Flora and Fauna

Mangroves: A Star Player in The Coastal Protection Game

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: August 9, 2017 An extensive blue-water mangrove is lined by red mangrove prop roots, Rhizophora mangle, reaching into the water at high tide. Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. © Ethan Daniels They do it all: sequester...

This Low-Tech Terrarium Purifies Water Like A Mini-Amazon Rainforest

Source: treehugger.com Published: July 25, 2017 © Kikando By Kimberley Mok The lack of clean water has become a serious problem worldwide, thanks to industrial contamination, agricultural and urban pollution, and even from seemingly innocuous acts such as washing...

How to Improve Indoor Air Quality with Plants

Source: foobot.io Published: July 21, 2017 plant on desk – office productivity By Adrien Lafond **Updated November 2019. The decades-old claims about the power of plants to improve indoor air quality might be totally wrong, according to a recent study by...

This Plant-Based Water Filter Works Like A Tiny Amazon Rainforest

Source: inhabitat.com Published: July 12, 2017 by Lacy Cooke We take water for granted far too often. Whole civilizations have fallen as a result of over-exploiting water sources, according to Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate student Pratik Ghosh, so it’s...

7 Plants That Could Save The World

Source: inhabitat.com  Published: August 7, 2016 Plants feed us, clothe us, shelter us, heal us, and unendingly inspire us with their everyday miracles. But, in many ways, despite the technological advances of society, we are still at the tip of the iceberg in...

How Algae Can Help Sweden Eliminate Carbon Emissions

Source: ecowatch.com Published: June 25, 2017 Flickr / Michael Basial Global Citizen By Avery Friedman Algae is often considered a nuisance, but for Sweden, the rapidly growing sea plant is now an asset. As the Scandinavian country works to cut all of its greenhouse...

5 Ways We Can Decrease Our Paper Consumption and Save Our Planet

Source: ict-pulse.com Published: April 20, 2016 Although we are supposedly living more digital lives, paper consumption globally has been increasing. Here are five ways we use less paper in our work lives. Posted by Michele Marius In today’s society, many of us pride...