From beer to bananas: 8 lessons for business and government partnerships
In a recent online chat, experts joined us to discuss how businesses can work together with government to make progress on sustainability. This is what we learned: 1. There are lots of examples of business and government collaborating for development. Construction companies worked with the Read More...
The renewable energy records of 2015 in 7 charts
The Optimist Daily has reported several times on the renewable energy records set in 2015. It was the first year that more renewable power capacity was added than other sources. It was also the first year that renewable energy investment was mostly in developing countries. Here are seven charts Read More...
Research: Vitamins and minerals show remarkable anti-aging properties
A good diet can help prevent many of the diseases brought about by the modern lifestyle. That’s the conclusion that may be drawn from a new study that shows that a dietary supplement containing a blend of thirty vitamins and minerals—all natural ingredients widely available in health food Read More...
Norway on track to completely ban all gas powered cars by 2025
Norway, already the world leader when it comes to electric cars on the road, is on track with its plan to ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars by 2015. Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reportedly reached agreement about 100 percent of new Norwegian cars running Read More...
Belgium brewery builds beer pipeline in Bruges
The idea may have seemed mad, but after all, the beer is called the Madman of Bruges — or Brugse Zot in Dutch. And with the help of crowdfunding efforts among some 400 Madman fans, the dream of building a beer pipeline through the Belgian city of Bruges is becoming real. “You have to be Read More...
Wave power project set to supply 15% of Gibraltar’s electricity needs
Wave power has been slow to take off, but it looks like things are accelerating. Last week, EU’s Gibraltar made a big buzz over the official grid connection of its new wave power project, an array of ocean energy converters from the company Eco Wave Power. Though modestly sized, it is the Read More...
India plans 10 GW renewable energy capacity through micro, mini grids
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced plans to set up 10 GW renewable energy capacity through implementation of micro and mini grids. The plan, still in a state of proposal, calls for setting up small-scale solar, wind, hydro and biomass projects. According to the proposal, mini Read More...
Why protecting the environment is not a burden but an opportunity
Although the region of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has developed steadily over the last twenty-five years, the verdict on the state of the environment is more complex.In many countries, the economy was for years premised on the extraction of non-renewable natural Read More...
250-mile electric car from Hyundai planned for 2020
Hyundai is aiming to release an electric car with a 250-mile range by 2020, according to the company’s Director of Eco-Vehicle Performance Development Group Byung Ki Ahn. The plans were revealed in a recent interview that Ki Ahn gave to Autoblog, where he confirmed that the company would be Read More...
Buying bottled water is not a problem; doing something with the bottle is an opportunity
Americans use about 50 billion plastic water bottles each year and 38 of those end up in landfills, where they can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. But in a matter of weeks, a recycled water bottle can be made into a lumber alternative, polyester, stadium seating, car parts—or even a dress Read More...