When we think about preserving the environment and reducing our carbon footprint, the first thing that comes to mind are green spaces and rainforests as an important source of oxygen, but in fact, the ocean plays a bigger role than you might have imagined. Let’s dive into some interesting facts and...
Last year, the 16th of October (World Food Day), marked the beginning of a four-year EU-funded Horizon 2020 project called FOOD TRAILS which we’ve already written about here. The project unites 19 partners on a quest to transform urban food policy in the European Union and brings together 11 cities...
When the global pandemic hit us last year, we weren't aware that many underlying social problems would emerge to the surface. The sudden shortages of flour, bread and even yeast in the supermarkets made the municipalities realize that we should rethink our urban food policies with an emphasis on ...
We have to admit that the human impact on the environment is quite astonishing considering the fact that our planet is over 4,5 billion years old, and that homo sapiens have only been around for approximately 250 thousand years, or only 0,05% of Earth's total lifespan.
Is there such thing as a zero-waste takeout? Takeout and deliveries have always been a popular means of food consumption in our fast and never-resting world. However, in the last year or so, when our life’s tempo slowed down significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, just the opposite happened to...
Local products and sustainable resources have been on the rise for the past decade or so, and gastronomy industry has been successfully adopting to new trends. The next logical step in developing eco-friendlier solutions in this field is a zero-waste restaurant. Right now, they might still seem...
A green home is a term that has been getting a lot of attention in the past few years. With a growing concern about environmental issues, people are becoming aware that sustainability is the only right step forward. We are trying to implant these values into our everyday life, including making...
Nowadays, Earth Day is celebrated as a very special event where the whole globe comes together in rising environmental awareness and promoting movements that strive to save our precious planet from human recklessness. However, in this fast and crazy world, we tend to forget that one day per year is...
Like most people, you probably don’t have a positive opinion on plastic packaging, do you? Plastics got unjustifiably stuck with a very bad reputation of destroying our environment and essentially threatening our lives. But whose fault is it? Can we really blame plastic packaging for our...
The world around us is rapidly evolving in favor of new green ideas. The COVID-19 pandemic maybe feels like we have been standing still for almost a year now, but looking closer at any field, you will notice that this period has been an excellent opportunity to stop and rethink our next steps.
