From a 2021 Finalist’s five year expedition to preserve the Pacific Ocean, to 1.5M acres of protected Amazonian rainforest and an electrified road in Sweden that charges cars as they drive, this month’s selection of news from around the world is once again full of inspiration!
Read on for your monthly boost of optimism
Architects in India conducted a successful trial of a sleek-looking air filtration tower in New Delhi that can remove dangerous pollutants like Nitrogen dioxide from 600,000 cubic meters of air per day.
As part of a trial across 500 UK stores, Mars bars will are to be sold wrapped in paper rather than plastic in the hope that all 200 million bars sold each year in the UK will soon be packaged sustainably.
Set to cover 4,000 miles in 2023 alone, the Pristine Seas team are to spend five years exploring the remote tropical Pacific on a mission to support the establishment of new marine protected areas.
President Lula has decreed six new reserves totalling 1.5M acres in the Amazon rainforest, banning mining and restricting commercial farming with indigenous people granted exclusive use of their natural resources.
Built along a 21km stretch of motorway between Hallsberg and Örebro, the road will charge electric vehicles wirelessly as they drive along it without the need to stop at charging stations.
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