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Ancient Egyptian irrigation technique protects plants against drought
In ancient times North-Africans buried clay pots to water the roots of their plants. An Egyptian company has modernized this ancestral technique to create a cheap and effective larger irrigation Read More...
Inspired by India’s poor: Making roads from plastic waste
This Scottish entrepreneur traveled in India and saw how people melted down plastic from landfill sites to repair potholes. It made him think that plastic waste can be used to reinforce and repair roads in the western world as well. Now his company is exactly doing that. By adding plastic to the Read More...
Doctor has success with vitamin cocktail to treat deadly sepsis
Sepsis is a big problem. It kills more people in hospitals than any other disease. There’s no good treatment. But that may change. One doctor has been very successful treating sepsis with a cocktail of vitamins added to regular Read More...
Oil companies see clean opportunity using rigs for wind turbines
Oil companies have been exploiting oil platforms in seas and oceans for decades. Now, with the clean and renewable energy revolution gathering steam, they have an unique opportunity to use these rigs to install windmills. It may be a move that won’t exactly support their main business—selling Read More...
Forget your blanket: Why you should sleep in a cool bedroom
For seven million years we have fought against hunger and cold. That’s in our genes. Now most of us have these problems under control but that may be too much of a good thing. Research shows that a little bit of starvation—fasting—is actually healthy for us. And it is also better for us to Read More...
Scientists find blood from vegans is eight times more protective against cancer
Scientists have found that blood taken from those following a plant-based diet is 8 times more effective at killing cancer cells than blood taken from those following a Standard American Diet. In a series of experiments people were placed on different diets and their blood was then dripped on Read More...
Why I used crowdfunding to bring a truckload of plastic trash to Stockholm
A container of plastic garbage pulled into Stockholm a couple of weeks ago. Then the garbage was dumped onto the floor of the National Museum of Science and Technology, in a big dusty pile. On purpose. And a global crowdfunding campaign helped pay for it. Before I tell you how we accomplished that, Read More...
Behind Saudi Arabia's $2 trillion bet on a sustainable future
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, at 31 years old, is the driving force behind the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s radical economic experiment. If his plans succeed, he’ll also be the world’s largest impact investor. And like any impact investor, the deputy crown Read More...
Computer models show agroforestry can repair watersheds
Watersheds sustain life but many have been degraded. Computer modelling has shown that agroforestry can help rescue them, says David Wilson with Regine Joy P. Evangelista, at the Philippine’s First International Agroforestry Congress. Watersheds not only supply water for domestic use but also Read More...
How 5 chief resilience officers are preparing for the next 50 years
Resiliency is everywhere today. Governments around the world are thinking about how to make their infrastructure adaptable to the stresses and shocks of a changing world. Yet, because many federal governments’ attention is stretched thin, compounded by budget issues and Read More...