Slovak designer wins top architecture prize for ocean cleaning facility
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak designer Lenka Petrakova has won a prestigious international architecture prize for a prototype ocean cleaning facility.Continue Reading
Tag: Climate & Environment
Where to go second-hand shopping in Budapest?
Fast fashion is responsible for 10% of global greenhouse emissions and 20% of wastewater, and the industry sucks up more energy thanContinue Reading
Meet Coffewear, the young Budapest-based brand redesigning your waste
Budapest, Hungary – Hungary might be one of the worst recyclers in the EU, that doesn’t mean nothing is beingContinue Reading
Poland stands out as the most polluted country in Europe
Warsaw, Poland – According to a new report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, Poland, Slovakia,Continue Reading
Czech Republic’s “first-ever” floating 3D-printed house now complete
Prague, Czech Republic – The “first-ever floating 3D-printed house in the world”, according to Czech sculptor Michal Trpák, has beenContinue Reading
Czech sculptor creates 3D-printed floating house to be displayed in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – Czech sculptor Michal Trpak has teamed up with a group of architects to create the CzechContinue Reading
Gazprom in talks to retroactively raise price of gas sold to Poland
Warsaw, Poland – Russian gas giant Gazprom announced it was in talks with Poland’s state-run gas company PGNiG to retroactivelyContinue Reading
Russian gas transit to Europe via Poland halted as transit deal expires
Warsaw, Poland – Gas transit via the Yamal-Europe pipeline which carries Russian gas through Belarus and Poland to Germany hasContinue Reading
Czech Republic joins EU climate neutrality goal
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic has officially signed up to the European Union’s goal to achieve climate neutralityContinue Reading
Manifesto for a sustainable and neighbourly Prague
As the Covid-19 pandemic forces us to rethink our lifestyle, more than 30 local organisations called on the Prague cityContinue Reading
Poland and Slovakia see huge improvement in air quality due to lockdown
Warsaw, Poland – As countries all across Europe slowly emerge from the limbo of weeks of quarantine, the (for onceContinue Reading
Baltic Pipe a “milestone” on the road to non-dependence, says Polish president
Warsaw, Poland – Earlier this week, Italian firm Saipem signed a deal worth €280 million to build a 275 km-longContinue Reading
Coal exit “not realistic” by 2030, says Poland’s top power producer
Warsaw, Poland – Poland may take up to 25 years to completely exit and phase out coal use in electricityContinue Reading
Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia face “catastrophic” droughts
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia are facing historic droughts threatening their agricultural sector, water resourcesContinue Reading
Poland: Firefighters contain “largest fire in years” in Biebrza nature reserve
Warsaw, Poland – Firefighters managed to contain the massive fire that had been devastating the Biebrza National Park since lastContinue Reading