Energy


Kenyan Startup Uses the Sun to Turn Human Waste into Cooking Fuel

Source: spectrum.ieee.org Published: November 23, 2016 By Andrew Silver Sanivation’s poop-based fuel briquettes finish cooling and drying on racks. Photo: Sanivation In August 2015—after a couple of years of testing—a company in Kenya began commercially...

Your Tears Can Generate Electricity

Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: October 19, 2017 Aimee Stapleton and other researchers at the University of Limerick have found that lysozyme—in tears, saliva, mucus, milk and chicken eggs—accumulates an electric charge when squeezed. (Sean Curtin, True...

Montreal Supermarket Opens Huge Organic Rooftop Garden

Source: treehugger.com Published: August 18, 2017 © Tact Conseil (used with permission) — Francis, Richard, and Daniel Duchemin, storeowners, sit in their new rooftop garden By Katherine Martinko Talk about slashing food miles; ‘fresh from the roof’ is as local as it...

These Are America’s 10 Most Sustainable Cities

Source: mnn.com Published: August 15, 2017 By Noel Kirkpatrick A new report on the most sustainable metropolitan areas in the U.S. shows that we still have a long way to go. In September 2015, leaders from around the world adopted Agenda 2030. This document...