‘Sliding Home’ With Flexible Design Can Open to Glass in Summer and Enclose...
This $1 million ‘sliding home’ might have the perfect solution for temperamental weather—it adapts to the changing seasons by exposing its glass structure in summer and closing back up for a cozy...
View ArticleCompostable Plastic Wrap Made from Seaweed Can Withstand Heat–and Biodegrade...
An invasive seaweed species from the Caribbean has been turned into a compostable plastic wrap that has the potential for mass production. Furthermore, it may have the properties to transform the whole...
View ArticleRecycle Any Device For Free: Apple, Google, Staples, Walmart, Best Buy Are...
“You make it, you recycle it.” A new poll found that half of Americans believe major companies need to be accountable for the waste their products generate—and five of the biggest corporations on the...
View ArticleVisionary Gardener Turns Piles of Beached Seaweed Into Bricks for Sustainable...
While tourists visiting Mexican beaches complain about piles of smelly seaweed, one Mexican gardener reckoned it was something like a gift. The governments in places like Cancun have been required to...
View ArticleWhen Architect Asks AI to Design Futuristic Skyscrapers It Proposed a...
An Indian architect was excited about the potential for AI to enhance the creativity of city architecture, and he asked an image bot to generate a vision for the future of cities. All he had to do was...
View ArticleStunning ‘House of Arches’ Uses Gorgeous Geometry to Keep Three Generations...
In northwest India, an architectural firm cleaned house on the award circuit with a truly sumptuous family home built to stay naturally cool in 104°F (40°C) heat. At nearly 10,000 square feet of...
View ArticleInstead of Demolishing its Tallest Building, Australia Saved Tons of CO2 With...
In 2014, the Australian firm AMP Capital launched a bold and bizarre call to action to the architectural community of Sydney—replace their skyscraper headquarters without demolishing it. They wanted...
View ArticleShredded Diapers Could Replace 40% of Concrete Sand in Construction–Without...
Seeking to find sustainable solutions to low-cost housing in Indonesia, scientists in the world’s third-most-populous nation hypothesized that used diapers could, if one can believe it, replace some of...
View ArticleCreating Electricity From Moisture in the Air, Even in the Sahara Desert
A totally science-fiction device developed by scientists in Massachusetts would allow people to pull electricity out of thin air. Back in 2020, GNN reported on an exciting experimental technology...
View ArticleParis Olympics Gets 11,000 Stadium Seats Made of Recycled City Plastic
Spectators of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be watching the aquatic events from seats made of plastic collected in recycling bins from around the area. In fact, 80% of the 100 metric tons of...
View ArticleAirbnb Will Chip In for Its Hosts’ Green Upgrades
In May, Airbnb began helping its hosts in Massachusetts afford climate-friendly or energy-efficient home improvements, such as insulation, rooftop solar arrays, or heat pumps. Airbnb is partnering with...
View ArticleAn Infinitely Recyclable Plastic Could Solve the World’s Pollution Problem
Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new infinitely recyclable plastic that could be the answer to the world’s growing pollution problem. They’ve engineered microbes...
View ArticleIndia Approves $7 Billion For 10,000 Electric Buses to Clean Air in 170 Cities
Last Wednesday, India’s federal government approved nearly $7 billion for a nationwide plan to equip the biggest cities in the country with electric buses. The plan aims to help cut down on air...
View ArticleCompany Devises Ingenious Method of Repurposing Old Wind Turbines: ‘The...
With the first generation of wind turbines well into a period of decommissioning, questions about what to do with the massive fiberglass blades is a pressing one for an industry that markets itself as...
View ArticleWorld’s First Electric Aircraft Flight Powered by New Liquid Hydrogen–Flew...
The world’s first piloted flight of an electric aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen has taken place. H2FLY, the Stuttgart Germany-based developer of hydrogen-electric powertrain systems for aircraft...
View ArticleWater and Pesticide Use Cut Nearly in Half After ‘Better Cotton’ Helps...
It’s everyone’s favorite fabric—and over the last decade it’s become way more sustainable. Better Cotton just published a major annual impact report highlighting significant progress in India that has...
View ArticleNew Color-Changing Coating Inspired by Chameleons ‘Could cool and warm...
The search has intensified for alternative energy-saving technologies for heating and cooling that don’t run on fossil fuels. Now, by mimicking a desert-dwelling chameleon, Chinese scientists have...
View ArticleNASA May Have Just Cracked the Code for Replacing Lithium in Batteries:...
Along with routinely launching robots across the final frontier, NASA is also involved in sustainable aviation research, and this division may have cracked the code to creating a lighter, safer battery...
View ArticleSwedish Firm Will be Mailing Flat-Packed Car with Top Speed of 55 for Urban...
It isn’t likely to be your next home DIY project, but there is a company that’s looking to turn IKEA’s flat-packed furniture design into cars. The Swedish vehicle start-up Luvly is finishing up its...
View ArticleAmazon.com Now Builds Packaging to Fit Items And Cut Waste—With...
Retail giant Amazon.com has developed a weather-resistant paper that stretches into the shape of a package, in order to cut waste—and it can be heat-sealed like plastic, without using glue. A sensor...
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