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Huge ‘breathing lung’ installations travel country to raise awareness of air pollution

The installations comprise a large set of lungs – measuring around 2 sqm – which are covered with a white material which let air through thanks to a ventilator fixed to the rear of the unit. Polski Alarm Smogowy

The installations comprise a large set of lungs – measuring around 2 sqm – which are covered with a white material which let air through thanks to a ventilator fixed to the rear of the unit.

Pollutant-reducing paint brings eco joy to ‘forest wall’

More than just an artistic work, the wall could have a long-term positive impact on the environment and local people’s health.

A Branson invests in Kraków firm battling the scourge of air pollution

Holly, daughter of media tycoon and entrepreneur Richard Branson, has helped Airly raise $2 million.

Tired old Łódź square to get glamorous green facelift

Architects say the main design goal is to make Łód’s Freedom Square “a friendly place for residents and tourists.”

Green means Clean: Stunning new art installation changes colour to indicate smog levels

Installed in the shadow of the Palace of Culture the Zero Emission Store consists of a network of 14 kilometres of hand-woven colour-changing thread that reacts to air pollution levels. So if the smog is bad, it glows red, but if the air is clean it turns green.

Eco-snapper highlights scourge of plastic waste with series of stunning photographs

The #NoBeautyInPlastic exhibition, which opens in Warsaw’s Hala Koszyki on November 8, shows off spectacular images from Warsaw-based photographer and blogger Daniel Petryczkiewicz.

Smog Busters! Poznań reveals its latest weapon in the fight against pollution - an ‘air-sniffing’ drone

As a means of tackling air pollution Poznań has launched a “Let’s end smog campaign” with a high-tech drone to inspect chimneys, monitor smoke and hunt down offenders who, if caught, face up to three years jail or a PLN 500,000 fine.

Kraków introduces raft of initiatives to combat smog – and it’s working!

Once notorious for having the worst smog in Poland, Kraków is now going through a green renaissance.

Take your breath away: app measuring air pollution goes global

The Airly app monitors air pollution and can even predict when will be the best and worst times to be out and about.

The only way is up as Poland registers increase in energy efficiency

In Poland, energy efficiency – measured using the energy efficiency index (ODEX) – improved by 1.8 percent per year overall between 2007 and 2017, the period covered by the GUS analysis.

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Abandoned amphitheatre to be transformed into eco-friendly ‘honey garden’ for bees

Unique to Poland, and possibly the world, the 3 million PLN project in Poznań will see former seating areas replaced by flowerbeds specifically intended to attract bees, and will be further embellished by nectar-bearing trees, sculptures, viewing points, water cascades and subtle lighting purposefully designed so as not to interfere with their activities.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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