What is Environmental Impact Assessment? Understanding the Definitions
What is Environmental Impact Assessment? This question is often encountered. Environmental impact assessment or EIA basically stands for the assessment of various environmental consequences (both positive as well as negative) of a policy, plan, program, or project...
Waste To Taste: Discarded Spinach Stems and Pork Chops
Continuing from my previous post on food wastage, I would now talk about the recipe that I promised last time. A bit of the backgrounder: This is my first Waste to Taste post and recipe on Green Ubuntu. These are recipes which can be prepared using raw ingredients...
Best Environment Website Award by Green Ubuntu to Create Awareness
As part of our endeavors to celebrate the good work that is being carried out in the field of environment, the Green Ubuntu team has decided to honor the Best Environment Website as part of our mission to generate support and create a movement and awareness around...
World Tourism Day: Digital Transformation Technologies in Tourism
What opportunities can technology such as artificial intelligence, big data, mobility, and digital platforms provide to the tourism sector as well as sustainable development? At the World Tourism Day 2018 (WTD), digital innovations take center stage in order to bring...
Let’s All Stop Food Wastage: Recipes for Reusable Vegetables
Given below are some dismal and scary food waste statistics that point to an alarming situation. According to The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), around one-third of all food produced for human consumption across the world (close to 1.3...
Ghana Government to Produce Biodegradable Plastic Bags from Cassava
The Government of Ghana is all set to produce biodegradable plastic bags from cassava. This was disclosed by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia who said that his government is exploring ways of actually using the cassava flour in order to produce biodegradable plastic...
World Tourism Day Pitches for Digital Transformation for Sustainability
The importance of digital transformation technologies cannot be negated and it is impacting every field. Their impact on the tourism sector can be substantial for a sustainable growth. There are huge opportunities for innovation as well as preparing the sector for the...
Codec Asia and Green Ubuntu Join Hands to Save the Environment
From the Editor’s Desk: Green Ubuntu and Codec Asia have joined hands to save the environment. Codec Asia is a platform which is the largest forum for members of the consumer durables industry. It is by the industry, for the industry and of the industry. The two-day...
Leap Green Energy To Hike Renewable Energy Capacity to 2 GW by 2020
Clean and renewable energy generation company Leap Green Energy has said that it looks to increase the power generation capacity to 2 GW from the current operational 751 MW. It also plans fund infusions of around $300 million. "Leap Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. (LGE),...
10 Dos From the Couch To Save World: Sustainable Development Goals
There are several things that you can do from the comfort of your couch to protect the environment and save the world. The Sustainable Development Goals aim at protecting the environment and inculcating sustainability. 1. Save power and electricity: Plug appliances...
Africa Plastic Ban: How Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Ethiopia, Morocco Put It Up
More than fifteen nations in Africa either have bans on plastic bags or they charge a tax on them as well as the derived products. Here are some of those nations from Africa that have bans or taxes to prevent plastic pollution. The entire world is fighting against the...
A Sustainable World –The Lie about Growth
Growth is the promise of every political party worldwide at every election and yet it is a myth. The drive towards perpetual economic growth has not delivered any form of sustainability for any country at any time. It has only delivered dilution of human values,...