Electric vehicles are usually presented to the mass population as the solution to decarbonise the transportation sector. However, are we really helping the environment by investing in such vehicles? Controversial studies have been carried out showing that, in fact, the battery manufacturing of the EV plus the emissions produced during the lifetime of the vehicles Read more about Electric vehicles – More or less sustainable than conventional vehicles?[…]

Solar panels are well known by being installed in our rooftops or in large solar plants. In this blog, it has been also mentioned how floating solar panels have been already installed in some regions. Now, we are going to focus on the photovoltaic energy that could be obtained in a building itself. Even if Read more about How to generate from solar energy in our home without installing PV panels on the roof?[…]

We have all seen some time in the supermarket, in the fruit and vegetable section, some sign in the distance announcing, for example, “Organic Avocado”. Large, to make it are clear. But we get a little closer and we see that for each pair of avocado they offer us a cardboard tray and a plastic Read more about Bio ain’t Sustainable[…]

Back in May of this year we talked about the large amount of plastic that we massively consume without practically giving it any importance. We talk about the need to implement the classic 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. Well, this week we return to this topic, but this time to show you a few everyday Read more about 7 products you didn’t know there was a reusable alternative[…]

After decades of outsourcing and a stronger craving of consumers for exotic and foreign products, the last years have shown an increasing interest of buying locally produced goods, most importantly among them being food. One of many examples worldwide is city of Graz, in Austria, which developed its own label to support local food; another Read more about Regional products – is closer always better?[…]