♻️ Green Tech
🌳 A tree with big potential
This tree grows across much of Asia and is known as Pongamia (Pongamia pinnata). It’s a member of the pea family and one of the trees the Indonesian forestry experts are considering for possible landscape restoration and for the future of bioenergy. The Indonesian...
🏠 Houses in Nigeria are built from plastic bottles
It’s not a rare sight to spot old plastic bottles along the road. That’s unfortunately true for the whole planet. But now, in rural Nigeria – which is one of the most populated countries in Africa – villages are using old, discarded plastic bottles to...
🌽Togolese farmers are using drones to increase production
As part of efforts to increase food production, farmers in Togo have roped in drones to collect data to help soil fertility management and detection of diseases. The drones help the farmers in strategic decision-making, but they are also good for everyday maintenance...
🐝Vaccine for bees makes them immune against pesticides
From guaranteed death to guaranteed survival. That was the difference when researchers at Cornell University in the USA gave bees a kind of vaccine against pesticides, reports Fast Company. The vaccine consists of microparticles filled with an enzyme that breaks down...
