All Sustainability articles – Page 10

  • Limestone quarry
    Resource

    Limestone Inquiry

    This activity is most appropriate for students aged 14-16 to illustrate useful materials made from rocks in the context of problems associated with extraction of raw materials.

  • Bales of compacted cans
    The Mole

    Recycling plastic bottles

    2010-05-01T11:43:00Z

    Recycling plastic bottles prevents the plastic from going to landfill, saves energy and reduces our dependency on oil. But what do we have to do to put the bottle back on the supermarket shelf?

  • A farmer spraying his crop to protect it from insects
    Feature

    Crop protection chemicals

    2009-03-01T00:00:00Z

    By 2030, the world's population is expected to rise to over eight billion - the need for safe and environmentally friendly crop protection chemical has never been greater