Photograph by Lasse Bergqvist Since the discovery of fire, cooking has conquered a primary role in our lives. The first form of cooking started 2 million years ago with the throwing of a chunk of food into the fire. According to Anthropologist Richard Wrangham, it was a spontaneous gesture that led to the discovery of…
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VOCs: SPENDING HABITS AFFECT INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Different studies have proven the pivotal role of indoor air quality on our health, nonetheless, we tend to minimize the impact of poor air quality on our well-being. As the time we spend in indoor spaces increases, also our awareness about the consequences of the choices we make should increase all together. In our recent…
CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW OUR DAILY ACTIONS CAN STILL STOP GLOBAL WARMING
Even if climate change may appear to you as a rather new phenomenon, well, it’s not. Scientists werealready talking about climate change in the 19th century, when they started to notice that after theIndustrial Revolution in the 18th century, human activities could have an impact on the Earth in thelong term. Svante Arrhenius, for instance,…
Indoor air pollution: the (almost) invisible elephant in the room
Outdoor pollution: there’s so much talking about it, that barely anyone can say to actually know nothing about it. And that’s good. That’s very good, as the world is finally understanding the risk the human race is facing with air pollution. But when it comes to indoor air pollution, how comes that most are still…