8 eco-friendly challenges for a green Christmas
Holiday season is just around the corner… Sipping hot chocolate by the fireplace, eating cinnamon rolls, reuniting with loved ones. Ah you gotta love the holiday spirit! Unfortunately, there is a dark side to these festive holidays : our holiday actions often have a detrimental…
IPCC Second Assessment Report: 5 Things to remember
The latest IPCC report was published on 24 February 2022. It presents an alarming assessment of the global climate situation. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 to present the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its…
500 gigatons
The amount of CO2 that humanity can still emit before exceeding the objective of +1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial era. According to the IPCC, it is increasingly difficult for forests, oceans, and soils to absorb the CO2 produced by human activities. However, tools such as…
3.4 billion
The number of single-use face masks that are daily discarded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, globally (Source: Benson et al. 2021). This is equivalent to say that each day we dump into the environment 200.000 tons of non-recyclable waste (enough litter to fill…
9.8 million
The number of tons of furniture that end up in landfills every year — approx. equal to the content of 25 Empire State Buildings (Source: Metropolis). Cheap materials and limited life span foster the increased waste in landfills. Society is trapped in an economic model of…
8 million
The number of tons of plastic that ends up in the world’s oceans every year (Source: UN). Ocean plastic pollution is one of the most pressing problems of our time. Although several solutions have been implemented, it seems that the problem is getting worse. Why…