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Year in Review 2018

From the most exciting new technologies and ambitious ideas, to the most progressive countries and people who made the world a better place, Eco-Business looked back at the top sustainability stories of 2018.

Mishandled baby sea turtles, a university's plastic straw ban, and tips on how to save a world-famous beach—these were some of the most popular stories from Eco-Business this year. Why did they make such an impact with our readers?

2 Jan 2019

Sustainability isn’t very funny very often. But we found a few stories from 2018 that helped us see the lighter side of drowning cities, burning forests, plastic-choked rivers, and starving polar bears.

In a year replete with dire warnings about environmental catastrophe and senseless rhetoric by climate-denying politicians, words have also inspired people around the world to take climate action. Here are nine quotes from 2018 that captured the joy and despair of environmentalism.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Here's a round-up of the most far out, morally questionable ideas to prevent runaway climate change we've noticed this year.