All posts by Laureen Fagan
Laureen is a freelance journalist creating high-quality, informed content on international affairs, politics and technology. She is trained in conflict resolution and diversity, and has special interests in science and medical reporting, and culture and religion issues.
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
Reefer sadness: How is cannabis growth impacting climate?
The cannabis industry will see $40 billion in annual sales by 2025.
Want to reduce food waste? Turns out kids love ‘ugly food’
There are times when children might receive some parental prodding to stop playing with their food, but one researcher in New Zealand thinks maybe we should encourage them to have some fun with “ugly food” that might otherwise be thrown
In Uruguay, hopes for an EV noise that benefits the planet
One concern about electric vehicles (EVs) is that they’ve been considered a safety risk because they’re so quiet. That’s changing with new laws in the European Union and beyond, which require EVs to have Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems, known as
Locusts swarm through drought-stricken Ethiopia’s crops
If the difficult litany of this year’s climate change news has you wondering when there will be a plague of locusts next, well, there is – and there’s no joke when it comes to how millions of the voracious, crop-eating
Study: Neonicotinoid use disrupts Japanese lake ecosystem
In Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, the rice is planted along the Lake Shinji watershed at the very beginning of May – in fact, two of the “planting week” days are public holidays as the month makes its transition from April. So
UK activists say fracking move is welcome but not enough
Exactly one year ago, a small earthquake brought Cuadrilla operations to yet another temporary halt in the UK, in compliance with then-enacted protocols that had just permitted the company’s Preston New Road fracking site to reopen. It was the latest