People are slowly becoming more and more aware of the harmful impacts water bottles pose to the environment. But water is essential to the human's diet, so what are alternative methods to getting the hydration we need with minimal harm to the environment?
The answer is yes. "Edible Water Bubbles" may sound like things of the future, but in reality, they are now becoming things of the present. A UK base lab has developed a fully ingestible water container, called the Ooho. This spherical container is gelatinous, created completely from plants and seaweed.
Nicknamed "ParkRx," doctors in South Dakota are now legally entitled to write park prescriptions, which instruct patients to take "one free day at any South Dakota state park or recreational area."
Ecosia works just like Google--except the website plants a tree for every item you enter into the search bar. Essentially, the revenue Ecosia gains from search ads are used to help plant trees in places that need them the most and to reforest mountains that have long been clear-cut for economic purposes.
Described as "food-stressing" the caterpillars who would eat them, these plants are able to drive caterpillars to such desperation to avoid eating the plant that they end up eating each other.
Forest glades are popping up everywhere. They're slices of forest space in urban landscapes. Places like the London Glades in the Hampton Court Flower Show mimic the forest floor, with mounds of rotting wood and tree waste to help mimic a real forest floor.