Testing 12 different bamboo cup brands, Stiftung Warentest found that most released ‘very high’ amounts of melamine and formaldehyde after contact with a hot drink.
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IKEA will produce more energy than it consumes by the end of this year
Ultimately, it plans to be climate-positive (reducing more emissions than it puts out) by 2030.
4 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint
Many people state that they would like to lower their carbon footprint but don’t know how to go about it.
How glorious is the 12th? The campaign to ban driven grouse shooting in the UK
A concerted campaign, led by Chris Packham, is calling for driven grouse shooting to be banned.
Have you heard of flygskam or ‘flight shaming’? The environmental movement that encourages people to stop flying
Flygskam or ‘flight-shaming’ is an environmental movement across Europe which is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport.
How Major League Baseball and The Dodgers are winning at sustainability
An organised commitment to make ballparks more environmentally friendly throughout MLB began a decade ago.
This photo of a seabird feeding its chick a cigarette butt must inspire lasting change
‘The baby needs to become a poster child for change.’
Adidas pledges to make all clothing and shoes from only recycled plastic by 2024
The move comes after the sportswear brand sold a million pair of shoes made from recycled ocean plastic.
UK roadside turned into 8-mile ‘river of flowers’ to help support wildlife
The re-wilding effort, by Rotherham council, is in response to a long-running campaign by the wildflower conservation charity Plantlife.
Juvenile Arctic fox recorded trekking from Norway to Canada across the polar ice pack
The epic journey, equating to an average speed of just over 46 kilometres per day, has left scientists ‘speechless’.
This artificial ski slope in Copenhagen is also a power plant that converts the city’s waste into electricity
Also known as CopenHill, the one-of-a-kind artificial ski slope is set to open this summer.
PoW is efficient: Why Bitcoin is not bad for the environment
In fact, by incentivising the development of cheap, clean and abundant energy sources, Bitcoin may be the catalyst we need to move to a Type I energy civilisation and save the planet.