Source: dailysabah.com Published: November 21, 2016 by Anadolu Agency The recycling of paper has been contributing to the economy and preventing the cutting down of almost 25 million trees annually. According to information gathered from Turkey’s Ministry of...
Source: mnn.com Published: April 27, 2017 Device works in a similar way to how plants convert carbon dioxide and sunlight into food (Photo: Bernard Wilchusky/UCF) By Bryan Nelson University of Central Florida chemistry professor Fernando Uribe-Romo has finally...
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: February 20, 2016 Iowa State University scientists modeled their artificial leaves after cottonwood leaves. (Flickr user Jon Hurd) By Maya Wei-Haas While a new device’s flapping leaves can generate a lot of energy, extracting it...
Source: news.algaeworld.org Published: December 31, 2015 [Global] Biofuels, bioplastics, Moss-based drugs and algae for food. All of these are pioneering areas of GreenTech progress this year. So what are the major developments in this forward-thinking field? 1. 100%...
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...
Source: ecodaily.org Published: November 26, 2016 New bioplastic materials may enable gardeners to tend their plants more sustainably and could even help plants “self-fertilize” and grow healthier roots, according to research conducted by Iowa State University...
Source: trevorcaughlin.com Published: October 12, 2016 Restoring forest to hundreds of millions of hectares of degraded land has become a centerpiece of international plans to sequester carbon and conserve biodiversity. To achieve these ambitious restoration goals, we...
Source: communitycarbontrees.org Published: April 6, 2017 Association Community Carbon Trees are community-based nonprofit reforestation projects. We sprout over 100 diverse tropical rainforest trees in two rainforest nurseries. Saplings are carefully transported and...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 6, 2017 by Maria Novozhilova Hemp is a sustainable supermaterial with a wide range of applications that go far beyond hacky sacks and beaded bracelets. An experimental project called Fabric-Action explores exciting new uses for...
Source: treesisters.org Published: April 5, 2017 Restoring Our Forests – One Woman At a Time Women as a Force of Nature, On Behalf of Nature BECOME A TREESISTER We are calling for women to become treesisters by contributing monthly to tropical reforestation. We are...