The ambitious 5-million sqm ‘Tegel Projekt’ renovation will transform the disused Tegel airport into a 10,000-person, 5,000-apartment community with shops, restaurants, schools and parks. Positive environmental stories from July 2022 Berlin’s Tegel airport to be transformed into environmentally friendly 10,000 person communityĮco-conscious German property hunters now have the chance to make Berlin’s former airport-turned-residential community their home.
It will ensure that “those Canadians who can afford to buy luxury goods are contributing a little more,” according to a statement on the Government of Canada’s website. Tax the rich: Canada imposes new levy on luxury cars, yachts and private jetsĬanada is set to impose a new ‘luxury tax’ on the sale and importation of high-value cars, planes and boats. Coming into effect on 1 September 2022, the Select Luxury Items Tax Act is billed as part of the government’s commitment to a fairer tax system. Ecologists determined that the reptiles were locally extinct.īut three years ago, thousands of the creatures were reintroduced to the islands - and new images prove that the lizard is breeding once again. The Galápagos Island land iguana was last spotted on Santiago Island more than 187 years ago. Long lost iguana 'born again' on Galapagos Island after nearly two centuries of extinctionĪ lost species of iguana has been ‘born again’ on the Galápagos Islands for the first time in nearly 200 years. The reef still remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, however, according to an official long-term monitoring programme report. It still maintains that ability to recover from disturbances," says the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences monitoring programme leader, Mike Emslie. "What we're seeing is that the Great Barrier Reef is still a resilient system. Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef shows best signs of coral recovery in 36 years Over the next few years, India hopes to bring cheetahs back to several of its national parks and reserves. In August 2022, however, the big cats will finally return to the country.Īn ambitious conservation project aims to relocate a group of cheetahs from South Africa and Namibia to India. It marks the first attempt to move a large carnivore across continents with the aim of reintroducing it into the wild. In India, cheetahs have been extinct for over half a century. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) have developed a paper battery with a water switch that could be used to power single-use disposable electronics.Ĭheetahs are being reintroduced to India after 70 years of extinction This paper battery could curb the environmental impact of single-use electronics Named the Amazonian Platform for Forests, Climate and Human Wellbeing, the collective aims to combat climate change, and protect critical ecosystems and threatened species, while incorporating the vision of the Indigenous nationalities who live in the region. In an unprecedented show of solidarity, communities in the Amazon, NGOs and local governments are teaming up to protect Ecuador's rainforest. Ecuador leads the way in working alongside Indigenous groups to protect sacred rainforest Here's how Italian villages on the island of Sardinia cut their bills by producing their own energy. This system sees citizens produce their own renewable power and share the proceeds (energy and money) amongst the community.
With energy bills set to double in the next year, people are looking for new ways to reclaim power. Now researchers from the American Chemical Society have created solar panels that can take on a whole range of colours while producing energy just as efficiently as traditional ones.Ĭommunity energy is a solution to the eye-watering rise in energy bills - here’s how Sardinia did it Colourful solar panels could make green architecture more attractiveįor some architects, the appearance of standard monochrome solar panels is an obstacle when integrating them into projects. Their labyrinthine-like tunnels also aerate the soil, helping plants suck up oxygen. Researchers looked at 26 species of ants, and found that the critters could be a ‘promising tool’ in the fight against other pests. But anew study has found that ants can protect crops from damage just as well as harmful pesticides, at lower costs.Īnts protect crops from pests like caterpillars and bugs. Pesticides can be immensely harmful to insect species - especially bees.
Ants could replace harmful pesticides and save the bees, scientists say At just 1mm thick, the ultra-thin ‘leaves’ can float on water - and could eventually go “almost anywhere,” according to study lead Professor Erwin Reisner.