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Garden with a purpose and help the earth
Unsure about how you can play your part in mitigating climate change? Redesign your garden with these guiding principles in mind: support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water. Resulting aesthetics rely heavily on native species and wildlife-friendly plants. Watch your Read More...
A wheel to lift African farmers out of perpetual poverty
An adjustable, flexible wheel is how Malawi-native and Royal Collage of Art graduate Ackeem Ngwenya intends to remedy the lack of road infrastructure in rural Africa. The ability to transport farm goods farther, or in bigger quantity, than what women and children on foot are able to carry on their Read More...
Competitive rates lead Texas city to commit to 100% renewables
Georgetown, a community of about 50,000 people some 25 miles north of Austin, Texas, has created quite a shockwave with the announcement that it will soon be powered by 100% renewable energy. The city utility company, which acts as a local monopoly, finalized a deal with giant solar energy company Read More...
In San Diego, electric cars tested as power storage units to improve renewable energy's reliability
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) launched a 10-month program to test the integration of electrical vehicles (EV) in its power grid in order to improve efficiencies. With 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles forecast on the roads of California by 2025, according to the state’s Zero-Emission Read More...
Electricity-generating plastic opens door to endless possibilities in green energy and medical applications
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is a plastic used in tubing that can produce electricity when stretched, or change shape when touched by electricity. Possible innovative applications are seemingly endless, including in the green energy or medical fields (think artificial muscles.) Scientists at Read More...
3 exercises to nurture and help grow the innate spirituality of your child
Every child is born a spiritual child, write Lisa Miller, Ph.D., director of clinical psychology and founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Columbia University, Teachers College. A short guided meditation, a drawing, a gentle awareness-building conversation: here are three exercises she Read More...
Stella McCartney promises to help fashion industry become sustainable
Today’s special paper edition of the highly influential British fashion website Business of Fashion boldly delves into the fashion industry’s top seven issues, including the human cost of garment manufacturing and environmental sustainability. A special event held in London last week ahead of Read More...
California uses more solar than all other states combined
California now sources close to 30% of its power from renewables. Last year, solar alone jumped for 1.9% to 5% of the Golden State’s total generation. With just 23 megawatts short of cracking the 10 gigawatts barrier, California has more installed solar capacity than all other states Read More...
Sweden imports garbage for power, helps Europe dispose of its waste
The world-leading nation in garbage-fueled energy is now importing garbage to feed the network of district-power plants that provide electricity for more than half of Swedish households. Sweden has reduced its landfill-bound garbage to less than 1% of the waste it produces, after burning 52% of it Read More...
Fighting fire with sound in a thirsty world
Two students of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, have developed a handheld fire extinguisher that uses low-frequency sound waves. The technology is based on the ability of sound waves to displace oxygen through physical space. Starve flames of their favorite fuel and you can Read More...