environment (Page 3)
There’s a reason to feel less guilty about eating KitKats, now that they’re saving the wildlife from tonnes of plastic each year.
VR videos of adult film actresses provide dirty thoughts to be turned into clean energy.
Municipalities and prefectures are hoping they can stop the dreaded red-necked longhorn beetle before they get out of hand.
Remember when your mom told you to, “Shut the door! Are you trying to cool the outdoors?!” That’s the premise behind Cool Share.
We discovered an unexpected sight during a recent trip to an IKEA in the suburbs of Tokyo.
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“The 100 what??” That was our initial reaction too, but the official list is just what it sounds like!
Marine wildlife volunteers cleverly fight garbage with garbage in order to successfully rescue this trapped porcupine fish.
If you need a furry friend that also doubles as an eco-friendly lawnmower, this is for you.
Global consumption of coal has declined significantly over the past year, driven by China, which makes up about half of the world’s demand for coal.
Aisa Mijeno, a young Filipino engineer and environmental advocate, has conceptualized a product that is not only environmentally friendly, but will provide basic lighting to the less-privileged: a lamp that runs on salt water!
This is one bubble bath that you’ll never want to take a dip in.
Locals in Bangalore, India are calling for immediate action after foam which had accumulated on Bellandur Lake, the biggest lake in the city, was blown onto streets and even caught fire for the second time in only a few months. While experiencing a gigantic bubble bath outside of your bathtub may seem like a fun idea at first, the foam that is spewing out from Bellandur Lake is actually toxic in nature and supposedly has a terrible stench.
It’s well-known that air pollution is a major problem in parts of China. The situation has gone far enough that more and more organizations are beginning to fight back, trying to tackle the problem.
One such company is Xiao Zhu, who, in addition to producing air purifiers, has also taken up awareness-raising efforts. In their video titled “Breathe Again,” the company artistically projects the faces of children in pain onto the billowing white canvas of factory exhaust.
Toyota’s Prius is designed for one purpose, and it’s not to deliver the sort of exciting performance that will seduce you into taking a spirited drive through a moonlit mountain pass (that’s another car’s job). No, the Prius promise is that it will get you from Point A to Point B in the most energy-efficient way possible.
But while the standard hybrid Prius remains a popular choice for eco-conscious motorists, sales of its plug-in variant have been stagnant. Toyota is hoping to change that, though, with an updated Prius that can travel roughly twice as far under purely electric power than the current model.