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London farm in old WWII bomb shelter shows great potential of high-tech urban farms
Far beneath the bustling streets of London, an old bomb shelter that’s been transformed into a hi-tech underground farm is revolutionizing urban agriculture. The farm, created by a company called Zero Carbon Food, delivers Londoners freshly grown salads and herbs through a growing system that Read More...
This multifunctional cookstove helps save lives, energy and money
It is little known to those of us living in the Western world that cooking is the fourth biggest killer in the world. A third of the world cooks indoors using solid fuels on makeshift stoves that create toxic smoke that’s both detrimental to health and to the environment. Sickened by the Read More...
Breathing in dust from dairy farms could protect kids from developing allergies
It has always puzzled scientists that children who grow up on dairy farms are much less likely than the average child to develop allergies and asthma. Now, they found a possible explanation: some bacteria found in farm dust could trigger an inflammatory response that later protects them from Read More...
Is school for everyone? Some say ‘no’
Several years ago, few people who knew Hannah Noblewolf would have thought that she would turn out to be an outgoing, articulate, self-assured young woman who has successfully completed her first year at her top-choice college. For years, she struggled with social anxiety, depression and, as a Read More...
Laser breakthrough could speed the rise of self-driving cars
LIDAR is a portmanteau of “light” and “radar.” In essence, these sensors monitor their surroundings by shining a light on an object and measuring the time needed for it to bounce back. They work well enough, but they aren’t without their drawbacks. Today’s Read More...
3 steps to maximize the value of batteries
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s former chief of staff and now CEO of energy storage company Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Susan Kennedy, recently proclaimed that batteries are primed to disrupt the energy industry in the same way that cell phones disrupted the communications industry. More Read More...
India’s installed solar power capacity tops 4 gigawatt
India has reached an installed solar power capacity of 4.1 GW, adding 358 MW solar power capacity between April and July, the first four months of India’s financial year 2015-16. Overall, India added a total of 866 MW renewable energy capacity during April-July period, with wind energy Read More...
Surprising ways Kenyans are embracing climate-smart agriculture
In rural Kenya, where it may only rain twice per year, farmers and herders are embracing so-called “climate-smart” agriculture. A video produced by the World Bank, begins by showing how John and Mary Obuom have transformed their one-acre farm into a model of sustainable practices. The Read More...
Crop rotation boosts soil microbes, benefits plant growth
In the first study of its kind, new research from the University of New Hampshire shows that crop rotations, in isolation from other management factors, can increase the functions performed by soil microbial communities that benefit plant growth. The study was conducted by researchers with the New Read More...
These prize-winning, game-changing designs tackle some of our toughest global challenges
“Design’s purpose is to improve lives,” explained this year’s jury chair Mikal Hallstrup of the design industry’s Index Awards. “It’s not about tea cups or fancy chairs.” Organized by a non-profit organization based in Copenhagen, Denmark, a city looking to its architects and Read More...