Lighthouse Eco

Striving for a sustainable Lifestyle

Month: October 2024

Malawi Women Turn Climate Challenges into Profits with Banana Wine

Women farmers in northern Malawi have found a clever way to deal with the negative effects of climate change by making wine from overripe bananas.

Mercedes-Benz opens new battery recycling plant that recovers ‘96%’ of battery materials

Mercedes-Benz just opened Europe’s first battery recycling plant using an innovative process that the automaker says enables recycling rate to more than 96%

First Klamath River salmon since 1912 reported in Oregon after dam removal!

For the first time in 114 years, biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) have observed a fall-run Chinook salmon returning to spawning in the Klamath Basin in Oregon.

Islands host 1/3 of Earth’s plant species, conservation needed

Islands are home to nearly one-third of the world’s plant species, despite covering just 5.3% of the Earth’s land surface.

Bolivia Wildfires Burn Record Area, Scorching Homes and Farms

Wildfires in Bolivia have burned through more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this year

Fewer than 10 of these orchids remain in the wild. Victoria was about to burn them into extinction

Critically endangered flowers get stay of execution after local environmental group threatens legal action against Victorian government

VANISHING VOICES: Saving Our Hawaiian Forest Birds

Native Hawaiian Forest Birds face imminent extinction from non-native mosquitoes spreading deadly avian diseases.

Three Just Stop Oil activists charged after soup thrown at Van Gogh paintings

Three protesters have been charged with criminal damage and will appear in court after soup was thrown at two Vincent van Gogh paintings on Friday.