Tackling poverty could reduce elephant poaching and boost conservation
Variations in elephant poaching rates are associated with levels of poverty and corruption.
Historic US bill to clean up recycling at the bin and save billions
In a landmark move, a national recycling strategy is to be launched across the U.S., aiming to streamline recycling bin labels and, in so doing, give the market a desperately needed overhaul.
Bird species, a French delicacy, being eaten to death
Illegal and unregulated hunting of a tiny migratory songbird, the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), a coveted French delicacy, has been confirmed as unsustainable by an extensive pan-European study.
Using state-of-the-art digital technologies to spring clean businesses and create circular economies
While global demand for finite natural resources has skyrocketed, innovative businesses are transitioning from linear to circular economies.
Going green – what’s good for the planet is good for business
If you live in the U.S. and relish grabbing a morning coffee on your way to work, the sleeve that stops your hand burning may well have been created by a manufacturing plant that recycles or composts 99% of its materials.
Sustainable guitars – giving back to the trees and communities that helped create music
Just over two years ago, Scott Paul landed his dream job. Former director of Greenpeace’s forest campaign in the US, he was head-hunted by guitar maker Bob Taylor for an ambitious reforestation project
For Antarctic food webs, penguin poo is the gift that keeps on giving
Nitrogen-rich droppings from penguins and seals along the Antarctic Peninsula fuel biodiversity hotspots that stretch several kilometers inland
Link between oral contraceptives and knee injury in female athletes
Oral contraceptives appear to reduce the severity of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes, a large population study reveals.
Researchers have found a way to make organic solar cells more robust
Organic solar cells have several advantages over their traditional silicon counterparts. But they are highly susceptible to damage from moisture, oxygen and light.
Could air-conditioners convert carbon dioxide into fuel and combat climate change?
What if retrofitted air-conditioners could convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into renewable hydrocarbon fuel?
Consumers choose brands that support the Earth
More than ever, consumers have become the swinging voters of product success.
Mug shots: children as young as five make judgements based on faces
Children as young as five make stereotypical inferences about people’s behaviour and modify their own behaviour towards them based merely on facial characteristics, a new study suggests.
Discover the business model that is helping Orkney lead the way towards 100% renewable energy
Scotland’s Orkney Islands – the world’s “poster child for sustainable development” – are edging closer to their 100% renewable energy goals.
Bilbies are more than Easter icons – they help out their mates
If you’re walking quietly through Australian bush this Easter you might get lucky – no chocolate eggs are likely to be hiding there but you could spot two little eyes peeking out of a burrow.
Meet the entrepreneur who is protecting biodiversity with video games and cryptocurrency
When Andrew Robinson and his wife Mallika were driving one day, they heard their son and his friends chatting about video games in the back seat of the car.
Vitamin D does not improve gastrointestinal cancer outcomes, clinical trial finds.
High doses of vitamin D do not improve survival rates for patients with gastrointestinal cancer, according to a new clinical trial.
