Re-Inventing “the Windmill”

Source: thearchimedes.com Published: April 25, 2017  The Dutch have a reputation for obtaining energy by means of a windmill. This energy was used for all kinds of purposes, such as milling of raw material, water pumping, etc .. Today, the windmill is a means to...

Making Batteries from Waste Glass Bottles

Source: eurekalert.org Published: April 19, 2017 IMAGE: Waste glass bottles are turned into nanosilicon anodes using a low cost chemical process. Credit: UC Riverside UCR researchers are turning glass bottles into high performance lithium-ion batteries for electric...

Canadian Firm Builds Giant ‘Scrubber’ To Pull CO2 From the Air

Source: canadianmanufacturing.com Published: August 12, 2015 A rendering of Carbon Engineering’s system. The process allows the company to pull carbon from the air. It can then be used to synthesize fuel or be stored. PHOTO: Carbon Engineering By David Kennedy, Online...

A Crucial Climate Mystery Is Just Under Our Feet

Source: grist.org Published: April 11, 2017 By Nathanael Johnson What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who might know where he could get some. He emailed colleagues and read through old studies looking for clues,...

The Peace Lily Filters Out Five Dangerous Toxins from The Air

Source: epicgardening.com Published: March 20, 2017 Last updated November 30, 2019 The Peace Lily, also known as the White Sail Plant or Spathiphyllum, is one of the most popular plants to grow indoors. If people only knew that it filters out five dangerous toxins...

Freeing Costa Rica from Fossil Fuels

Source: climatecouncil.org.au Published: April 4, 2017 Image from Unsplash CC Written by Emily Jones. Dr. Monica Araya is a Costa Rican author and adviser on clean development in Latin America. Her TED talk, filmed in June 2016, deals with one of the most critically...