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H&M introduces new eco-friendly denim collection, using recycled cotton from own textiles
Why should any fashion go to waste when it can be collected, re-used or turned into something new? The people behind the clothing brand H&M have been thinking about this question and they came up with a solution. They started a garment collection program earlier this year, and now turned these Read More...
Finally, fireworks that are safe for our health and the environment
When it comes to fireworks, we tend to think about safety in terms of fingers or eyes. A more neglected concern with fireworks is the impact on our health and the environment. Yet, after exploding, the chlorine-based compounds that make for the nice red color in the explosions can transform into Read More...
Feel like crying? Go ahead. It will make you feel better
Crying can be therapeutic. That could be the conclusion of new research. An hour and a half after shedding tears, participants in the study reported feeling even better than they did before they had reason to cry. "This is the first study that has demonstrated a clear relation between Read More...
How techies can still communicate with each other while they're without internet at Burning Man
Burning Man, the annual festival that celebrates art, counterculture, and radical self-reliance, begins Sunday in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. The weeklong event has long drawn a wild crowd that eschews modern society and technology in favor of partying and constructing strange buildings in the Read More...
Sydney has been carbon neutral since 2008. But they aren’t stopping there…
The City of Sydney has been carbon neutral since 2008. Amidst strong economic growth, emissions across our Local Government Area have fallen 12 per cent since 2006 and we have reduced emissions in our own buildings and operations by over 23 per cent. In continuing our work to create a sustainable Read More...
Power of plants: Documentary will launch plant-based nutrition campaign
The Campbells, father and son, call it the most important health breakthrough of all time. But it’s no magic bullet or amazing new technology. And yet the science is crystal clear: Whole fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans and grains have healing powers and serve as the world’s best Read More...
U.S. startup seeks crowdfunding to produce business jet
WASHINGTON XTI Aircraft, a Denver, Colorado-based aerospace startup firm, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday to raise $50 million to fund the production of the TriFan 600, a six-seat fixed wing jet that can take off and land like a helicopter. XTI was founded in 2009 by David Read More...
Coca-Cola to replenish 100% of water it uses 5 years earlier than planned
Coca-Cola Co. and its bottling partners expect to be replenishing 100% of the water used in their factories by the end of 2015, reaching a longstanding conservation goal five years ahead of schedule. The beverage giant, which announced the replenishment target in 2007, said it's already "balancing" Read More...
Batteries will do to energy what cellphones did to telecom: Advanced microgrid & Tesla
Cheap battery storage will prove as disruptive to the energy industry as the cellphone has been to telecommunications, executives from two California startups—Tesla Energy and Advanced Microgrid Solutions—said today at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas. “I would bet Read More...
Renewables cover almost 100% of German demand
Almost 100% of the electricity demand in Germany noon last Sunday was covered by PV and wind power. According to the evaluation by the forum "Together against interim storage, and for responsible energy politics" the PV plants at noon produced more than 24 GW of solar power. Wind power contributed Read More...