Korea’s smart grids for water and energy
Korea is embarking on a smart grid future for its water and energy supplies with numerous economic and environmental benefits for both humans and nature. Smart Water Grid In Korea, good quality…
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Developing the UK’s smart grid
In the UK, 53 million smart meters for electricity and gas will be installed across all households and small non-domestic premises between 2015 and 2020 to achieve a low carbon and energy-secure…
Rotterdam’s clean energy goals
Rotterdam has launched its ‘Rotterdam Programme on Sustainability and Climate change’ that will guide the city’s attempts to accelerate and upscale activities that will make the city healthier and more future-proof by…
Mitigating bio-energy-food nexus pressures
Countries around the world are beginning to transition away from fossil fuel-based economies towards bio-economies that use biological sources, materials and processes to achieve sustainable economic, social and environmental development. One of…
Demand management reducing energy-water nexus pressures
Nearly half of all water withdrawn in the U.S. is used to cool thermoelectric power plants, ensuring they operate safely and efficiently: On average a kilowatt-hour of electricity requires 25 gallons of…
The Nordic Eco-label successful 25 years on
The Nordic Eco-label is over 27 years old, making it one of the world’s oldest eco-labels. Shaped like a swan the Nordic Ecolabel is found on products throughout the Nordic region: Denmark,…
Reducing the costs of land degradation from agriculture
Over the past two centuries, humans have converted or modified 70% of the world’s grasslands, 50% of the savannah, 45% of temperate forests and 27% of tropical forests for farming and grazing…
Mixing education with food security
Urban farming is the growing of plants and the raising of animals within and around cities. Examples of food products grown include crops such as grains, root crops, vegetables, mushrooms and fruit.…
Sydney Water becoming a utility of the future
Sydney Water is Australia’s largest water utility and is among the ten most largest water utilities in the world. The utility provides water, recycled water and wastewater services to 1.4 million properties…
Ecotourism reliant on healthy waterways
Ecotourism is defined by the IUCN as “environmentally responsible travel to natural areas, in order to enjoy and appreciate nature (and accompanying cultural features, both past and present) that promote conservation, have…