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British utility offers carbon neutral green gas
UK energy firm Good Energy started offering a carbon neutral gas tariff. The gas mix will contain six percent bio-methane, domestically produced out of organic material. The biogas comes from anaerobic digester sites. Other emissions resulting from gas use are compensated with carbon reduction Read More...
Mushrooms hold potential for sustainable building materials
In an innovative search for sustainable building materials, a group of researchers designed benches from mushrooms. They installed six benches at the University of British Columbia, grown from oyster mushroom spores and alder sawdust packed into molds. The designers think the most promising Read More...
First solar powered aircraft completes Pacific crossing
For the first time a solar powered airplane made it across the Pacific Ocean. The Solar Impulse 2 landed successfully in California after taking off from Hawaii 62 hours earlier. The aircraft was supposed to land in Abu Dhabi by the end of last summer, from where it departed, but faced significant Read More...
Study shows that companies with older workers are the most innovative
According to standard business thinking, a younger workforce and more dynamic, innovative companies go hand in hand. However, as a new Australian study shows, ageism in the workforce is built on a faulty premise. The study has found that contrary to stereotypes and assumptions, the most innovative Read More...
Writing a journal makes you more productive
Whatever your goal, journaling is a powerful tool to help you achieve success. Journaling is a great roadmap to help guide you to where you want to be. Journaling increases your sense of awareness and this can even make you more productive. When you take the time to write your thoughts down, you Read More...
Why having more women on boards is good for the environment
In celebration of Earth Day, numerous companies will be promoting their "green" products and their efforts around sustainability and climate mitigation. The most meaningful and impactful initiative these same companies could pursue to promote sustainability, however, would be to ensure they have Read More...
Volvo to electrify its entire fleet, will release battery-electric vehicle in 2019
Gas is nice and cheap right now, but it's not going to stay that way forever. That's why, despite the continuation of strong truck and SUV sales, automakers are still working to add electricity into the mix. Volvo's just announced a very ambitious goal of selling one million electrified cars by Read More...
Economic reality shifts Republican perspective on renewables
It's not the first time that new economic realities change political perspectives. Most Republicans in the U.S. reject any role of humans in global warming. However, a small and growing number of once-skeptical Republicans are embracing wind and solar as these clean energy sources begin to deliver Read More...
Supergrid connecting Europe and Africa will enable 100% renewable energy
A ‘supergrid’ connecting Europe to northern Africa will help both regions reach near 100 percent renewable energy capacity, the German Frauhofer Institute states in a report. The grid connection would allow countries to share electricity to balance over or under production. For instance, Read More...
French startup powers street lighting with bacteria
French startup Glowee works on a new concept for the future smart city: It aims to provide street lighting through synthetic biology. It uses the bioluminescent genetics of bacteria living in squids, inserts them in common, non-pathogenic bacteria, which are capsuled in a transparent shell. The Read More...