GIS in Hazard Mapping
Many regions in the world are exposed to a number of natural hazards which cost billions of dollars annually. The growing impact of disasters in the past decades is mainly as a result of climate change. Out of 50 fastest growing cities in the world...
Indigenous knowledge systems and the environment
The word ‘indigenous’ can be traced back to French (indigène) and Latin (indigena). In both languages, the word means ‘sprung from the land’, a native or literally ‘in-born’. Thus, it can be comprehended that indigenous knowledge refers to the way of knowing and application of...
Google Launches New Features to Help Users Reduce their Carbon Footprints
Updates to Google Search, Maps and Shopping might lead one to decide which route to take, which hotel to book or which product to buy. As the climate change challenges are being magnified in our cultural and political dialogs, the world’s biggest companies are racing...
Catalytic Converters and Sustainability
The use of fossil fuels in the transport sector has increased the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the last decades. This is an issue of great concern towards global warming and climate change in the world. Fossil fuels used for transportation such as petrol or...
Nanotechnology and the Environment
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is one of the most promising technologies of the 21st century. The emerging technology of nanotech is seen as the technology that not only holds good promises for a society, but also it is capable of revolutionizing our approaches towards...
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standards and trade
The awareness of environmental problems is growing across the world and it is felt by many that current development patterns cannot be sustained in the long term. A large part of activities that is undertaken by organisations has some serious environmental impacts, not only in...
Packaging with banana leaves gains popularity across the world
More than five trillion single-use plastic bags are used globally each year and according to UNO, single-use or disposable plastic comes with severe environmental problems, such as land and water pollution. The continued use of thin plastics to contain our consumables is said to cause...
Korean Scientists Create First Invisible Solar Panels.
Resource scarcity, environmental degradation and climate change are the most obvious calamities the world is facing today as a result of the use of oil, natural gas, coal and other petrochemicals. These fossil fuels often pollute the environment and cause other damage, making the switch...
Should we worry about chemicals in our food?
Food is a crucial contributor to human health and well-being. However, the emergence of diseases caused as a result of chemicals in food is beginning to cause concern. Over the last few decades, the number of chemicals supplemented to food and other products we eat...
Is there water on the Moon? -Space-X and NASA step up plan to return humans to the moon and then head to Mars
Having insight of whether the space outside the Earth can sustain life has been an ultimate question for mankind over the past centuries. Today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Space-X has already set its sights on Earth’s nearest celestial planets as an...
