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Going green: Ethiopia's bid to plant four billion trees

01 Aug 2019

Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October, as part of a global movement to restore forests to help fight climate change and protect resources.

What it’s like to follow veganism

30 May 2019

Read on to find out what's veganism, and how shifting to a vegan diet and discipline can do a world of good.

Cellphone 'Tower of Babel' highlights China e-waste problem

31 Mar 2019

A Chinese artist unveiled a sculpture made of discarded mobile phones and shaped like a cell tower in a bid to highlight the problem of electronic waste.

Global landmarks go dark for Earth Hour environmental campaign

31 Mar 2019

New York's Empire State Building, Egypt's pyramids, London's Big Ben and Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue were among the world's most renowned monuments plunged into darkness for an hour Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on the planet's vanishing plant and animal life.

UAE offers aid to cyclone-hit Mozambique

21 Mar 2019

A 97-metric-tonne shipment of humanitarian aid sent by members of Dubai’s International Humanitarian City arrived at Maputo International Airport

Prince Charles and Camilla to visit New Zealand

26 Jul 2019

“The Prince of Wales has been a strong advocate for the environment, conservation and sustainability for many years,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement.

Earth's 2019 resources 'budget' spent by July 29: Report

30 Jul 2019

Mankind will have used up its allowance of natural resources such as water, soil and clean air for all of 2019 by Monday, a report said.

Poland needs to save water for non-rainy day

28 Jul 2019

Poland, which is located at the confluence of oceanic and continental climate zones, has never had much water. It receives less rainfall than countries further west, while the rate of evaporation is comparable.

Iceland tries to bring back trees demolished by Vikings

17 Jul 2019

Before being colonised by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the island.

West African farm 'bootcamp' gets green entrepreneurs into shape

09 Jun 2019

Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an "agro-bootcamp" in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice.

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