Water-Saving Pumps Made from Recycled Materials

Source: goexplorer.org Published: October 20, 2016 Neptuno Pumps designs and manufactures energy- efficient water-saving pumps made from recycled materials. By Sustainia Located in the driest place on Earth – the Atacama Desert in Chile – Neptuno Pumps designs and...

Scientists Accidentally Turn Pollution into Renewable Energy

Source: independent.co.uk Published: October 19, 2016 Carbon dioxide is turned into ethanol ( Oak Ridge National Laboratory) ‘Carbon dioxide is a problem right now. If we can use it, then we’re preventing it from going into the atmosphere’ Ian Johnston Scientists have...

Kites Could Soon Power An Entire Region of Scotland

Source: motherboard.vice.com Published: October 11, 2016 Image: Wikimedia The kite-powered system could reduce the cost of offshore wind energy by about 50 percent. by Madison Margolin Kites are no longer just kids’ toys gliding in the wind. By 2025, they will...

Egyptian Village Goes Solar

Source: ecowatch.com Published: October 11, 2016 Kristin Falzon Egypt’s first solar-powered village is up and running in the Bahariya Oasis. KarmBuild’s Tayebat Workers Village provides shelter for 350 people and was built with 90 percent local, natural...

Award-Winning Biodegradable Agar Packaging Could Replace Plastic

Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 16, 2016 The prototype agar packaging developed by a group of Japanese designers took top honors in the 2016 Lexus Design Awards. by Orion Rodriguez A group of designers from Japan have created a prototype design that could...

Mark Shepard on Restoration Agriculture

Source: resilience.org Published: March 5, 2014 By Karen Rybold-Chin, originally published by on the earth productions Click here to watch “Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture”: https://youtu.be/aTa7TI3yrFE One of the world’s foremost authorities on restoration...

Micro Wind Turbine Is Light, Efficient, And Can Charge 24/7

Source: digitaltrends.com Published: October 3, 2016 By Marcus Yam For times when a portable battery pack and solar charger won’t do, the power of the wind could be the way to charge your smartphone. École Cantonale d’Art Lausanne design student Nils Ferber has...

Looking to the Earth Itself as a Climate Solution

source: insideclimatenews.org Published: September 28, 2016 The agriculture industry is beginning to consider soil’s ability to capture and store carbon, a potential climate-saver long overlooked. By Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News Farmers, by using techniques...