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Health

France bans toxic cleaning chemicals

France is banning traditional dry cleaning products and pushing cleaners to go green.

Sustainability

Oyster farmers in Brazil embrace sustainability

Man lifting bucket of oysters out of boat. Copyright: Helen Mendes

Sustainable oyster farmers have turned Brazil's Bay of Guaratuba into a model of eco-friendly food production. They are producing some of the tastiest oysters in the world and educating locals about how to be green.

Middle East

Jordanian Greenpeace activists protest outside the premier's office in Amman on October 30, 2012 (Photo: Khalil Mazraawi)

Jordanian nuclear power

Jordan's nuclear power plans are pushing ahead, but not everyone is agreement.

Sustainable Economy

Smog in Beijing

Sustainable growth

Can developing countries catch up on economic growth without hurting the planet?

Climate

'We fight climate change to save civilization'

Profile shot of Climate Action International director and founder of IndyACT Wael Hmaidan

Even the smallest breakthrough in climate negotations can be measured in lives saved, says Wael Hmaidan, the director of the Climate Action Network.
The island Ile aux Aigrettes near Mauritius.

Conserving Mauritius

One small island off the coast of Mauritius, is serving as a leading example for conservation.

Nuclear Waste

A view of Lubumbashi with a hill caused by smelting in the background Photo: Simone Schlindwein

Illegal uranium

Human rights groups say uranium is being mined illegally in Democratic Republic of Congo.

oil

A ship leaves the harbor in a small seaside town. (Photo: EPA/Helge Sterk)

Barents Sea boom

It's boom time for the small Norwegian town of Kirkenes on the oil-and-gas-rich Barents Sea.

Pollution

Top fashions leave trail of contamination

Employees work at a garment factory in Wuhu, Anhui province in this February 1, 2012 file photo.

Many fashion brands continue to use toxic chemicals which, among other things, are damaging to the world's fish population. Industry experts hope they can convince companies to start using non-toxic substitutes soon.
  • Bertrand Piccard (Copyright: Creative Commons/Solar Impulse)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    Around the world

    Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard has already traveled around the world non-stop in a hot air balloon. But now he has another vision - he wants to become the first man to travel around the world in a solar-powered aircraft.

  • (AP Photo/Alberto Di Lolli)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    A real lightweight

    A tiny one-man pilot cabin and a 64-meter long wing on either side. The solar-powered aircraft weighs some 1,600 kilograms - compare that to an Airbus 340, which weighs some 125 tons without cargo or passengers.

  • (Copyright: ddp images/AP Photo/Winfried Rothermel)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    Moving forward with solar energy

    The gigantic wings are essential. On them are 12,000 thin solar cells, which help power the plane and reach 70 kilometers per hour with its four motors and propellers.

  • Bertrand Piccard und André Borschberg. (Copyright: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    A cutting edge team

    Bertrand Piccard (left) didn't build the Solar Impulse alone - it was built with the skills and knowledge of a whole team. In 2003, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne carried out a feasibility study on the "Solar Impulse." Since then, André Borschberg (right) is Piccard's pilot partner.

  • (Source: Solar Impulse, DW-Grafik: Olof Pock Datum: 05.06.2013)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    On the way east

    The Solar Impulse is now on a 5,000 kilometer journey that will take it from San Francisco to New York, with four stops. And because there's only room for one pilot, Piccard and Borschberg are switching at the stops. The journey began in San Francisco on May 3 and is scheduled to end in New York in July.

  • (Copyright: Solar Impulse)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    A new record

    The second leg of the journey - from Phoenix to Dallas - was especially successful. The Solar Impulse traveled 1,541 kilometers. It was the longest stretch ever traveled by solar-powered aircraft. Borschberg flew without autopilot and was awake for 20 hours.

  • (Copyright: Fred Merz / Rezo.ch / Solar Impulse)

    Solar-powered aircraft aims to travel around the world

    First the US, then the world

    In 2015, the Solar Impulse will begin its biggest adventure yet - its journey around the world. It won't be the same plane, but a modified version. The current cockpit is too small for someone to spend five days and nights, Broschberg says. And if anyone should know, it would be him.


    Author: Hannah Fuchs / csc | Editor : Carla Bleiker

Radio

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Environment stories from around the world

What's on Living Planet this week?

The Living Planet page

Oil giants race north to the resource-rich Arctic Ocean

Climate activist Wael Hmaidan from CAN International

Solar ideas for Africa, which are made in Germany

Can hydropower halt Indonesia's energy crisis?

A third of all Indonesians have no access to electricity. But one engineer is powering change with a hydro energy solution.

The Ice Blog

From Alaska to tear-gas in Istanbul

How big is Chinese interest in Greenland?