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Thanks to financial support provided to the International Biochar Initiative from the Biochar for Sustainable Soils Project, the 2015 white paper The Potential for Biochar to Improve Sustainability in Coffee Cultivation and Processing has...
An innovative mesh devised by MIT researchers could help farmers dramatically reduce the amount of pesticides they spray. When spraying fertilizers or pesticides onto crops, the size of the droplets makes a big difference....
GES first partnership project launched in Drenthe The province of Drenthe in the Netherlands has installed an innovative, environmentally friendly water turbine called Flowconverter near the Ossesluis locks in Hoogeveen. The test phase will...
A research team from the Zoological Institute of Kiel University (CAU) has succeeded in developing a new silicone coating with a specific microstructure which reduces the contact area of barnacles to ships hulls by...
The SAP.iO Foundry offers a no-equity ask program that provides access to SAP APIs, SAP technologies, and opportunities to meet SAP’s customers. The upcoming SAP.iO San Francisco fall cohort will be focused on Human...
The capital of Wales is the proud owner of four new benches made of recycled plastic waste collected from the Cardiff stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race earlier this summer. Over 280 kilograms of...
Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to make the sustainable fuel bioethanol, reducing the extremely high water footprint associated with production. Bioethanol is one of the best fuel alternatives because it is...
Food waste and by-products could make sustainable plastic and energy without petrochemicals, according to German researchers. The discovery has big implications for those seeking new, cost-efficient methods of manufacturing. “We could take a big...
UK power company Drax is launching a new carbon capture and storage project that could see the trapped carbon used by breweries and pubs to help ‘keep the pep in the nation’s pints’. Drax,...
Sustainability is no longer simply a trend in the fashion industry. Sneakers and clothing are increasingly being made from biomass, organic textiles or locally sourced materials. John Dyer reports from Boston. Reebok recently launched...
French hospitality giant AccorHotels has announced that it is now using urban food gardens at 600 of its locations worldwide, 26 of which are in the UK. The move is part of the company’s...
Anheuser-Busch InBev makes beer. But now the world’s largest brewery is also aiming to make startups in the sustainability sector, too. The Belgian company is inviting academics, entrepreneurs, scientists and technologists to apply to...
A prototype mass timber building has shown that even huge buildings can be constructed primarily with wood. The “Longhouse” is 12 metres tall and warmed via passive solar heating. Because the construction of all...
Food left behind in plastic packaging contributes millions of pounds of food waste. New super slippery packaging is now seeking to make it easier to squeeze those last bits out of the tube. The...
Liverpool’s City Council is aiming to be the first city in the UK to become ‘climate positive’ by the end of 2018. Climate positive means that the city will remove more carbon dioxide from...
Students at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are working on an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic made from mycelium and sawdust. Their new material is resistant and yet fully biodegradable....
Together with Recycled Island Foundation, the Audi Environmental Foundation has opened a floating park in the Rotterdam port of Rijnhaven. To create the park, the project partner filtered plastic waste out of the New...
Fibre-optic cables could provide the key to detecting earthquakes and other ground movements, new research has revealed. The future of seismology could lie in fibre-optic cables, with the method able to detect earthquakes...
Swiss aviator and adventurer Bertrand Piccard has launched a new label to promote a healthier and cleaner existence on Earth. The “Efficient Solution” label evaluates products and technologies and assesses their economic viability. Piccard...
Australian public water utility Melbourne Water is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to cut electricity costs in its water treatment plants. Efficiency is generally seen as a key marker of a smart city,...
