Are Danes taking ‘green’ too far by recycling corpses?
Denmark is keen to show off its green credentials ahead of the massive UN summit on climate change to be held in Copenhagen in December. The progressi...
World Water Week summit held in Stockholm
For the past week, an international entourage of industry leaders, politicians, and officials from the United Nations have been meeting in Stockholm f...
Icelanders getting more cash for less trash
Icelanders have been producing less waste and landfill and have been recycling much more than in previous years, according to Frettabladid. Operation ...
Greenland bird nest oldest on planet
While most birds make seasonal nests depending on the circumstances each year, one bird that nests in Greenland has laid down roots that stretch back ...
Carbon neutral hotel coming to remote Greenland
Isolated places like Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord are genuinely sublime natural wonders. However, the popularity of the UNESCO-protected site is sta...
Norway home to world’s first floating wind turbine
The Norwegian-based energy giant, Statoil, has opened the lines on the world’s first floating wind turbine off the coast of Norway. The water-based su...
Sweden ready for world’s first permanent nuclear waste dump
Half a kilometre beneath the Swedish town of Oskarshamn is the Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory, an underground maze of tunnels running four kilometres thr...
Finland sets out to save the Baltic Sea
In an effort to preserve and improve the condition of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish government has announced its plan to hold a Baltic Sea Action Summit...