Edible Packaging for Hamburgers Helps Reduce Paper Waste

Edible Packaging for Hamburgers Helps Reduce Paper Waste

Brazilian fast-food chain encourages customers to eat food wrappings

Spotlight: Researchers Use Lightning to Recycle Concrete Debris

Spotlight: Researchers Use Lightning to Recycle Concrete Debris

Lightning can successfully be used to break down concrete, make it reusable

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 14th, 2012
Tepco Comes Clean: Fukushima Was Avoidable

Tepco Comes Clean: Fukushima Was Avoidable

The company admits the nuclear disaster could have been prevented

SodaStream Commercial Banned on TV in the UK – Video

SodaStream Commercial Banned on TV in the UK – Video

The commercial was making the bottled drinks industry look bad, had to be removed

  • Energy
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 11th, 2012
Wind and Solar Could Power Grid 99.9% of the Time

Wind and Solar Could Power Grid 99.9% of the Time

Coupled with storage technologies, these energy sources could slash electricity costs

  • Energy
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 6th, 2012
Swiss Data Center Uses Glacial Water to Keep Cool

Swiss Data Center Uses Glacial Water to Keep Cool

The center might win the 2012 award for the “Most Extreme Data Center Deployment”

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 5th, 2012
$364 Billion (€278.458 B) Spent in 2010-2011 on Tackling Climate Change

$364 Billion (€278.458 B) Spent in 2010-2011 on Tackling Climate Change

To actually see results, we must spend $1 trillion yearly, from now until 2050

CUER Solar-Powered Car Gets Unveiled

CUER Solar-Powered Car Gets Unveiled

The vehicle is to compete in the 2013 World Solar Challenge

Spotlight: Poo-Powered Robot Eats Wastewater, Then Goes to the Bathroom

Spotlight: Poo-Powered Robot Eats Wastewater, Then Goes to the Bathroom

This robot takes in organic waste, uses it to make electricity and later gets rid of it

Spotlight: Sweating Buildings Could Set a New Trend in Green Architecture

Spotlight: Sweating Buildings Could Set a New Trend in Green Architecture

Just like people, such buildings sweat in order to cool off

Green Tip: Buy Kevlar-Based Socks That Last Forever

Green Tip: Buy Kevlar-Based Socks That Last Forever

These socks are tough enough to last a lifetime, manufacturers say

Spotlight: Extreme Recycling Uses Poo to Make Food

Spotlight: Extreme Recycling Uses Poo to Make Food

Waste is a precious, yet unexploited resource, recycling experts explain

San Francisco Gives the Green Light to Micro-Apartments

San Francisco Gives the Green Light to Micro-Apartments

The apartments measure just 220 square feet, are amazingly comfortable

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 19th, 2012
Specialists Investigate Whether or Not Deodorant Sticks Can Be Recycled

Specialists Investigate Whether or Not Deodorant Sticks Can Be Recycled

Global consumer goods company Unilever hopes that this is indeed the case

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 19th, 2012
$282 Million (€221.2 M) Worth of Turkey Go Down the Drain Every Thanksgiving

$282 Million (€221.2 M) Worth of Turkey Go Down the Drain Every Thanksgiving

On average, 35% of each Thanksgiving turkey goes to waste

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 19th, 2012
New World Bank Report Wants to “Shock Us into Action”

New World Bank Report Wants to “Shock Us into Action”

“Turn Down the Heat” examines the risks of not acting on climate change

Green Tip: Use Fish Poo to Grow Your Own Vegetables Indoor

Green Tip: Use Fish Poo to Grow Your Own Vegetables Indoor

Table-top aquaponics garden lets you keep pets, grow vegetables at the same time

 
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