List from Kathryn Sukalich
In 2010, 250 million tons of trash were created in the United States and 85 million tons were recycled, according to the EPA. That means 165 million tons of trash had to go somewhere, and much of it went to ...
News from Mary Mazzoni
A church made from cardboard will temporarily replace the Christchurch Cathedral that was heavily damaged when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s Canterbury region in February. The new structure, designed by Tokyo-based Shigeru Ban Architects, will be temporary but capable ...
News from Megan Dobransky
The world’s first biofuel passenger flight will lift off in April 2011 and run between Hamburg and Frankfurt four times daily for six months. Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, is taking part in a government-backed study to investigate the long-term effects ...
News from Lori Brown
Made from 12,500 reclaimed plastic soda bottles, the Plastiki sailboat is about to reach Sydney on the final leg of its 11,000 nautical mile trans-Pacific voyage. Having sailed 115 days and more than 2,700 hours to date, the 60-foot catamaran ...