These two youngsters are on a mission to save the planet
In 2009, Carter and Olivia Ries were merely 8 and 7 years old when they started their non-profit One More Generation (OMG) targeted to protect the endangered wildlife. Right from assisting injured wildlife after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster to writing thousands of letters to South Africa’s President Zuma to take more stringent measures to stop rhino poaching, the siblings have traveled all...
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Students give this Brazilian teacher a heartwarming gift after learning he was sleeping at school
Bruno Rafael Paiva, a teacher in Brazil, recently received a heartwarming surprise from his students. Paiva had been covering the maternity leave of another teacher and, due to the bureaucracy, his name wasn’t yet included in the payroll. Not only had he not received a salary in two months, he was also living and sleeping at the school. When the students found out, they pooled together a total value of...
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India will eliminate single-use plastics by 2022 : Narendra Modi
On the occasion of World Environment Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country will aim to get rid of single-use plastics by 2022. The ambitious pledge is expected to send a strong message to the global community about the country’s serious efforts to tackle plastic pollution. “The choices that we make today will define our collective future,” Mr Modi said on Tuesday. “The choices...
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Polish startup introduces ‘Bee Saving Paper’ to save hungry bees
In an effort to save rapidly declining bee populations, a Polish Startup came up with the idea of ‘Bee Saving Paper’ — a biodegradable paper that packs in glucose, which acts as an energy drink for hungry pollinators. The material is made by dissolving a special kind of sugar into water, making a paste that beekeepers use to nourish their hives during the winter. According to the paper startup’s website,...
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Delhi airport places 35,000 air-purifying plants to tackle pollution
The Indian capital continues to struggle with alarmingly high levels of pollution throughout the year. Now Delhi airport has found a natural way to combat this menace by placing almost 35,000 ‘air purifying’ plants across the premises. The plants have been chosen carefully for their natural ability to cleanse the air of toxic pollutants. According to latest reports, an area of roughly 3.9 million sq. ft. within...
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This small fishing town in India impressively tackles the problem of ocean plastic
Kollam, a small fishing town in the southernmost Indian state of Kerala, had been facing an environmental problem for the past few decades. The fishermen in the area were tired of catching more plastic trash than fish in their nets. They later spent hours separating plastic from their catch. As the town had no recycling plant or waste collection facility, the fishermen could do nothing but complain and throw the...
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This 8-year-old earned $21,000 from his recycling business
Ryan Hickman, all of 8 years, has a flourishing recycling business in Orange County, CA, and he has already saved a whopping $21,000 for his college fund. His interest in recycling began way back in 2012 when he visited the local recycling center with his dad and cashed in a few small bags of cans and bottles. When Ryan notified his parents that he wanted to give empty plastic bags to all the neighbors and maybe...
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Doctor creates an app to assist deaf parents that lets them know when and why their baby is crying
While normal parents can ascertain after some time what their babies’ cries mean – whether they are crying from fussiness, hunger or pain – deaf parents have no way of knowing that. To help such parents, Dr. Ariana Anderson at the UCLA Medical Center and Semel Institute developed the Crybaby app that alerts deaf parents when their kids are crying, and also explains why the infants are crying....
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Indian scientists at IIT Guwahati create a material that works like fish scales to clean oil spills
Oil spills are a major source of water pollution and cause significant harm to marine ecosystems. Cleanup of oil spills is an arduous task, usually taking weeks, months or even years, if the spill spreads over a large area. Now a group of scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, have developed a unique artificial membrane that is capable of separating water from different types of oil...
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Real-life hero climbs four stories with bare hands to save a child in Paris
A real-life hero in Paris climbed four stories of a building with bare hands to rescue a child hanging from the balcony. The brave Malian immigrant is being dubbed “Spiderman of Paris” and will be made a citizen of France after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. Mamoudou Gassama, 22, was hailed a hero for single-handedly hauling the four-year-old to safety after scaling the facade of an...
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