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See moreReady, set… STOP. This team of planners and pickers are putting an end to plastic pollution in South East Asia....
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See moreThe cotton industry can be thirsty, toxic and exploitative, but the Barcelona/London based Cotton Diaries believes there are better ways to...
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See moreWant a world with cleaner air? Try on this coat for size. Aldo Sollazzo and the team at WEARPURE.tech have created a...
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See moreWhile surfers, fishermen and sea-lovers might be aware of the devastating impact of discarded plastic, not everyone knows that marine...
See more"It's time to change the conversation about climate change from polar bears to people.” – Dominique Browning Forget Thunderbirds, these moms...
See moreThis is the sort of rapid response the world needs right now. On the Monday of 3 February 2020, something...
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See moreNow your baby can look like an eco-friendly sumo wrestler, but, more importantly, provide an alternative to disposable diapers. 17...
See moreYou can find rubber just about everywhere you look in modern society: tyres and protective clothing, household utensils and medical...
See more"Why should we study for a future we don’t have?" On 20 August 2018, a 15-year-old girl walked out of...
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See moreIt was during a brainstorming session with the Chelsea fire brigade that British inventor and engineer Yusuf Muhammad learned that...
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See moreA simple but effective solution to tackling ocean waste, the Seabin Project was created by two surfers, Pete Ceglinski and Andrew...
See moreIn the UK, buildings, transport and energy account for over two thirds of our carbon dioxide emissions. What if there...
See moreOne person’s toxic e-waste dump is another’s treasure workshop. That's why a Ghana-based architect duo have launched AMP (Agbogbloshie Makerspace...
See moreGlitter gets everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE. A weekend at a festival can lead to weeks of picking the sparkly...
See moreHusband and wife team Mark and Mo Constantine were part of a group who co-founded what would become Lush Fresh...
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See moreInspired by the thousands of tents typically left behind after music festivals, two twenty-something Dutch entrepreneurs have decided to give...
See moreBy now we all know that indestructible plastic is bad for the planet. A massive amount ends up in our oceans...
See moreAround 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year – killing over a million seabirds, hundreds of thousands...
See moreTwo Afghan refugees are raising global awareness of a neglected topic: landmines. There are 110 million landmines worldwide – and every day ten...
See moreOver twenty years ago, a little known carpet tile company called Interface embarked on its plush path to sustainability. Its destination...
See moreWhat does the future of business look like? How will developments from big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things to driverless vehicles, 3D printing and synthetic biology...
See moreFrom plant pots to art installations, the humble plastic bottle has been recycled in a wide variety of ways. However,...
See moreBakey's have come up with an edible alternative to the 120 billion pieces of disposable plastic knives, forks and spoons...
See moreWith Quantino electric vehicles, a Liechtenstein-based company want to prove that its nanoFlowcell® technology can free mobility from its dependence on fossil fuels and current...
See moreThe world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
See moreToday billions of people do not have access to clean water, electricity and the Internet. Watly is a generator that aims...
See morePlanned to sail in 2020, Peace Boat’s Ecoship will be the world’s most sustainable cruise ship – and a flagship...
See moreToday mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
See moreWhen we think of NASA, we think of sending man to the moon – or Mars – but the space agency is...
See moreOne company that is helping to transform China’s image from manufacturer to innovator is DJI. The Shenzhen-based drone maker now...
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See moreIs there anything cooler than the misunderstood king of the sky, the vulture? Yes... A vulture with a GoPro camera...
See moreAligning nature and technology near the Balinese town of Ubud exists an off-grid international school whose mission is to be 'the number...
See moreWhen the man who coined the term 'global warming' describes the scientist trying to reduce carbon dioxide levels as "the most...
See moreThe phrase 'dog-eat-dog world' was coined in the 19th century with the birth of modern capitalism. As the power looms...
See moreThe age of the flatpack farm has dawned. That’s the ambition of green-thumbed urban innovators Mikkel Kjaer and Ronnie Markussen...
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See morePopulations in South East Asia have had to live with haze (poor air quality from pollution) for decades, but intensive...
See moreAn unlikely hero – the oyster – is set to revitalise New York City's polluted waterways. To improve the city's harbour’s...
See moreApple has never been shy about promoting its green credentials but it is their latest project in China that is...
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See moreThis free floating, untethered deep ocean fish habitat looks like a giant underwater hamster ball: Aquapods are giant, free range fish...
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