A bright college student at the University of Houston, Claudia Martinez has always dreamed of helping people by becoming a doctor. However, her dream was cut short when she received a devistating diagnosis. Martinez was told that she has a condition called Chiari Malformation. The condition involves brain tissue stretching into the spinal cord, which…
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Balloons Kill More Seabirds Than Any Other Plastic, Study Suggests – Here are Some Eco-Friendly Alternatives
Recent research has shown that seabirds are 32 times more likely to die from balloons than from plastics. It has been found out that aircraft are the deadliest plastic for seabirds. Although balloons are just 2 per cent of the plastic which is consumed by seabirds, they are the main reason for 42 per cent…
Cucamelons – The Grape-Sized Cucumbers That Look Like Watermelons and Taste Like Lime
These tiny cutie-pies are flavoursome, not complicated to grow and rich in vitamins. There are several reasons why to grow them in your garden: Cucamelons are appealing small cucumbers, which look like minute watermelons and taste like lime. It is worth to be mentioned that they are not genetically modified nor hybrids. They come from…
As Much As Half of Honey Tested Contains Mostly Rice Syrup, Wheat Syrup or Sugar Beet Syrup
People who make honey often put different kinds of syrups in it without anyone knowing. Up to now, it was challenging to discover the presence of sugars in honey. However, a new method of testing has been discovered, and the same help in detecting syrups in honey. Almost half of the sold honey in Australia…
How One Man Single-Handedly Repopulated Rare Butterfly Species In His Backyard
The lustrous blue wings of the California pipevine swallowtail are thought by collectors to be among the most beautiful in North America. In the early days before urbanization, the magnificent butterfly thrived in the San Francisco and around the Bay Area. Since the early 90s, the pipevine swallowtail began to disappear and it is considered…
Blanket of Plastic Choking Wildlife Discovered in the Caribbean Stretches for Miles
Recently an underwater photographer stumbled across a sight that horrified and “devastated” her — a huge area of plastic waste several miles wide floating off the coast of what used to be hers’ pristine island home. She stumbled across the “Great Caribbean Garbage Patch” about 15 miles from the tiny 12-mile-long island of Roatan, which…
Rare Pink Dolphin Spotted Off Louisiana Coast
A random day on a boar cruise turned extraordinary for a couple after the spotted a group of dolphins playing around near their boat, two of which were bright pink in color. Bridget Boudreaux told KHOU-TV, “I was like, wow, that’s not a regular dolphin, that’s a pink dolphin, I about fell off the boat….
ALDI Promises 100% Compostable or Recyclable Packaging by 2025
One of the world’s biggest retailer ALDI will soon turn all of its packagings to reusable, recyclable and compostable, the company announced recently. All of ALDI’s products currently in plastic bags, from snacks, chips, frozen foods will have to be redesigned to fit the company’s new policy of being environmentally friendly. They are able to…
Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “HardWood” Factory is Being Built
Since growing hemp is now officially legal in the United States, an innovator who spent years researching hemp ‘hardwood’ is building a $6 million factory for mass production of his product. The product called ‘HempWood’ which is built out of compressed hemp pulp fibers and is held together by a soy-based glue is now officially…
This Company Can Turn Avocado Pit Waste Into Biodegradable Straws and Cutlery
Due to the high demand for biodegradable products and constant search for environmentally friendly solutions, eliminating single-use plastic products is inevitable and morally correct. The issue here is that most of the environmentally-friendly plastics used today are actually made from fossil fuel, and almost 80% of products classified as ‘bioplastics‘ are made from food sources…