Scientists modified an enzyme that can break down plastic in one week to create fresh material for new products. A group of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have created a modified enzyme that can break down plastics that would otherwise take centuries to degrade in a matter of days. The researchers, who... Continue Reading →
by Rebecca Schweier, Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig Solar energy is not subject to supply shortages, is cheap and CO2-neutral. To achieve maximum energy yield, PV power plants are usually installed facing south with an angle of inclination of 20 to 35 degrees. As a result, a lot of electricity is generated in... Continue Reading →
Vertical PV power plants reduce the need for gas imports and electricity storage systems
Let’s face it. Talk about biodiversity loss at a party and you’re unlikely to make friends. Talk about an army of seed-firing drones, however, and suddenly you’re the coolest person there. Well believe it or not, an Australian start-up is doing exactly that. Using a fleet of highly advanced 'octocopters', AirSeed Technology is fighting deforestation by... Continue Reading →
These seed-firing drones are planting 40,000 trees every day to fight deforestation
India’s Water Revolution #2
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to India to film the epic work of the Paani Foundation’s Water Cup Competition. We tour the village of Velu, in Maharashtra, who won the 2016 competition to install the most amount of water harvesting structures in a 45 day period. Guided by Paani Foundation’s chief advisor, Dr. Avinash Pol,... Continue Reading →
The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes -- whether it's to stoke violence or defame politicians and journalists -- is becoming a real threat. As these tools become more accessible and their products more realistic, how will they shape what we believe about the world? In a portentous talk,... Continue Reading →
How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy
Money is pollution's biggest driving force -- particularly, the cash invested in dirty energy projects, says financial responsibility campaigner Lucie Pinson. She shares a three-pronged approach to stop banks from funding fossil fuel companies, including what she calls "collaborative blackmailing" (it's more ethical than it sounds). By demanding more accountability from polluting companies and encouraging... Continue Reading →
How to stop banks from investing in dirty energy
Indigenous tribes are leading the effort to bring back the bison — a victory not only for the sake of biodiversity, but for the entire ecosystem they nurture Miles of prairie stretched out across the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southern Oklahoma, acre after acre of brush, grasses and hearty vegetation creeping toward the low-range... Continue Reading →
Once nearly extinct, bison are now climate heroes
The role of electrification — for power, heating and cooking — in the modernization of Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington, is well-documented. The site eschews natural gas hookups and instead will be supported by more than 902 geothermal wells, in a thermal energy center topped with solar photovoltaic panels. The electricity from Puget Sound Energy... Continue Reading →
A taste of Microsoft’s all-electric kitchen
The worms devour pollutants in dairy wastewater and even prevent greenhouse gas emissions, making such a system a boon to water quality and a possible alternative to digesters. With 6,000 dairy cows, 5,000 beef cattle and thousands of tons of apples, potatoes and cherries produced annually, Royal Dairy in Royal City, Washington, uses hundreds of... Continue Reading →
Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution
Work on Climate Our Vision We envision a world where climate change has been reversed completely, equitably, and justly; all of humanity’s work is climate-positive or climate-neutral; and humanity and natural ecosystems coexist and thrive in a harmonious, respectful relationship. To achieve this world, we see a nearer future where organizations, governments, communities, and people... Continue Reading →
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What is the American Cities Climate Challenge Renewables Accelerator? The Renewables Accelerator provides cutting-edge tools, resources and technical assistance to help U.S. cities advance ambitious renewable energy goals. Our partnership supports the Bloomberg Philanthropies American Cities Climate Challenge and the Urban Sustainability Directors’ Network cities with renewable energy commitments. We work with cohorts of cities... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 