Year: 2023

A growing population also means a growing trash problem - just looking at Malaysia's stats, we reportedly generated over 38 thousand metric tonnes of solid waste per day in 2021 (1.17 kg/capita/day). Of which, 82.5 percent is disposed of in landfills. Experts have warned that there will be no more land left in Malaysia by 2050 if nothing is done to reduce waste. Some have said the solution lies...

"Traffic is like water, if you turn up the temperature it will evaporate." Traffic calming slows vehicle speeds. Dutch engineers use a method that has been successful – they increase the "heat" on their streets using bricks, creating friction that reduces the speed and volume of motor vehicles. Here’s a before and after image of a street in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, where two...

Since the 1920s, scientists have been studying a special social characteristic of trees: their crowns politely keep their distance in the canopy. Depending on the species, they only spread their canopy so far that they don´t come into conflict with the neighbours. (Source: Green is a mission)