Federal Street School Composting Starts with A Bang

Source: recorder.com Published: November 18, 2016 Recorder Staff/Tom Relihan Amy Donovan of the Franklin County Solid Waste District shows Federal Street School fourth-grades Jayden Tyler and Shelby O’Leary a bin that will be used to collect food waste from...

Composting is Grounds for Change on Alaska Flights

Source: blog.alaskaair.com Published: May 5, 2016 By Marianne Lindsey, Staff Writer Marianne Lindsey Alaska Airlines serves up 37,000 cups of coffee a day on its more than 900 daily flights, brewed using more than 250,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee each year. Ensuring...

World’s Largest Solar Panel Facade Powers Danish School

Source: ecowatch.com Published: February 16, 2017 By Lorraine Chow Copenhagen International School’s new building in the Nordhavn district features the largest solar facade in the world. The 12,000 solar glass panels can generate 300 megawatt hours of...

The Smog of the Sea

Source: thesmogofthesea.com Published: February 16, 2017 The Smog of the Sea chronicles a 1-week journey through the remote waters of the Sargasso Sea. Marine scientist Marcus Eriksen invited onboard an unusual crew to help him study the sea: renowned surfers Keith...

Is This A Solution to The Food Waste Problem in The U.S.?

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: February 13, 2017 By Warren Cardinal The ECOS/Bio-ART technology is the answer to all of the problems associated with organic garbage that the United States is facing. Food waste is a serious problem in the United States,...

Hair Can Be Used to Clean Up Oil Spills

Source: thehindu.com Published: February 16, 2017 Oil coats the nooks and crannies along a strand of hair rendering it useful for clean-ups, says Lisa Craig Gautier Lisa Craig Gautier talks about the use of human hair in oil spill management. MatterOfTrust.org, an...

The Living Machine Laboratory

Source: abava.com Published: February 21, 2017 Eric Arneson At Antonia Bava Landscape Architects we have had the privilege of designing and overseeing ongoing maintenance for the landscaping within the Living Machine at the LEED Platinum SFPUC Administrative Office...

In the Sierras, New Approaches to Protecting Forests Under Stress

Source: e360.yale.edu Published: February 13, 2017 Giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park. Tuxyso/Wikimedia By Janet Marinelli In California’s Sierras and around the world, extreme drought and rising temperatures are killing trees and threatening the viability of...