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Given the buildup of e-waste these days, environmentalists are increasingly looking at refurbished items when shopping for new electronics.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the world produces some 50 million tons of electronic waste each year, and the figure is increasing. Meanwhile, only 20 percent of this electronic waste is disposed of properly. The remaining 80 percent is either sent to landfills, incinerated or illegally traded, resulting in a host of environmental problems including groundwater…

*Note: This EarthMonth Earth Talk is taking over my website in order to educate my readers on climate change and our environment. Get up to speed with this epic series.

Caption: Skeptics say you can’t prove anything, but climatologists beg to differ when it comes to proving links between extreme weather and climate change. Credit: George Desipris, Pexels. The question of whether science has been able to prove, let alone prove definitively, the connection between climate change and extreme weather is a very tricky one. This is because science is always reluctant…

Boy Scout Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California, US The Joshua tree is an iconic species of the Mojave Desert that stretches across parts of southeastern California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Known for its resilience in an unforgiving desert climate, the Joshua tree is unique in its unusual anatomy and adaptable ecology, but its future looks bleak in the face of increasing global…

Note: This Earth Month I am proud to feature the Earth Talk Q&A from the Editors of E-The Environmental Magazine* This is VERY exciting and I hope you learn alot and connect with the team at E-The Environmental Magazine.

Community planners have turned a desolate patch of desert onto a thriving organic farm at Habiba in Egypt by applying the principles of permaculture. Credit: Habiba Community. A buzzword in sustainability circles, permaculture—historically combining “permanent” and “agriculture”—describes ecologically-conscious farming to create sustainable ecosystems for future generations, using methods such…