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This vertical farm wants to improve agriculture by growing food for cattle
Producing food for cows requires an enormous amount of land. In fact, the US uses 780 million acres — or 41 percent of its land — to grow animal feed, either on pastures or through growing crops. And as demand for animal food continues to grow, the availability of arable land decreases. In some Read More...
This designer from India is turning cigarette butts into beautiful vases
Cigarette stubs are the most commonly littered items in the world. In fact, 4.5 trillion of them discarded every year. To draw attention to this little-known fact, Indian designer Sachi Tungare collected five kilograms (11 lbs) of cigarette butts by hand to create a collection of multi-colored Read More...
Clean energy hit record growth in 2020, despite Covid-19
When it comes to new electricity generation in 2020, the fossil fuels sector had a terrible year. Fortunately, the same can’t be said about the renewables sector. According to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), 90 percent of new electricity generation is coming from Read More...
Plantega is bringing vegan foods to your local bodega store
If you live in New York City, you will soon have easier access to plant-based ingredients thanks to Plantega, an initiative bringing vegan foods to the city’s bodegas, corner shops, and convenience stores. Your typical bodega is a small corner shop featuring processed snacks and packaged Read More...
November 11, 2020
We’re getting futuristic on the pod today with Virgin Hyperloop completing its first trials with human passengers and the UK set to build its first carbon neutral community. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
November 11, 2020
We’re getting futuristic on the pod today with Virgin Hyperloop completing its first trials with human passengers and the UK set to build its first carbon neutral community. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
November 11, 2020
We’re getting futuristic on the pod today with Virgin Hyperloop completing its first trials with human passengers and the UK set to build its first carbon neutral community. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
November 11, 2020
We’re getting futuristic on the pod today with Virgin Hyperloop completing its first trials with human passengers and the UK set to build its first carbon neutral community. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
The port city of Sunderland will host UK’s first carbon-neutral community
As the urgency of the climate crisis continues to grow, climate-friendly elements are increasingly becoming a prominent feature of urban development projects. One of the latest cities poised to experience future-proof urban planning is the post-industrial port city of Sunderland, located in the Read More...
Virgin Hyperloop completes first test run with passengers aboard
The promise of hyperloop travel is that it will allow humans to cut down travel time dramatically by using magnetically levitating pods to propel people through near-vacuum tubes. These pods are designed to eventually hit speeds of around 745 mph, which would make it possible to travel from Los Read More...