Source: onelessstraw.org Published: August 26, 2016 Attention all teachers, school superintendents and community groups; My name is Olivia (13) and together with my brother Carter (15) we started our own nonprofit called One More Generation (OMG) back in 2009 in an...
Source: ibtimes.com Published: August 17, 2016 By Susmita Baral Scientists in Germany are exploring how aquatic plants can help clean up oil spills and there appears to be some potential in water plants. The team of researchers, who published their findings in the...
Source: saveonenergy.com Published: August 9, 2016 The average American tosses 4.4 pounds of trash every single day. It may not seem all that astonishing on the surface, but with 323.7 million people living in the United States, that is roughly 728,000 tons of daily...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: June 1, 2016 By Elyse Wanshel Shaving a longtime beard can be a total buzzkill. But when it came time for Scott Boback to get rid of the facial hair that took 20 months to grow, he made the most of it by donating it to a good...
Source: cnn.com Published: April 22, 2016 It’s mealtime for these mealworms, which researchers have found are able to eat Styrofoam. The waste they produce from these dubious snacks is biodegradable. By Jareen Imam Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and...
Source: kpwb.org Published: December 10, 2015 Did you ever imagine your extra hair being used to help the environment? Over 200,000 U.S. hair salons and pet groomers cut about two pounds of either hair or fur, PER DAY! Matter of Trust found a resourceful way to use...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: December 22, 2015 by Lidija Grozdanic The automated Seabin marine waste collector demonstrates how sometimes the simplest solutions are the most effective. The rubbish bin, designed to float in marinas, inland waterways, residential...
Source: sustainablebrands.com Published: December 15, 2015 Hannah Furlong Chemists at Colorado State University (CSU) have developed a new biodegradable polymer. The plastic is made from the bio-renewable monomer Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and it converts back to GBL...
Source: matteroftrust.org Published: December 16, 2015 LEGO has announced a plan to develop sustainable manufacturing materials that would allow the toy company to ditch plastic forever. The Denmark-based company is investing millions to create a Sustainable Materials...
Source: womenofgreen.com Published: May 27, 2015 Source: Truth Theory On an expedition to the Ecuadorian rainforest, Yale students discovered a new type of fungus which may speed up the decomposition process of discarded plastics in landfills. Few think twice...
