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Seaweed is the Food –and Fuel– of a Sustainable World, And it May Start in Australia

Australian scientists have been uncovering a near-unending list of ways kelp and other kinds of seaweed can help in the fight against climate change. It's...

World’s First Laundry Detergent Made From Industrial Carbon Emissions Launched By Unilever

Unilever has partnered with LanzaTech and India Glycols to produce a laundry soap made from industrial carbon emissions—instead of from fossil-fuels. The innovative shift in...

Scientists Make Microplastics Breakthrough, Devising Method to Trap And Remove Them

Microbiologists have found a way to use bacteria to trap microplastics, removing them from the environment and making them easier to recycle. The new technique,...

Phenomenal 6-yo Skateboarder Performs in Pink Party Dress and Leopard Print Helmet

What’s 6 years old, zips through the air with gravity-defying ease, and wears a pink princess dress with her crash helmet? Australian skateboarding phenomenon...

Endangered Trout May Soon Return to Los Angeles

An ambitious restoration of the concrete drag strip that is the Los Angeles River could welcome back endangered southern California steelhead trout to one...

Amid the Green Funeral Movement, Scattering Ashes Ensures These Forests Remain Pristine Forever

Across America, small parcels of forested land are being bought from private owners by a conservation group called Better Place Forests. With the intention of...

Sir David Attenborough Backs This New Tech That Can Recycle All Plastics

A new recycling plant under construction in England features technologies that can break down any kind of plastic polymer into its constituent elements for...

Hemp is Already Being Used in Walls and Insulation as a Game-Changer in Construction Industry

This article was written by Nate Berg for Ensia and has been re-printed with permission.  It has become almost a cliché to discuss the benefits...

Watch the Lifesaving Moment a Man Topples Backwards Off a Balcony—But a Bystander Catches His Foot

This is the incredible moment a man escaped almost certain death when he toppled backwards off a balcony—but gets saved when a bystander catches...

Growing Mushrooms at Home is Everyone’s New Pandemic Hobby

Home-grown mushroom kits are seeing an explosion in demand, giving people something to do, watch, and cheer on while they're stuck at home. Lockdown and...

12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt

This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.  A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop....

New Plant-Based Plastic Can Be Broken Down and Recycled With Near-Perfect Efficiency

Hoping to solve the plastic pollution problem, with recycling technology being too often inefficient, there seems to be a new biodegradable, bio-based substitute being...

This Brilliant Low-Income Housing in Colombia is Made From Coffee Waste

In a country with both housing shortages and world-leading coffee production, a small construction company has, quite brilliantly, found a way to leverage one...

Paris is Turning Its Dark Underground Parking Lots into Organic Mushrooms Farms

What can you do with a dark underground parking lot that isn't being used anymore? Think fungus. Unused parking garages around the French capital have...

We Use 6 Billion Face Masks a Day—But Scientists Have a Genius Way to Turn Them Into Roads

The idea of billions of people going through a few masks a week during this pandemic definitely rings alarm bells, but a team of...

Dutch Design Artist Creates Lightshow in a Leek Field to Celebrate Farms and Enhance Plant Growth

Dutch designer and artist Daan Roosegaarde has turned a field of ordinary leeks into a dazzling light-show in celebration of the crops that feed...

A Gorgeous 3D-Printed Home Just Popped Up on Zillow for Half the Price of Comparable Houses

A stunning 3D-printed home is currently available for sale on Zillow at 34 Millbrook Ln, Riverhead, New York. At $300,000, it costs 50% less than...

Former Prisoners Turn Waste Into Beautiful Furniture, Re-Building Their Lives At the Same Time

Recycling talent and material, Formr makes quirky furniture pieces from salvaged construction site garbage while using the woodworking talent of formerly incarcerated individuals. Operational for...

Ginkgo Trees Were Going Extinct on Their Own; Then Humans Saved These ‘Living Fossils’ So Now They’re Everywhere

Lining the streets of many American city suburbs are living fossils, which unlike many stories of man's interaction with nature, involves nature as the...

Startup Turns 32 Million Discarded Chopsticks Into Gorgeous Decor And Furniture

Attempting to tackle the immensely small, and intolerably ignored problem of chopstick waste, a BC resident created a startup that recycles used chopsticks into...