Ad agencies and regulators claim era of greenwashing is over
Several major cities face stricter regulatory restrictions on annoying greenwashing tactics. Advertising agencies are being told to reconsider relationships with major polluters, and false claims of being ‘carbon neutral’ and ‘nature positive’ will be thwarted by marketing authorities. Everyone blags their way through professional life to some extent, right? When...
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Abuse of Vinicius Jr renews calls to address racism in football
Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr was subject to racist abuse during a La Liga tie against Valencia on Sunday. Past and present teammates have since come out in support of the 22-year-old, along with the wider football world. The beautiful game, at times, can be extremely ugly. One of football’s most...
Could mushrooms eventually replace polystyrene?
A Ukrainian startup has successfully developed a 100% biodegradable and extremely lightweight packaging alternative made from mycelium roots that fully decomposes in just a month. If you’re familiar with my writing, by now I’m sure you’re well aware of my deep-rooted obsession with all things mycelium. This is pretty understandable, given...
What Uber’s new flight service means for travel
Uber, the ride-hailing giant, recently announced its expansion into the world of flights. While this move may seem like a turning point in travel convenience, it raises concerns about environmental impact. Nearly all of us, especially those living in the UK’s bigger cities, will have had a run-in with Uber. Launched...
This company gives new life to old tyres fished from the ocean
Off the coast of Florida, there sits a graveyard of discarded tyres at the bottom of the ocean. Though a collective effort to remove them has been underway for a decade, one organisation finally has a plan to turn them into something new. In the 1970s, the American company Broward...
Salted crops can provide cost-effective carbon capture say researchers
Cost effective carbon capture is currently a bit of a myth. But could arguably Earth’s oldest preservative, salt, provide a solution to lock atmospheric carbon deep underground? Carbon removal is now deemed essential to stay within all theoretical pathways of 1.5C warming, says the IPCC’s AR6 Synthesis Report. Depending on...
Extinction Rebellion volunteers protect the London Marathon
The London Marathon coincided with four days of continuous protests from Extinction Rebellion around the capital. Aware that many were concerned about disruptions, members of the eco-outfit actively protected the event to safeguard its reputation. Extinction Rebellion members decided that showing discretion was the best course of action last weekend. In the run-up to the London Marathon, the climate group had been holding four-day demonstrations in Parliament Square leading many to believe...
GaeaStar’s new coffee cups are made using only clay
San Francisco and Germany-based startup GaeaStar has developed a new disposable coffee cup made from clay. It can be thrown on the ground and discarded with no negative effect on the environment. Most of the time, throwing used coffee cups on the ground and walking away is selfish, lazy, and deserving of criticism. However, these new clay coffee cups created by startup GaeaStar could be the exception to the rule....
How SeaForester is reforesting our oceans
SeaForester’s simple new technology could bring a valuable carbon sink back from the brink. When we talk deforestation, it’s normally about trees and animals on dry land. But it’s a problem that goes much further – all the way into the deep blue sea. Each year we lose three million hectares of marine vegetation. Over the past fifty years the world's kelp forests have declined by 50%. This is in part due...
UAE reportedly plots massive oil expansion despite hosting COP28
Despite its position as host of COP28 next November, the United Arab Emirates has the third-largest plans for expansion into gas and oil globally. Controversially, the CEO of its national fossil fuel company Adnoc has just been appointed as the UN summit’s president. Seven months before the talks even get underway, COP28 has gotten off to a frankly terrible start. Back in 2021, the announcement that the United Arab Emirates had...
