Climate change, environmental destruction, biodiversity loss – the challenges we face are huge. But despair isn’t a great source of motivation. Here we flip the narrative of typical climate change reporting to look at innovative solutions to today’s environmental challenges.
If we know where whales are, we can take targeted protective measures, such as diverting ships and reducing sources of noise. OrcaHello helps to track the animals.
With the AURORA app, citizens can track their carbon footprint and invest in solar panel installation to reduce their emissions even further.
According to a new study by SolarMoves, vehicle-integrated photovoltaics offer great potential for decarbonising our transport.
In Heidelberg and Worms, the shaded.ors app is already helping people navigate the shade. However, HeiGIT’s routing application can also be adapted for use in other cities – and has the potential to become an important tool for climate adaptation.
Getting from A to B without selling your data, subscribing to a service or costing the earth is possible with these smart, open-source navigation apps.
Scientists in Sweden pilot a fish farm heated by a local power plant, where different fish species cohabit and utilise each other's waste.
Why does living and working in the cloud generate high CO2 emissions? And how exactly do we get to the green cloud? We provide an overview and some tips.
“Protecting the ocean isn’t just about drawing lines on a map – it’s about keeping ecosystems functioning so that they can provide food, livelihoods, climate resilience and economic stability,” says Dr Chris Ward-Paige, founder of eOceans, in an interview.
Does the work required to afford a car cancel out the time it saves? This social speed calculator will help you find out.
