In the summer of 2018 the authorities in the Australian city of Kwinana installed a filtration system in the Henley Reserve. The system whilst being unbelievable simple is very effective and the citizens have already seen the benefits. The filter is simply a net covering the end of a drainage pipe that catches debris and…
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A 70-Year-Old Grandma Cleaned 52 Beaches In 2018 To Help Our Planet
This planet is the only home we have right now, we should not forget this. We gain so much from it and so we must take care of it. It is true that it can feel hopeless sometimes when faced with the greater forces around us. Yet there are some individuals that are doing amazing…
Please Pick Up Your Trash
After coming back to my home country after 17 years abroad, what I say just plainly shocked me. I don’t remember it being like this, there’s literally trash everywhere. People just carelessly throw the garbage out of their car windows. Driving down in the country, you can’t pass a mile without seeing trash everywhere. This…
Wildlife Bridges Over Highways Save Endangered Animals and People
The statistics from the Western Transportation Institute say that between 1 and 2 million large animals are killed by motorists every year. Most of these animals are killed while trying to cross the road and migrate or find food in what was once their natural habitat. Today there are 21 species that have been listed…
The Species We’ve Lost to Extinction in 2018
Many species have existed on our planet for millions and millions of years But as times moves forward change happens, partly caused by mother nature but mostly by us humans. When specific conditions happen, a situation arises when endangered species can go extinct. This article takes a look at species that went extinct in 2018…
This Company Will Pay You $100,000 to Give Up Your Smartphone for a Year
Vitaminwater, an enhanced water company has launched a contest that challenges entrants to give up their smartphones and tables for an entire year. In today’s age this seems like a very hard thing to do but the company is making it worth your while by offering a $100.000 prize. The challenge called #nophoneforayear requires people…
Atlanta Turns 7-Acre Vacant Lot into Largest Free Food Forest In the Country
Atlanta has just transformed a former “food desert” into a “food forest” that will provide citizens with free nuts, veggies, mushrooms, fruits and herbs. The City of Atlanta recently voted to transform an old vacant pecan farm into a food forest. Photo: courtesy The Conservation Fund Spanning over an year of 7-acres, the park will…
Study: Kids Who Grow Up Surrounded By Nature Become Happier Adults
A new study has published some interesting results, they said that children that spend more time surrounded by nature while growing up have less psychological problems as adults. To conduct this study Danish researches followed 900,000 children for 28 years, from 1985 to 2013. Their findings say that children that grew up in places with…
Willie Nelson Rescues 70 Horses From Slaughter, Now They Roam Free on His Ranch
Today many old , work and show horses are often sold to inhumane slaughterhouses to be used for human consumption in other countries in the world. The horses Willie rescued were probably headed to the same destiny. Nelson says that over half of them were actually headed for a slaughterhouse when they were thankfully rescued…
Living off the grid: Photographer captures the homes of families who have escaped the rat race
When you arrive there’s no running water, no central heating and most definitely no supermarket nearby. The people have decided to leave modern life and become one with nature abandoning the rat race. Going to the Carpathians and The Pyrenees, these people have ditched modern life and all its benefits and live off the grid….