Any attempt to save the planet seems doomed. Corporations and organizations are making people aware of the consequences that humans have on the environment, but no one has yet found a system to gradually limit the destruction of the planet. Despite millions, knowledge and experts, the theory remained just a dead letter on paper. Well, Australia just managed to find a way that works.
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The name Benjamin Von Wong is probably familiar to you, because a few months ago the photographer, whose interest is focused on environmental issues, took a series of photos showing e-waste, which has been given a second chance due to its indestructibility. This time, he captured the plastic in the oceans and its terrible effects on the environment.
More and more people are aware that our planet is in danger. While some are just talking, others are actually doing something: cleaning beaches, making products from plastic from the oceans, and even building small farms and eco-friendly cities. Here are 11 inspiring stories of people doing miracles every day to save our dear Earth.
The city of Amsterdam is introducing the "gumshoe", sports shoes with soles made of chewing gum scraped from the streets of the city. The project is designed in cooperation with the advertising agency Publicis One and the manufacturer of Gum-tec® rubber. A campaign to raise awareness among Amsterdam residents about the problem of chewing gum on the city streets. Creative and different.
When art and the public good collide, extraordinary stories are often written, and this one is one of those. Markets are nothing new in New York, but they haven't had anything like this before. The Swale, as it has been dubbed, is a vegetable garden on a transport vessel plying the waters of New York. It started its journey last summer, but this year it was presented in a new, improved image.
Air pollution appears more and more often on the agenda of TV reports, round tables and, after all, also in our conversations. It is a serious problem that especially large cities face, and the Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde, who started the "Smog Free" project in 2014, is also aware of this. His first product, the Smog Free Tower, with which he installed the world's first air purifiers of this kind in Amsterdam in 2015, now has a sequel: a bicycle with a purifier.
After shoes and swimwear made from marine waste, Adidas also presents biodegradable shoes that are more environmentally friendly. Adidas Futurecraft Biofabric can thus be degraded in less than 36 hours after a special enzyme is added to it.
Adidas recently launched a sneaker made from 95 percent plastic marine debris and five percent recycled polyester collected from the shores of the Maldives. Now he tackled the bathing equipment. To create women's and men's swimwear from plastic marine waste, he once again connected with the organization Parley for the Oceans, which raises awareness about the pollution of the seas and oceans, and the SS17 Parley swimwear collection was created, with which the Germans further contribute to reducing the environmental footprint.
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong is a fan of underwater photography, and for the past year he has been tackling 'boring' topics such as climate change and wildlife conservation with his photographic projects. With their latest project, Mermaids Hate Plastic, they keep this trend going. This time he tackles plastic pollution. If the previous two subjects were much more grateful for the lens, this time too he managed to create fascinating scenes from seemingly unphotogenic subjects. He employed underwater girls and created a sea out of 10,000 bottles – the amount the average American would consume in a lifetime. The project draws attention to the pressing problem of plastic pollution.
Bike lanes are commonplace in the Western world. Not in Pakistan. The capital Islamabad just got its first bike lane! This is the first step towards a cleaner city, which, like many other capitals around the world, is drowning in smog.
The 17-year-old Thai fashion designer Apichet "Madaew'" Atirattana has completely revolutionized the fashion industry with his unique style and, above all, unique materials.
Slovenia may be really small in terms of its size, but in the field of ecology it belongs to the very top of the world.