by Abriel | Oct 13, 2017 | 2017, Partnership For The Goals
Launched in Canada in 1990, Not Just Tourists facilitates the collection and delivery of surplus medical supplies to some of the poorest and most remote clinics in the world. This week, the organisation launched a new branch in Bristol, United Kingdom. This means that...
by Abriel | Oct 11, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
China is placing big bets on a plan to reshape the global auto industry by replacing gas-guzzling cars on its streets with new-energy vehicles. China’s industrial goal is to leapfrog over foreign car makers in the domestic market and become an export powerhouse....
by Abriel | Oct 11, 2017 | 2017, Responsible Consumption & Production
2.5 billion disposable cups are thrown away annually in the UK and of which, only 1% are recycled. The committee’s chair, Mary Creagh, said that this “massive increase” was a damaging environmental impact and insisted it was time the big coffee chains did more to...
by Abriel | Oct 9, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
An epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across the desert heart of Australia –designed to showcase new technology that could one day help develop commercial vehicles – is under way. The World Solar Challenge, first run in 1987 and last held in 2015, began...
by Abriel | Oct 6, 2017 | 2017, Responsible Consumption & Production
At The New York Times’s series of Times Talks, chef Anthony Bourdain made clear his intentions to become a general in the fight against food waste. And his chief tactics, he said, will be shame and public humiliation. Mr Bourdain’s targets are inefficient home cooks,...
