Source: earth911.com Published: February 27, 2014 By Kathryn Sukalich Researchers at the University of Leicester in the U.K. have developed a type of pressed wood that could lead to more recycling. Photo: Flickr/John Loo If you’ve ever purchased cheap furniture or...
Source: greencarreports.com Published: February 19, 2013 Antony Ingram It isn’t just fossil fuels that are a finite resource–rubber is another substance in high demand, and short supply. The latest estimates suggest that global demand for rubber is expected to...
Source: mnn.com Published: July 1, 2013 Photo: grafiker/sxc.hu By Jenn Savedge It must be the year for scientific innovation among 16-year-olds. First there was Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, the 16-year-old Egyptian teen who developed a method for turning plastic waste...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 1, 2013 by Ana Lisa Roel de Boer’s New English Roofing Tile is a new green building product that could transform urban roofs into vibrant gardens. The plastic tiles are shaped like triangular pockets that can be placed on top of...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: November 12, 2012 by Inhabitat Staff Royal College of Arts graduate Dan Watson has developed a brilliant sustainable fishing net with luminous exit portals that allow endangered and young fish to escape so that they can fully mature....
