The Great Green Wall initiative aims to restore an 8,000km strip of savanna along the southern edge of the Sahara desert. 100 million hectares of land are to be restored, 10 million jobs created and 250 megatonnes of carbon sequestered. The initiative has just received a funding boost from donors including France and the World …
Africa is creating its own Great Wall – and it’s green Read More »
We are starting a trans-Himalaya cycling expedition with an aim of spreading awareness regarding women empowerment and clean Himalaya With an aim to convey a message of pollution-free environment and women empowerment in the society, two women from Bihar and Uttarakhand have started a cycling expedition from the Wagah border to Arunachal Pradesh. “Our motive …
Women cycle from Wagha border to Arunachal to promote pollution free environment Read More »
No matter where you live or how high your socioeconomic status, climate change can endanger your health, both physical and mental, now and in the future. Melting ice caps, warmer oceans, intense storms, heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires — all these well-documented effects of climate change may seem too remote to many people to …
Smart parking solutions collate data in real-time and give motorists more visibility into the number of parking slots available around them. Inefficient parking is polluting our cities. While you might think that there is little connection between a lack of parking spaces and pollution, imagine this scenario: There is an office parking space where all …
Could Digitized Parking Solutions Curb The Increasing Pollution Level? Read More »
A new study from the University of Surrey has confirmed that green roofs and trees can reduce the urban heat island effect. The researchers found that green infrastructure can greatly reduce the surrounding air temperature, with trees found to be the most effective solution. An urban heat island is a metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding …
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