French long-distance swimmer Benoit Lecomte planned one of his most ambitious expeditions in the summer of 2018, to swim through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to raise awareness about a man-made problem of plastic pollution that is causing massive issues for marine life. While he
In a country where women are considered goddesses and several animal species are considered holy, sexual assault against these living beings is sure as hell an eye-opener. While rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India, cases of animal sexual abuse are
State-owned renewable energy developer SJVN has recently commissioned Tata Power Solar Systems Limited to develop India’s largest solar engineering procurement and construction (EPC) order for a 1 GW project worth ₹5,500 crores. It’s a 1000 MW solar power project that will be set up in
The beautiful emperor penguins reside in Antarctica’s freezing icy and tundra seas. But sadly we won’t see this tallest penguin species in the region after the next 30 to 40 years. The reason for this is the increasingly changing climatic conditions that are rapidly melting
While most people are worried and cribbing about the current environmental crisis, there are only a few who turn challenges into opportunities. One such example comes from the wondrous land of Spiti, where an eight-year-old Tenzin Chortan is repurposing plastic waste to make poly-bricks. Residing
Every year, the world comes together to honor human mothers by celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, but what about the rest of the animal kingdom? What do we really know about how mothers across the animal kingdom go through motherhood? Well,
It is not easy to dispatch COVID vaccine vials in the remote regions of India as many have no access to all-day electricity to store vaccination at the right temperature. However, a solar-powered refrigerator by Samarjit Singh, a third-year B.Tech student at Kanpur’s Axis College,
Earlier this month, Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s eco-car team grabbed the prestigious Technical Innovation Award at the Shell Eco-Marathon 2022 competition at the renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The final day of the competition was to test the car limits and energy efficiency during the races. Sask Polytech
Idénergie, a renewable energy clean-tech private company based in Montreal, Québec, has designed an innovative portable river turbine that can power off-grid properties such as vacation homes, campers, cabins, and RVs, as well as remote villages. The best part is that its installation does not
In the fast-changing world, good news seldom comes across. While most of humankind is eager to destroy the planet to attain its selfish goals in the name of progress and technology, scientists and a handful of people are working toward wildlife conservation. So the news