to users. Ecosia is a search engine that gives 80% of its revenue from ads,…
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Vegetarian exhibition VEG-LIFE-EXPO 2017 will be held in Moscow on April 8 and 9
This weekend, for the second time, Moscow will host the federal industry exhibition dedicated to vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle (HLS), VEG-LIFE-EXPO 2017. The purpose of the event is to create a product industry for vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle. More than 2500 visitors are expected to visit the exhibition…
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From March 30 to June 5, the All-Russian environmental flash mob “Share with us!”
The ERA Foundation, with the support of The Coca-Cola Foundation, announced the launch of an all-Russian environmental flash mob called “Share with Us!”. All participants of the flash mob will have to complete more than 10 different tasks related to the separate collection of waste and other topics…
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South Australia to build region's largest battery-powered solar power plant
Australian construction and investment company Lyon Group announced the launch of a project in the south of the country to create the region's largest solar farm and battery system. The total cost of the project is estimated at 1 billion US dollars. The solar power plant will consist of 3.4 million…
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Trump Cancels Obama's Clean Energy Plan, US West Coast Protests
Yesterday, March 28, at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cancel the Clean Power Plan of his predecessor, Barack Obama. With this step, the current US leader has once again demonstrated an unwillingness to recognize ...
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Climate change: Arctic ice hits new winter low
Another indication of global warming was the fact that the amount of ice remaining in the Arctic at the time of the winter maximum turned out to be the smallest in the entire history of observations. The ice sheet in the Arctic grows during the winter months and reaches its largest size in early March. This…
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From April 2 to April 30, an environmental marathon will be held #ReducingMyEcofootprint
From April 2 to April 30, everyone who has Internet access from Russia, the CIS countries or anywhere in the world has a unique opportunity to take part in the environmental marathon #ReducingMyEcofootprint. The organizers of this event are the Green Driver project (Roman Sablin) and the eco-goods store…