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Urban Organics
An abandoned brewery in a ‘food desert’ in Saint Paul, Minnesota has started its second life as an agricultural business and fish farm. The company, Urban Organics, works with aquaponics– a growing technique that creates a symbiotic relationship between fish and plants where crops are Read More...
Adding tech to agriculture grows the same amount of produce with 1/2 the water.
The average American uses 80 gallons of water per day for bathing, laundry, drinking, etc. That number blows up to 2000 gallons per day if you factor in the water used to produce the clothes you wear, or the water used to refrigerate your food, or the biggest culprit– agriculture. Agriculture Read More...
Germany's different approach to solar could lead to wider adoption
On Monday June 9th 2014 solar panels in Germany produced 23.1 GW of electricity– or a little over half of the electricity Germany consumed that day. Germany’s approach to solar is slightly different than what we do in the US. Instead of building massive solar farms common, 90% of solar panels Read More...
Rooftop farm grows 5 tons of veggies, 1,800 pounds of fish
Have an old industrial building with a large roof lying around? Probably not, but if you do Urban Farms will deliver a full-scale rooftop garden–aquaponics system. The package is a modular system and includes a greenhouse, a modified shipping container that could be used as an office or kitchen, Read More...
UK’s first carbon–negative building is built from upcycled materials
Located on University of Brighton’s campus, the carbon negative building serves as a living research and design project, exemplifying what buildings can be built with. The house is comprised of 85% post–consumer products. Materials used to build the carbon–negative structure includes floppy Read More...
Drops in coal demand from US, China hint that we have hit peak coal
Earlier this month the White House announced a plan to scale back CO2 emissions from coal–fueled plants. The initiative aims to reduce pollutants that result from coal burning by 30% over the next 15 years. While China still consumes 50% of the world’s coal, 10 years ago the demand for coal in Read More...
Adding tech to agriculture saves water, doesn't impact crop yield
The average American uses 80 gallons of water per day for bathing, laundry, drinking, etc. That number blows up to 2000 gallons per day if you factor in the water used to produce the clothes you wear, or the water used to refrigerate your food, or the biggest culprit– agriculture. Agriculture Read More...
New technologies take water out of the washing and textile– dying processes
Innovative technologies created by British washing machine manufacturer Xeros, and Dutch textile–dying company DyeCoo have removed the water from the textile cleaning and dying process, saving millions of gallons of water and preventing waterway contamination. Researchers developed the waterless Read More...
Mind-body medicine is fundamental
When asked what role mind-body medicine plays in maintaining our mental and physical well-being, the response from Dr. James Gordon is unequivocal: “Fundamental!” “I think [mind-body medicine] is still regarded as a complementary therapy,” he said during a recent visit to San Francisco, Read More...
Connecting the developing world via high–altitude balloons
On June 15, 2013 Google announced Project Loon– an attempt to provide schools in developing countries Internet connectivity via high–altitude balloons. A year after announcing the initiative, Google’s balloons are off to a promising start, “we’ve definitely crossed the point where Read More...