Picture Credit: Reuters (Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher) The European Space Agency hopes to hire and launch the world’s first physically disabled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applied for the role, ESA head Josef Aschbacher told Reuters on Friday. The 22-member space programme has just closed its latest decennial …
Nothing in this world is a Waste , until you consider it to be one! -Manya Harsha India has always been a home to many inspiring eco-warriors who are spreading the word and motivating the masses to join them in their movements for climate action.Manya Harsha, a 6th grader at Vibgyor High BTM Bangalore, is one …
Covid changed just about everything, including the way we experience beauty. We became accustomed to learning about, shopping for and buying makeup and other beauty products all virtually. Zoom lessons on how to apply makeup and do our hair became the norm. Simply put, the business of beauty has changed. No one knows that better …
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Picture Credit: A tailings pond at an oilsands facility near Fort McMurray, Alta., in July 2012. The estimated cost of reclaiming oilsands mines is almost $31 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Rampant industrialization has caused our planet to warm at an unprecedented rate. Glaciers are melting away and sea levels are rising. Droughts last longer and are more devastating. …
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The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have partnered to form a $1 billion global platform to fight climate change. The platform seeks to empower 1 billion people by catalysing investments in distributed renewable energy (DRE), the foundations said in a joint statement. DRE is a term used when electricity is generated from sources such …
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