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Cambridge researchers design world’s largest wooden skyscraper
Cambridge University researchers have presented a plan to build a wooden skyscraper to the London mayor. Responsible sourced wood is considered a renewable building material, as its production is significantly more climate-friendly than other materials. On top of that, CO2 is stored in wood. The Read More...
Uganda schools educate pupils in entrepreneurship
In countries with high percentage youth and high unemployment rates, school graduates often find themselves at the back of a long queue of job seekers. Social enterprise ‘Education!’ wants to change this. It developed a purely practical-learning based curriculum to help students start small Read More...
Farming as tool for refugees to integrate in Kansas
Non-profit ‘New Roots for Refugees’ found an inventive way to integrate refugees in Kansas through an education program in farming. Many of the refugees, mostly from Myanmar and Bhutan, were farmers in their home countries, but they are not used to the climate, crops and soils in Kansas. New Read More...
Forget bubble wrap, the future of packaging is marine algae
Buying goods online has made shopping incredibly convenient, but it’s also created one of the biggest pollution problems of our time: Packaging. Each day millions of packages filled with bubble wrap and other plastic protection are shipped out everyday only to be thrown away upon arrival, so a Read More...
7 health benefits of owning a pet
Pets are the most loyal friends. Whether you’re at your best or feeling your absolute worst, pets always remain right by your side. And besides just being a trusty companion, pets can provide owners with numerous health benefits, both psychological and physical. Here are 7 health benefits you can Read More...
New atom-thick desalination filter slashes energy use by 20 percent
The process of removing salt water and particulate matter from ocean water to make it potable—desalination—can be tricky, time consuming, require a lot of fancy equipment, and use more energy than most water-deprived areas have to spare. Lockheed Martin has announced the creation of a Read More...
What it really takes to drive an electric car revolution
Last week, I explained a dismaying reality for planet-savers everywhere: Not even mega-blowout sales for Tesla’s new Model 3 sedan are enough to substantially green and decarbonize our global transportation system. There are simply too many cars on the road and too many new Read More...
Major hotel chain to grow vegetables at 1000 properties to cut food waste
One of the world’s biggest hotel chains has announced it will plant vegetable gardens at many of its hotels as part of a plan to cut food waste by a third. AccorHotels, which includes the Pullman, Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure and Ibis chains, intends to “reduce food waste by 30%, in Read More...
Why companies like Google and Walmart are buying so much wind power
The U.S. wind energy industry had a memorable 2015, from installing thousands of new turbines across the country to supporting a growing number of jobs. But perhaps one of the most noteworthy brights spots of the past year, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the American Wind Energy Read More...
Delhi Airport to produce 20 MW through solar energy by 2020
Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), the company that operates the Delhi airport, today said that it has enhanced the solar power generating capacity at the Delhi airport to 20MW by 2020. The airport operator has expanded the current capacity of solar power generation at the IGI Airport from Read More...