Why does it look so innocent? It happens to all of us – the fridge is full, we forget about something and it goes bad. The food packaging is not the right size – if only it could be smaller… It’s just some potato peels, some potato peels are not[…]
A coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. Most coronaviruses aren't dangerous. But in early 2020, after a December 2019 outbreak in China, the World Health Organization identified a new type of coronavirus. Officials named this new virus severe[…]
At the end of COP21, the world welcomed the ambitious goal that the Paris Accord set for governments around the world, to contain global warming to 2°C by 2100. Five years later, it seems clear that too little has been done by the signatory states to meet this program. A[…]
When ecological awareness meets the research process, new scientific fields are developed, such as ecohydrology. The idea is simple: to stimulate the regenerative capacities of an ecosystem in order to improve the filtration of polluting substances present in its waters. Cleaning up the pollution emitted by centuries of industrialization is[…]
27 young people from Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Croatia and Bulgaria exchanged experience and knowledge on environmental issues and measures at the individual, collective and global levels that can be taken. They learned to knead bread, to recognize plants and their beneficial properties, to prepare natural cosmetics at home, to compost,[…]
Balanced athmosphere of fun and learning is in the base of the non-formal and informal learning methodology! This probably is the best way to gain new skills, knowledge and competences on different issues and in the same way to have great time and find new friends. As already a lot[…]
Besides the ceremony marking the start of the Bulgarian presidency of the European Union, 2018 started quite loudly and excitedly for the citizens. The reason for this is the almost two weeks of protests in support of Pirin National Park. The protests, in turn, were provoked by the decision of[…]
The Black Sea is one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in Europe because of the closed its pool and the fact that it drain some of the largest European rivers (Danube, Dnieper, Don). Measures for the conservation of this fragile ecosystem must include different sectors and society in recent years[…]
Over the next five years, France will install some 621 miles (1,000km) of solar roadway using Colas’ Wattway solar pavement. Solar freakin’ roadways! No, this is not the crowdfunded solar road project that blew up the internet a few years ago, but is a collaboration between Colas, a transport infrastructure[…]
International architecture firm Snøhetta has partnered with Norway’s Research Center on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB) and to design and build a remarkable experimental house that helps move the development of very efficient buildings forward. The ZEB Pilot House is claimed to generate almost three times the amount of electricity it[…]
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