Scotland’s new plastic bottle return scheme could lead to 11 million of them getting recycled annually
Scotland is all set to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme under which people would be required to pay a 20 pence deposit when buying drinks contained in single-use plastic or
“Learning is not a competition,” says Singapore’s Education Minister; does away with exam rankings
Singapore’s Minister of Education Ong Ye Kung feels that young children shouldn’t see learning as a competition, but as a form of self-discipline. This is why Ong has decided to
Two California professors arrange a set of seesaws across the US-Mexico border wall for kids from both sides to play together
Two college professors from California, Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, just gave a new ‘unifying’ twist to the border wall that separates the US and Mexico. The duo built
Under a new green initiative, Ethiopia plants more than 350 million trees in just 12 hours
Setting a new world record, Ethiopia planted over 350 million trees in a mere 12-hour period on Monday. The mass tree planting in the country is part of a bigger
This Indian officer tackled malnutrition with a brilliant initiative – ‘My School, My Farm’
When Shashanka Ala, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, got posted in the Lawngtlai district of Mizoram – a small, hilly northeastern state – she was stunned by the time it
California replacing hundreds of diesel-powered school buses with electric ones to protect children from air pollution
The California Energy Commission recently approved funds worth $70 million to replace old school buses running on diesel with an all-electric fleet in order to protect children from the ill
Good Samaritan anonymously donates $25 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Now this a bit of news that restores our faith in humanity! Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, recently received an anonymous donation worth $25 million which will go towards the expansion
This man’s brilliant idea of converting straw into fuel and other eco-products could end the problem of stubble burning in India
With the onset of winter season, Delhi, India’s capital city, comes into news for all the wrong reasons. There is a massive spike in the city’s pollution levels as October
Generous donations by Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation allow animal shelters to waive off adoption fees
American country singer Miranda Lambert is popular for her love for animals. Lambert’s “MuttNation Foundation” donated $150,000 to 50 animal shelters across 50 states in the US in honor of
Conservationists buy an extremely rare ‘snow forest’ in Canada to protect it from development
The Next Creek Watershed located in the center of the Darkwoods Conservation Area in British Columbia, Canada, contains a rare ‘snow forest’ – a temperate rainforest that derives most of