Can ‘Dragon Water’ Power the Planet with Renewable Energy?

Source: ecowatch.com Published: November 5, 2015 Unlimited renewable power lies below geothermal regions like this one in Iceland. Photo credit: Milan Nykodym / Flickr An ambitious project is being launched to drill deep into the Earth’s crust to harness super-heated...

How a Simple Orange Peel Sucks Mercury from Oceans

Source: redorbit.com Published: October 23, 2015 Feature Image: Thinkstock By Chuck Bednar Researchers from Flinders University have accidentally discovered a technique to remove toxic mercury from water using a material made entirely of industrial waste and orange...

Grove Launches the Ecosystem to Change the Way We Grow Food

Source: businesswire.com Published: November 3, 2015 The Grove Ecosystem, now available for purchase on Kickstarter, is an intelligent, indoor garden that is set to change the way Americans think about and grow their own food. (Photo: Business Wire) SOMERVILLE,...

BIG Completes First Home for Mountain-Shaped Resort in Taiwan

Source: dezeen.com Published: November 5, 2015 Olivia Mull The first holiday home has been built at the BIG-designed Hualien Residences, a mountain-shaped resort development in Taiwan (+ slideshow). Photograph by BIG The 1,000-square-metre house is the first building...

World’s Largest Floating Windfarm Gets Green Light in Scotland

Source: theguardian.com Published: November 2, 2015 Construction on the UK’s first floating offshore windfarm is to begin in 2016. Photograph: Øyvind Hagen / Statoil ASA Hywind Scotland project will see deployment of five floating turbines off coast of Peterhead,...

EVENT – UN COP21 Paris Events

Source: matteroftrust.org Published: November 4, 2015   For the French version of this page click here. Check out our Twitter and Facebook updates live from Paris throughout the conference or pictures here. Paris, France is hosting the United Nations’...