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Sustainable Planet

3 siblings founded Sungai Watch to rid all Indonesian rivers from plastic pollution

Gary Bencheghib and his siblings are on a mission to clean all rivers in Indonesia. They founded Sungai Watch, a foundation…

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Sustainable Planet

Discover how one man cleaned a contaminated lake in Peru using “nano-bubbles”

Peruvian-Japanese scientist Marino Morikawa, who "revived" the polluted El Cascajo wetlands in just 15 days using nanotechnology, now plans to try…

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Sustainable Planet

The Ocean Cleanup trials latest Interceptor 006 ‘Trashfence’ in world’s most polluting river

The experimental Interceptor 006 ‘Trashfence’ briefly halted a plastic tsunami in the Rio Motagua basin in Guatemala, then failed under the…

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Sustainable Planet

Beautiful Bali set to ban single-use plastics by end of 2022

Provincial Government announces action plan to eliminate single-use plastics by end of 2022, with local government and strategic partners hoping the…

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Better Society

A new binational river park will be created along the US-Mexico border (instead of that wall)

The new Binational Park aims to restore and revitalise the river ecosystem, attract tourism and celebrate the unique relationship of two…

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Sustainable Planet

These brilliant barriers help block plastic pollution in Indonesia

Bali-based environmental organisation Sungai Watch has installed 100 river-barriers, so far capturing almost 350 tonnes of plastic waste that would otherwise…

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Sustainable Planet

Scotland is planting millions of trees beside rivers and streams to protect wild salmon

The River Dee initiative comes as rising water temperature from climate heating threatens the protected species’ survival.

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Inspiring People

Norway explodes 105-year-old dam for the sake of river health and fish stocks

Anglers have fought for five years to free fish migratory routes as part of move across Europe to create free-flowing rivers.

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Good Stuff

Image of paralysed man cleaning plastic from India river goes viral — now gifts are flooding in

An amateur photographer in Kerala took a photo while walking around his village then shared it to social media, which ended…

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Sustainable Planet

Twenty captivating photos showcase Europe’s wondrous wildlife, but it needs our help right now!

20 beautiful images of the delicate diversity of Europe’s wildlife — but a European Environment Agency report warns the continent’s nature…

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3 siblings founded Sungai Watch to rid all Indonesian rivers from plastic pollution

Discover how one man cleaned a contaminated lake in Peru using “nano-bubbles”

The Ocean Cleanup trials latest Interceptor 006 ‘Trashfence’ in world’s most polluting river

Beautiful Bali set to ban single-use plastics by end of 2022

A new binational river park will be created along the US-Mexico border (instead of that wall)

These brilliant barriers help block plastic pollution in Indonesia

Scotland is planting millions of trees beside rivers and streams to protect wild salmon

Norway explodes 105-year-old dam for the sake of river health and fish stocks

Image of paralysed man cleaning plastic from India river goes viral — now gifts are flooding in

Twenty captivating photos showcase Europe’s wondrous wildlife, but it needs our help right now!

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