Current meat and dairy production practices are resource consumptive and unsustainable. We’re teetering on the tipping point for what the planet can handle. The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit organization with an aim to support the production, integration and acceptance of alternative proteins. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Rather than try to change the mind of every […]
Last June, Aaron Flansburg felt the temperature spike and knew what that meant for his canola crop. A fifth-generation grower in Washington state, Flansburg times his canola planting to bloom in the cool weeks of early summer. But last year, his fields were hit with 108-degree Fahrenheit heat just as flowers opened. “That is virtually unheard of for our area […]
Bioplastics can be made of many different materials, but furniture made of fishing nets? That’s the vision of the Kelp Collection from Interesting Times Gang. They introduced a vision of what’s possible with large-scale, 3D-printed furniture made from recycled fishing nets. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos “Human existence is deeply dependent on our oceans and their lifeforms,” the designers […]
Aedas unveiled its designs for the Hangzhou Riverfront Digital Industrial Park. The project recently won the international competition for the design of this riverside retail center and is set for construction in the near future. Because of its central location in Hangzhou Qianjiang Century City, the 90,000 square meters project is expected to become a retail hub in Hangzhou’s central […]
This innovative little device isn’t even available on the market yet and it’s already getting international attention. Canairi is a cool little gadget that monitors indoor air quality with visual representations so you know what you’re breathing. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos History fans will recognize the imagery of the bright yellow bird. In decades past, mine workers would […]
The line between soil and dirt is anything but fine. Without knowing it, farmers have been stripping the soil of essential nutrients for generations. But now we know, and modern farmers like those at Singing Frogs Farm are reestablishing how our crops are grown, benefiting the environment, community and local economy. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Located in Sebastopol, […]
A once-sprawling lake, the Peñuelas reservoir in central Chile has all but disappeared, desiccated by a 13-year drought. The resulting water shortage has fueled tensions over supplies needed for farming and lithium mining, and spurred the Chilean capital of Santiago to prepare for rationing. The ongoing drought is the most intense and long-lasting in at least 400 years, rendering the […]
In the Netherlands, a house called Silky Black House by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur was built to be carbon negative, aiming to be zero energy. The black home is named after its Shou Sugi Ban charred wood exterior, which is an ancient Japanese burning technique for protecting wood. The charred facades lend this house a silky shine. Continue reading below Our […]
Researchers at Tokyo University have developed a new technology that can turn any type of food waste into edible cement for construction use, with a tensile strength quadruple that of ordinary concrete. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The initiative was started by a desire to reduce global warming. Most food that goes to waste contributes to global warming by […]
The larvae of a common species of beetle are able to survive on a diet comprised entirely of polystyrene thanks to bacterial enzymes found in their gut, a new study finds. Previous research showed that Zophobas morio larvae, commonly known as “superworms,” could subsist on polystyrene and suggested that gut bacteria might play a role. When researchers fed the superworms […]