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This Bio-Knit Shoe Will Be as Easy to Recycle as Plastic Bottles
A new shoe based on textile biomimicry promises easy recycling and soft, robust textures with a single heat-treated material and 3D printers.Designer Amno Liao from the Royal College of Art in London...
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Could Genetically Modified Algae Replace Petroleum in Plastic?
Conventional plastic — found just about everywhere you can think of and in many places you wouldn’t — is made from ethylene, a cheap hydrocarbon made using petroleum and natural gas – through a process...
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'Sustainable' Is No Longer Enough: Tim Gnatek on the Future of Sustainability...
As climate issues, resource depletion and social issues begin to inform corporate strategy, brands need to communicate their values, experiences, and solutions. New crises demand new strategies, and...
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How to Solve the True Cost of 'Cheap'
Almost exactly 2 years ago I wrote about The True Cost of ‘Cheap.’ Last week a request came for more information: could you talk more about this issue and possible solutions?Two years ago I focused on...
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Islamic Leaders Join Call for World Governments to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
After the Pope recently added a religious voice to the chorus of hundreds of business leaders, youth, subnational governments (and one boyband) calling on world leaders to take bold action on climate...
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Fortune Launches Inaugural 'Change the World' List of Companies Doing Well by...
Today, Fortune published its inaugural “Change the World” list of the top companies that are innovating business solutions to address complex social and environmental challenges. This list, developed...
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Google’s ‘Project Sunroof’ Calculates the Cost of Solar
Google is testing a new online tool to help homeowners explore whether they should go solar, according to a recent blog post by the search giant.Now available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno and...
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FSC Hosting Global Business Event, Launching Consumer Branding
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the standard-setting and certification organization for sustainable forestry, will host its 5th annual premier global business event in Durban, South Africa from...
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Indian Airport Becomes World’s First to Operate Solely on Solar
Cochin International airport in Kochi, India has become the world’s first airport to completely operate on solar power, according to a recent announcement.The airport is powered by a 12 MWp solar power...
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WRAP Funding Cut as Research Shows Brits Waste the Most Food in All of Europe
A study published this month finds that the UK is the worst-performing European country in terms of food waste, just as government funding for its leading waste-reduction charity, Waste and Resources...
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Global Investors Urging Food, Beverage Companies to Better Manage Water Risks
Amid growing concerns over escalating water scarcity and pollution risks, more than 60 leading North American and European institutional investors, collectively managing $2.6 trillion in assets, sent...
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New Denim Collection Helping H&M 'Close the Loop'
Next month, H&M will introduce 16 new denim styles made using recycled cotton from textiles collected in the Garment Collecting initiative in H&M stores. The pieces for men, women and kids are...
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NASA Says Closed-Loop Poop May Be Key to Long-Term Space Travel
The circular economy is launching into space. Researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina recently secured funding from NASA to create a closed-loop system on a spacecraft that could turn...
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Universities Partnering With Cities to Research More Sustainable Urban...
The University of Minnesota has received a $12 million dollar award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring together a network of scientists, industry leaders and policy partners committed...
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Survey: Most U.S. Consumers Would Choose Renewable Packaging to Help Mitigate...
A new survey suggests U.S. consumers are largely unaware of the severity of global resource scarcity, but their choice of packaging would be impacted if they had readily available information on how...
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Researchers Unveil New Method for Converting Greenhouse Gas to Building Material
This week, researchers at George Washington University (GWU)unveiled a new method to convert carbon dioxide into nanoscale carbon fibers that may serve as valuable future building materials (think:...
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Bureo's Upcycled Sunglasses Campaign Funded Within Hours of Launch
We have been following Chile-based startup Bureo from its launch in late 2013 to its first incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign last year. Now the company, which got its start upcycling plastic...
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Musk’s ‘Hyperloop’ on Track to Start Construction in 2016
Two years ago, billionaire CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX visionary Elon Muskmade headlines when he released designs for the ‘Hyperloop’ Transport System, which would be capable of rapidly transporting...
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Dutch Venture Developing Livable Windmills Powered by Wind Energy
Imagine living in a luxurious circular skyscraper, with a breathtaking view and without electricity bills on the table. As futuristic as that my seem, it may not be too far off, according to Lennart...
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Trending: Biobased Microbeads, Flexible Foams Could Offer Renewable Materials...
TerraVerdae BioWorks, an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, announced Monday that it has successfully achieved key milestones...
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