Source: news.stanford.edu Published: October 9, 2017 Industrial forecasts predict an insatiable need for battery farms to store renewable energy like solar and wind. Lithium ion batteries may remain tops for sheer performance, but when cost-per-storage is factored in,...
Source: fastcompany.com Published: October 3, 2017 [Photo: Tenure Facility] A new center is using mapping and legal services to help establish that indigenous people are rightful owners of rainforests around the world, in turn protecting those forests so that...
Source: treehugger.com Published: September 28, 2017 © OIST By Megan Treacy Along Japan’s coasts are structures called tetrapods. These pyramid-shaped concrete wave breakers serve to reduce the strength of crashing waves to prevent erosion in key spots along the...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: September 23, 2017 Make A Change World By Gary Bencheghib and Sam Bencheghib On August 14, we set out to kayak down the world’s most polluted river, the Citarum River located in Indonesia, to document and raise awareness about the...
Source: food52.com Published: September 22, 2017 By: Lyna Vuong We love to brainstorm ways to cook with our food scraps, and this got us thinking about large-scale food producers and retailers, and how companies are addressing the issue of food waste. As...
Source: greenmatters.com Published: September 14, 2017 Source: Ant Studio By Aimee Lutkin An architecture firm called Ant Studio has partnered with company DEKI Electronics to create a cooling system that is electricity free. The installation is built into DEKI’s...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: September 14, 2017 Innovative cooling installation in New Delhi Written by Lucy Wang New Delhi-based Ant Studio made a zero-electricity air conditioner to combat the brutally hot summers in India’s capital. Built for a DEKI...
Source: atlasobscura.com Published: September 12, 2017 Yakhchāl in Yazd, Iran PASTAITAKEN/CC BY SA 3.0 Added ByAaronNetsky Meybod, Iran – Though they look like giant clay beehives, these structures in the deserts of Persia were used to make something much...
Source: yesmagazine.org Published: September 12, 2017 Food items redistributed by The Free Store include salads, sandwiches, pies, rice meals, and other pastries. All photos by Benjamin Johnson. Each weeknight, The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus...
Source: abc.net.au Published: September 6, 2017 The underwear has been buried in different soils for 30 days and shows the different rates of degeneration. (Supplied: Coffee County Soil Conservation District) ABC Rural / By Amy McCosker Undies, jocks, drawers…...
