IKEA to launch first ever sustainable second-hand store
Old furniture will be repurposed and resold in the first ever second-hand IKEA store. It’ll be ready to visit by the end of 2020. I’m sure you’ve probably bought and tried to build a flat-pack IKEA furniture set at least once in your life. They’re cheap, cheerful, and end...
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How Microsoft’s new underwater servers will help create a greener internet
Microsoft has been running an experiment to see if underwater servers could bring faster and more energy efficient internet to the coast, and it’s proved to be a resounding success. In 2018 Microsoft had the idea of sinking an entire data centre to the bottom of the Scottish sea...
Uber to switch entirely to electric vehicles by 2030
Drivers will receive an extra few dollars if they switch to electric vehicles, though it will cost riders more per trip. Uber has announced that it will exclusively be using electric vehicles by 2030 in the US, Canada, and Europe. It won’t be forcefully pushing drivers to switch their cars...
Lewis Hamilton joins new electric car series Extreme E
The new tournament has been designed to highlight key climate crisis issues, taking electric cars off road in a series of SUV races. Lewis Hamilton has just announced that he’ll be entering his own team of racers into the new Extreme E tournament that will begin in 2021. Created by Formula...
Highlighting food systems is crucial in the fight against climate change
A new report reveals that climate action on food systems can deliver 20 percent of the overall global emission reduction needed by 2050. Policy makers have failed to highlight national food systems as a key area in the fight to keep global temperatures from rising 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels,...
Plastic pollution is a fight we can win if we act now
We waited too long to stop CO2 from taking over our atmosphere, and now we’re in danger of waiting too long to turn off the plastic tap. A billion more tons of plastic are set to blanket the earth by 2040. In the next two decades alone, 710 million...
Boxed Water plants 1 million trees with NFF
The popular sustainably packaged water brand now has plans to reach 2 million planted trees in partnership with the National Forest Foundation. Boxed Water has managed to reach its 2020 goal of planting 1 million trees across the US after a five year social media campaign. It will now continue indefinitely with the initiative and is dedicated to planting another million in the near future. Trees have been planted in various...
Jeff Bezos is now worth $200 billion
Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos continues to rake in cash and is now worth $200 billion in personal wealth. He is by far the richest person in modern history. Jeff Bezos has amassed a net worth of over $200 billion, making him the richest person on the planet by far. Bill Gates is a distant second with a measly $116.1 billion and Bezos’ ex-wife is now the second richest woman...
How to be a greener employee in an unsustainable workplace
The world’s most climate conscious generation shouldn’t spend the majority of their time in spaces that compromise their future. The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime. Depending on decisions you make now, those 90,000 can be spent in complicit nonchalance towards climate degradation, or in green spaces. Learning how to speak up about environmental issues in the workplace is an essential skill of you...
Are lending schemes like Klarna luring Gen Z into debt?
Addictive buy now, pay later services designed to encourage overspending have sparked concerns as vulnerable young consumers find themselves in mounting debt. Since the start of lockdown, 23% of 18 to 24-year olds have turned to buy now, pay later services (BNPL) when shopping online, contributing to a shocking spike in bankruptcies within the age group. Designed to encourage overspending, these schemes have emerged as the ‘new normal’ for young,...
