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If you consider yourself a conscious consumer, a minimalist, or simply care about the impact your purchasing decisions have on the world around you, then you know that less is more. This could not be more true than when it comes to jewelry. Most of the fine jewelry you purchase will probably still be in […]

A bee can only fly for so long between flowers before it runs out of energy.   Bumblebees have such fast metabolisms that they’re never more than 40 mins from starvation, which must give navigating to your next flower a sense of urgency.  Now bees like humans shouldn’t live on a diet of sugar, however

Using sonar technology and a newly developed method of analyzing oil and gas bubbles rising through the water, scientists determined that the plumes are the result of oil and gas released from multiple wells. They also found that as many as 108 barrels of oil, or just over 4,500 gallons, have spilled into the Gulf

In a first in Meghalaya, a woman from West Khasi Hills has come up with eco-friendly sanitary pads. 30-year-old Shaidalin Marbaniang from Riangdo village has recently launched this sanitary napkins ‘Syntu’ (flower in English) with an aim to check land and air pollution. She embarked on this mission being inspired from a seven-day workshop on

For every mile a jet flies, it generates 53 pounds of carbon dioxide—but until we have a better supply of aviation biofuel made from waste, there are other ways that airlines are reducing their unsustainable footprint. Air New Zealand, for instance, is slashing their use of plastic on flights—cutting out 55 million items, which will

Your groceries are getting a 21st-century reboot thanks to a new research centre focused on the future of food. Australia’s population is forecast to hit 30 million by 2029 and reach almost 50 million – double the current population – by 2066. That’s a lot of mouths to feed, and with most of this growth

This story is part of a CBC News series entitled In Our Backyard, which looks at the effects climate change is having in Canada, from extreme weather events to how it’s reshaping our economy. In a cartoon that went viral before the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009, a conference presentation lists some of the side benefits of

Do you have to wash your tins before recycling them? Are glass milk bottles better than plastic? Do you need to use a bag for life, for life? All your questions about staying eco without it becoming a burden