Source: fastcoexist.com Published: May 6, 2016 Sunflare is a Los Angeles startup that’s making solar panels smaller and lighter. Affix Sunflare’s technology to wherever you want with barely any effort. By Charlie Sorrel Sunflare is a Los Angeles startup that’s making...
Source: fix.com Published: May 10, 2016 Coral reefs are incredibly important to the diversity and health of our oceans. Making up only 0.2 percent of our oceans, but containing around a quarter of all marine fish species, coral reefs are second only to rainforests in...
Source: resilientfamily.com Published: May 6, 2016 Jean Pain is a guy that you’ve probably never heard of… He was a French innovator and inventor who developed an innovative compost-based bioenergy system that produced 100% of all of his energy requirements....
Source: theguardian.com Published: May 5, 2016 Ryan Power (right) and childhood friend Adam Davidoff run the New Family Farm. Photograph: Gary Ottonello/Handout Dry farming forgoes modern irrigation and, farmers say, produces much tastier crops. In a drought-stricken...
Source: fastcoexist.com Published: May 2, 2016 Thanks to an electric motor, the PodRide can drive about 15 miles an hour. The PodRide has headlights, a trunk, a roof–and even a motor. By Adele Peters After he got tired of biking to work in Sweden’s cold, wet winters,...
Source: sustainablebrands.com Published: April 30, 2016 Mike Hower Tomatoes are useful for a lot of things — mixing into salads, adding nutritional value to cheeseburgers, lobbing at struggling standup comics, and even making plastic for car parts. But a team of...
Source: bangordailynews.com Published: May 1, 2016 By Julia Bayly WALDOBORO, Maine — When researchers in Scotland needed seeds to grow Bere, a very old barley variety once cultivated for thousands of years in highlands, they looked across the Atlantic to a midcoast...
Source: wakingtimes.com Published: April 29, 2016 Images source: https://www.facebook.com/PlasticWhale/ Vic Bishop The inspiring and innovative crew of a small company, Plastic Whale, in The Netherlands, is making cleaning up plastics its daily mission and confronting...
Source: civileats.com Published: April 28, 2016 Art meets public food access with Swale. By Jodi Helmer Half public art project, half tourist destination, a floating food forest called Swale is set to launch along the New York City waterfront in June. Unlike the...
