Category: Down to Earth

Roughly 40 percent of the world’s population live in coastal areas. What once felt like a privilege — living close to the sea — is becoming increasingly risky. ️Climate change … Read More

Wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal activities in the world, after drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms smuggling. At the end of last year, an international operation uncovered … Read More

In northern France, an entire district is now heated thanks to waste that was previously unrecyclable. Every day, Le Havre converts 300 tons of trash into energy, providing enough heat … Read More

Jeans are the most popular trousers in the world. Every year, over 2 billion pairs are made. But most travel one and a half times around the planet before reaching … Read More

Tired of carrying your electric bike’s battery with you everywhere you go? The good news is that you can now buy electric bikes without batteries. This French invention is already … Read More

For the first time ever, fishermen in the Bay of Biscay are testing new high tech fishing gear that “speak dolphin language” to warn them of danger. The aim : reduce … Read More

Celebrated as a superfood, avocados are so popular in Europe and North America that global production has tripled in two decades. But their farming and transport worldwide raise environmental concerns. As … Read More

Since Brexit, the UK is no longer subject to European water quality standards. In England and Wales, floods of untreated wastewater have been discharged into rivers and seas, harming the … Read More

Imagine a world where we could make paper, cardboard and packaging without cutting down a single tree. Today, that dream is becoming reality. The start-up Releaf Paper turns fallen leaves into … Read More

The construction industry is one of the biggest polluters in the world, consuming half of the planet’s natural resources, 40 percent of its energy and 16 percent of its water, … Read More