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We continue our “Five things you did not know about ” series with another fascinating way of producing energy. Feel free to comment, give advice and share your personal opinions. So here they are, the five things you probably did not know about wind power.
1. 19% of the energy produced in Denmark is wind [...]

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1. About 30% of the radiation that we receive from the sun at the upper atmosphere is reflected back into space. The rest of 70% is absorbed by clouds, oceans and land masses here on Earth. Even in these conditions, the energy that our planet gets from one hour of sun exposure is [...]

Acid rains are known world-wide as something “bad” and of course, polluting. But here’s your chance to learn a bit more about these phenomena and maybe help prevent them one day.
The phenomena basically cover all kinds of acidic precipitation, meaning rain, fog, snow and they usually form due to the human emissions of sulfur and [...]

From time to time, we will try to give you examples regarding the environment and people acting to save it. Here is a powerful one.

The reef rehabilitation project took place in Manado Tua Island, in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Due to the intense fishing in this area, major sections of the coral reef have been compromised, which [...]

Have you ever wondered where all our waste goes?
Well, there are two major options: they are either incinerated or thrown away in huge waste dumps in open fields, usually in the vicinity of large cities. Now if our waste in incinerated, smoke and toxic gases are set free into our atmosphere, raining down on us [...]

” The Story of Stuff” is a 20 minutes film about all the unknown negative consequences that derive from us “getting stuff”.

It deals with the processes of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, disposal and the people involved in following them through.
“From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities [...]

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According to Wikipedia, sustainability is a characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely. The term, in its environmental usage, refers to the potential longevity of vital human ecological support systems, such as the planet’s climatic system, systems of agriculture, industry, forestry, fisheries, and the systems on [...]