A Sustainable Life: What’s the carbon footprint of owning pet fish? An expert explains
WILLIAM PERRY, of Cardiff UNiversity’s School of Biosciences, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what the data shows…
A Sustainable Life: Can sending fewer emails or emptying your inbox really help fight climate change?
Environmental impact researchers, LUCIANO RODRIGUES VIANA, JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOUCHER and MOHAMED CHERIET look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what actual impact sending emails has on our carbon footprint…
A Sustainable Life: Here are the most effective things you can do to fight climate change
UK scholar MAX CALLAGHAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, draws on the latest UN climate change panel report to see what actions individuals can take to help fight climate change…
Wow!: Climate-friendly cuppa? Carbon footprint labels aim to steer green buying
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how companies are starting to label their products, from food and drink to cosmetics, to show how their products impact the climate…
A Sustainable Life: Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEEPIKA MATHUR, of Australia’s Charles Darwin University, and IMRAN MUHAMMAD, of Massey University in New Zealand, look at why prematurely removing solar panels and throwing them away is such a problem…
New Year’s resolution? Slim your carbon footprint by a tonne in 2021
Thomson Reuters Foundation Get fit, quit smoking, eat healthily. Most years begin with good intentions that often fall by the wayside as life gets busier again. But how about trying a different challenge for 2021 which goes beyond personal improvement and benefits the planet too? Wind turbines are seen on the carbon-negative island of Samso […]
A Sustainable Life: Outdoor heaters are very inefficient – here’s how to keep warm outdoors more sustainably
As the northern hemisphere heads into winter, SHARON GEORGE, a lecturer in environmental science, looks at the most sustainable way to stay warm outside…
With ‘thank you’ emails, polite Britons burn thousands of tonnes of carbon a year
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain could significantly cut its carbon footprint if people stopped sending unnecessary ‘thank you’ emails, researchers said last week, calling on the public to “think before you thank”. Britons send more than 64 million unnecessary emails per day, a study by energy supplier OVO Energy found, with unactionable pleasantries such as […]
‘Flight shame’ website spells out emissions toll on global climate
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Getting ready to cruise in first class from New York to Beijing? That will be 15.6 square metres of Arctic ice down the drain, thank you. Enjoy your flight. Such statistics detailing the environmental toll wrought by jet setting, or even just business travel, are the stuff of a […]