Zero Waste Daniel Turns Clothing Scraps into Fashion

Source: youtube.com Published: August 12, 2017 This clothing line turns fabric scraps into unique pieces of clothing. Daniel Silverstein founded ‘Zero Waste Daniel’, aka ‘ZWD’, to close the gap on the fashion industry’s waste problem – here’s Daniel’s...

Generating Green Energy in a Chilean Desert

Source: nytimes.com Published Date: August 12, 2017 By ERNESTO LONDOÑO, VEDA SHASTRI and KAITLYN MULLIN Click on source above for video. Chile is advancing in its goals for reliance on renewable energy, with South America’s first geothermal plant and a constellation...

Parked Electric Cars Earn Cash While Feeding the Power Grid

Source: ecowatch.com Published: August 11, 2017 Lorraine Chow In Europe, electric vehicles are not just a low-emission way of getting from A to B, they are also being built as mobile generators. Newly designed Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) models can both...

Innovations in Desert and Drylands Farming

Source: fao.org Published: August 11, 2017 Photo credit: © FAO/Giulio Napolitano The global demand for food, water and energy is expected to increase by about 40 to 50 percent by 2030. This is driven in part by an expanding population, rapid urbanization, greater...

Researchers Create Flexible Battery That Can Run On Salt Water

Source: engadget.com Published: August 11, 2017 They could be powered by body fluids like sweat or tears in the future. Hoxton/Ryan Lees via Getty Images Mallory Locklear When it comes to making batteries for wearables or implantable medical devices,...

Columbia Sportswear Expands Clothing Recycling Program

Source: recyclingtoday.com Published: August 10, 2017 Recycling Today Staff Columbia Sportswear, Portland, Oregon, has announced the roll out of its ReThreads clothing recycling program in more than 100 Columbia stores across the United States to...

Solar Revolution Turns These Women into Powerful Entrepreneurs

Source: ecowatch.com Published: August 2, 2017 Empower Generation helps rural women affected by energy poverty to become solar entrepreneurs. Empower Generation Climate News Network By Paul Brown A solar revolution is transforming the lives of women in the remotest...