Hans Rosling, the data magician predicts that the world’s population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years — and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you’ll see).
Life expectancy is related to both, the production of synthetic chemicals and sustainability. Our sustenance depends on a lot of things – food, shelter, energy, medicines, technologies etc. However, if I had to write an essay on the boons and banes of technology, like they made us do in schools, I’d easily mention the importance of green technology.
If you google the definition of green technology you will find that it is a technology whose use is intended to mitigate or reverse the effects of human activity on the environment. The word ‘green’ can be misleading as if it is the solution in itself. However, something can be greener but not entirely green sometimes, safe to say that it is relative. It is relative to geography, climatic conditions, and also the people who use it.
To take an example, let’s take plastic pollution. It is one among the myriad of problems we face today. Following are some green technologies that are helping us with this issue:
- Liquid wood to replace plastic – PRAVDA.ru
- A researcher at the UPC’s Terrassa Campus has patented a new material made from paper sludge
- Japanese scientists create Elastic Water
- Thailand Creates Technology That Decomposes Plastic Bags in Weeks
- World’s first ocean pollution-eating Seabin launches in the UK
- The Ocean Cleanup
Last edited: 19th December 2017
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