By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World As we well know, plastic is a serious issue throughout the world today. It takes hundreds — sometimes thousands — of years...
Category - Sustainability
A Beginner’s Guide to Regrowing Fruits and Vegetables from Kitchen Scraps
By Jenny Tabada Guest writer for Wake Up World Can food scraps be grown again? Turns out, the vegetables and fruits you’ve picked from the grocery stores or harvested from your own...
Tree Bombs: How Old Warplanes Can Plant Up to 900,000 Trees a Day
29th May 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Imagine old military planes used to revitalize barren areas of the earth, instead of causing death and destruction to the...
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet is Now Carbon Negative
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If the Government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the Government to exist.” ~Legal code...
Why Education Must Come Back to Nature
By Will Stanton Guest writer for Wake Up World “Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can’t expect them to help protect...
Don’t Ask, Just Plant — Taking Back Our Food Sovereignty with Guerrilla Gardening
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World During both world wars, Victory Gardens were a staple throughout the United States, found everywhere from private residences to public...
Genetically Modified Crops: The Trouble Is In The Soil
By Vanessa Caldarelli Guest Writer for Wake Up World One of the most detrimental issues about GM agriculture is the effect it has on our environment, specifically our soil and water. The...
Plastic Waste in the Ocean Will Outnumber Fish by 2050
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A dump truck full of plastic is unloaded into the sea every minute, and experts say the situation is growing worse, with plastic...
When I Dream of a Planet in Recovery…
By Derrick Jensen B.Sc Guest writer for Wake Up World In the time after, the buffalo come home. At first only a few, shaking snow off their shoulders as they pass from mountain to plain...
Seed Bombs: A Creative (and Fun) Mission to Save the Bees and Butterflies
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World By now most are aware of the dire situation of the honeybee: dwindling numbers, collapsed colonies and dying hives — which endangers...
Primary Water: A Solution to Drought, Famine and Social Unrest?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World While some regions are breathing a sigh of relief with the arrival of El Niño this year, other areas are still faced with...
Clean and Green — Dutch Company Powers Gadgets and Street Lights with Living Plants
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Could living plants be the future of electricity? If the folks at Plant-e have anything to say about it, the answer is a resounding YES. To...