Source: collective-evolution.com Published: June 3, 2016 ByAlexa Erickson Gases that help capture heat, called “greenhouse gases,” can be emitted from natural sources, while others are anthropogenic, resulting from human activities. The latter has caused a surge in...
Source: latimes.com Published: June 6, 2016 Scientists at Harvard say they’ve used microbes to build a solar fuels device. (Jessica Polka) By Amina Khan A team of scientists at Harvard University says it has come up with a bionic leaf — a system that could use solar...
Source: slate.com Published: September 5, 2013 Some rights reserved by clauretan By Atlas Obscura With dreams of colonizing Mars, John P. Allen, who made his millions in oil, funded the building of Biosphere 2 in the middle of the Arizona desert. (Planet earth is...
Source: theguardian.com Published: June 2, 2016 An organic cotton farm near Djembala village in Mali. Intensive farming with excessive use of fertilisers and pesticides has disastrous consequences on human and animal health, and ecosystem, study says. Photograph:...
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: ecowatch.com Published: June 1, 2016 Guest Contributor By Conscious Company Magazine Conscious Company Magazine partnered with leading accelerators, incubators and educational institutions to identify 17 rising entrepreneurs who see things differently, are...
Source: fusion.net Published: May 25, 2016 Daniel Setiawan HOUSTON—Eight-year-old Tristan “Pan” Berlanga never dreamed of starting his own business. “I’ve always wanted to be a basketball player,” he says as he and his business partner, 28-year-old David Krohn, drive...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: May 25, 2016 Lorraine Chow The Indian state of Punjab is now home to the world’s largest rooftop solar plant. The massive array will produce 11.5 megawatts of energy and is expected to provide clean power to 8,000 homes. The...
Source: edf.org Published: May 25, 2016 A small solar array on a lake in Thailand. Uwe Schwarzbach By Kate Zerrenner With drought becoming the new normal in some parts of the country, an emerging technology brings an unexpected ray of hope: floatovoltaics. Solar...
Source: N/A Published: May 25, 2016 Tashjian by one of Compost Crusader’s dumpsters. One waitress wants to 86 food waste. Twice a week, Melissa Tashjian, 35, serves grub at a local pizza joint in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The rest of her time is devoted to her budding...
