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Warsaw one of Europe’s Top 10 eco-friendly cities, says new report

When it came to greenery the survey looked at the number of parks and gardens, wildlife areas, forests, playgrounds and bodies of water found in cities across Europe. Kalbar/TFN

In a survey conducted by Essential Living, the Polish capital came in at number nine on the green ranking, sandwiched between Vienna at number eight and Barcelona.

Smog-eating mural goes up on Warsaw wall

The mural will have the same ecological effect as planting 720 trees.

Waste map, want not: zero-waste map points Kraków in a green direction

The new maps aim to promote local businesses and limit waste.

The natural look: hand-made cosmetics on a roll

Once small, the market for hand-made cosmetics is increasing as people go green.

Opole team come up with wind-assisted ‘eco-fence’

The Wind Panel was created to be the next generation of onshore wind turbine, going beyond current technologies available on the market for capturing wind energy.

Tree-mendous! Couple buy entire forest to save fauna and wildlife

With the help of Internet users, Mieszko and Karolina Stanisławski raised enough money to buy 5.53 ha of forest in the Low Beskids mountain range in south-eastern Poland. Now they are now thinking about buying a second one.

Poland’s first ecological golf course to tee off near Poznań

The 18-hole golf course spread across nearly 7000 acres near Poznań will use reclaimed water from a local sewage plant will and is expected to be completed by 2022.

Law-n and Order! No mowing grassland, councils say as they roll out urban meadows scheme

Facing the threat of drought and the need for savings, Polish cities have turned ‘avant-gardeners’ by banning mowing and creating ‘cheap ‘n’ easy’ flowery urban meadows instead.

Wildflower power! Urban meadows take root across Poland’s cities as eco-entrepreneur battles for a greener future

Karol Podyma’s Łąki Kwietne firm has blazed a trail both home and abroad in its quest to fill towns with eco-minded meadows.

Technological development to have big effect on Polish economy - report

Within the next 20 years, developments in technology will cause nearly two million jobs to disappear and three million to be transformed, said Minister of Development Jadwiga Emilewicz during Thursday's presentation of the 'Roads to Industry 4.0' report.

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How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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