Delhi airport places 35,000 air-purifying plants to tackle pollution
The Indian capital continues to struggle with alarmingly high levels of pollution throughout the year. Now Delhi airport has found a natural way to combat this menace by placing almost 35,000
This small fishing town in India impressively tackles the problem of ocean plastic
Kollam, a small fishing town in the southernmost Indian state of Kerala, had been facing an environmental problem for the past few decades. The fishermen in the area were tired of
This 8-year-old earned $21,000 from his recycling business
Ryan Hickman, all of 8 years, has a flourishing recycling business in Orange County, CA, and he has already saved a whopping $21,000 for his college fund. His interest in
Doctor creates an app to assist deaf parents that lets them know when and why their baby is crying
While normal parents can ascertain after some time what their babies’ cries mean – whether they are crying from fussiness, hunger or pain – deaf parents have no way of
Indian scientists at IIT Guwahati create a material that works like fish scales to clean oil spills
Oil spills are a major source of water pollution and cause significant harm to marine ecosystems. Cleanup of oil spills is an arduous task, usually taking weeks, months or even
Real-life hero climbs four stories with bare hands to save a child in Paris
A real-life hero in Paris climbed four stories of a building with bare hands to rescue a child hanging from the balcony. The brave Malian immigrant is being dubbed “Spiderman
This Sri Lankan entrepreneur is making paper from elephant poop
People thought Sri Lankan entrepreneur Thusitha Ranasinghe had gone crazy when he suggested his idea of producing paper from elephant dung. “Not that I can blame them,” he chuckles. But the man had
This incredible refugee woman runs a successful catering business despite all odds
This is the inspiring story of Mariam Shaar – a woman born and raised as a refugee in the Bourj al Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon. The camp was established in 1948 to
German city Hamburg to ban older diesel vehicles to cut pollution
Hamburg will soon become the first city in Germany to ban older diesel cars in an attempt to cut down air pollution levels. While a one-mile stretch of Stresemannstraße highway
These eco-friendly vegetable cellars are helping famers in remote Indian village to store veggies in harsh winters
Ladakh, a district in the picturesque state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, is witnessing the impacts of climate change due to the recent boom in tourism industry. The area is