In 2017 Tanzania’s anti-plastic initiative to “protect the youth and environment,” banned the manufacture of plastic bags and in-country distribution.
As of June visitors to the country will have to leave their plastic bags at the port of entry. Tanzania aims to be plastic bag free, and it’s just one of 34 African nations fighting against single-use plastics with such bans. Read more ...
Microplastics. We've found them in the Arctic sea and even frozen into the ice. The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of all our oceans,...
With modern solutions such as air-con aggravating the problem, ancient heat-management techniques can offer answers. On this year’s...
Democracy is in trouble, despite popular uprisings and dynamic social movements in Lebanon, Hong Kong and across Europe and Latin...
