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Ecosia
Ecosia is a search engine that helps to save the environment by donating 80% of its income to planting trees in Brazil.
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China Afforrestation
In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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Sprout Pencil
The Sprout pencil is a plantable pencil that contains a seed inside. When it's too short to use, you can plant it and watch it grow herbs and vegetables.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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In the UK, there's a bus service that's powered by poop.
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China is building an ultra-modern car-free city that'll house 80,000 people in "high-rise core housing". It's entirely walkable and surrounded by green space. It's designed to use less water, create less waste, and generate less carbon dioxide than a normal city.
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Wind Turbine Trees
After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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Jadav Payeng
At 17 years old, an Indian man named Jadav Payeng started planting trees on a barren sandbar. At age 47, he lives in his own 1360 acre forest which now houses rhinos, tigers, deer, apes and elephants.
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