How Chicken Feathers Could Warm Our Homes

Source: bbc.com Published: October 10, 2017 One of the world’s most under-exploited waste products – the feathers from poultry farms – is finding a clever new use inside buildings. By Stephen Dowling Where there are people, there are chickens. Pretty much every...

Flower-Like Wave Energy Turbines Could Power the Coasts of Japan

Source: treehugger.com Published: September 28, 2017 © OIST By Megan Treacy Along Japan’s coasts are structures called tetrapods. These pyramid-shaped concrete wave breakers serve to reduce the strength of crashing waves to prevent erosion in key spots along the...

Innovative Ways Companies Are Re-Purposing Food Waste

Source: food52.com Published: September 22, 2017 By: Lyna Vuong We love to brainstorm ways to cook with our food scraps, and this got us thinking about large-scale food producers and retailers, and how companies are addressing the issue of food waste. As...

Clean Cook Stoves Project

Source: gcghana.org Published: May 19, 2017 According to the World Bank, indoor pollution from coal, dung and wood-burning stoves as well as fire pits kills nearly two million people each year – including half of all children under the age of five who die from...