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Although running events can be a strain on the environment, there are initiatives that are tackling food waste at catered...
See moreMore than 70 international experts, with more than 50 ideas and projects to inspire change, will meet on 16–17 September...
See moreFixing the Future Festival, held on 16 & 17 of September at CCCB (Barcelona), is an all-encompassing experience, with talks,...
See more“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
See moreWe hope you’re enjoying this holiday season! Whether you’re a fan of mulled wine and sweaters or a Santa hat...
See moreDear explorers, It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that the 3rd edition of Fixing the Future Festival...
See moreEcologist, research professor and world-renowned alien expert Montserrat Vilà joins us to discuss the fascinating story of what’s hiding in...
See moreA new soap bar is washing pollutants and harmful bacteria off Andean rivers. Rural communities in the Peruvian Andes...
See moreTwo Achuars, a gringo, a German, two Kichwas, and three quiteños got on a boat and revolutionised transport in the...
See more💬 “A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.” – Patrick Geddes The...
See moreThe Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) not only ensures that European eel populations stay healthy and able to fulfil their role...
See moreThe ResCap project releases gorgonias and soft coral accidentally fished by traditional anglers back to their natural habitat. The...
See morePrimary school pupils and beach strolling enthusiasts have turned into leading allies for scientists fighting problems in marine ecosystems. ...
See moreThe Billion Oyster Project wants to restore New York Harbour’s once famous and flourishing oyster reefs, bringing biodiversity back to...
See moreIs it possible to bring coral reefs back to life? Biorock Indonesia thinks so, with the help of technology and...
See more"The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer." – Will Rogers It's difficult to...
See moreJustdiggit unites with the collective power of the smallholder farmers and local communities in Africa, teaching powerful restorative agricultural techniques...
See more🔴 “We are not alone in the universe. The irrational thing is to believe that we are.” – Juan Insua Mars...
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See moreThe combination of laser and ozone technologies allows Jeanologia to finish a pair of jeans using just a glass of...
See more“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein...
See moreThe first of its kind, La Marjal is more than a park. Floodable, it acts as a retention basin for...
See moreRain might be rare in the Moroccan desert, but there is no shortage of mist. Thanks to North Africa's largest fog...
See moreWater is getting the digital treatment. Within a network of innovative control towers in Spain, people are coming together with...
See moreMany students ponder what they will do after university, but fewer find that passion and follow it to the point...
See moreA youth network in the Mediterranean is flowing with ideas of how to solve the world’s water challenges. They’re the...
See moreIn an organic farm in an ancient city in Galilee, a materials scientist is reversing environmental damage using the green...
See moreIn the Greek islands, a community of 'water allies' is working to solve the problems of water supply, wastewater and...
See moreNo irrigation? No problem. These clever tree-planting cocoons can bring soil back to life and restore dry, dusty land back...
See moreThis smart irrigation system helps farmers reduce their water footprint, control soil conditions and grow better crops with data and...
See moreA museum created in Minecraft is craftily encouraging citizens to fight climate change in virtual worlds – to help solve...
See moreThis is how you grow vegetables in the Sahara – by piping seawater from the Red Sea across the sands to produce...
See moreAn innovative system of huge yellow floodgates is blocking the Adriatic Sea to hold back the tide, inspired by Moses parting the...
See moreThese low-cost wooden drones can reforest burned forests ecologically – and fast. Sowing 100 seeds per second using drones...
See moreA forest is emerging from the Egyptian sands to fight desertification – thanks to wastewater. No, this is not a...
See moreTunisian water resources are especially scarce. Thanks to a farmer’s daughter, water recycling can be a valid solution for water preservation. ...
See moreIs there water on Mars? This technology was designed to tell us, but now it’s being used to see leaks...
See moreInstead of casting their eyes to the starry night sky, this Observatory is looking at one of earth’s most precious...
See moreWhat links Arcade Fire, lab-grown chicken burgers, the rare white Arabian oryx, masks made from plastic waste and the circular economy?...
See moreA startup in India is using AI to address the growing urban problems of water loss and pollution, by predicting...
See moreA franchise network of 'digital' toilets in Nairobi is helping to stem the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable urban slum communities....
See moreA counter reads: '1,130,106,730' litres served and counting.' That’s over a billion litres of pure drinking water for the most...
See moreThis water on wheels technology proves an idea doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful. Designed in Africa for Africa, Hippo...
See moreA group of activists led by a 'Water Warrior' are on a mission to improve the lives of Detroiters by...
See moreIn the state of Lousiana, the coastline abutting the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing at an alarming rate, due in...
See moreEvery second, a garbage truck full of textiles goes to landfill – despite fabric having a significant water, carbon and chemical...
See moreThe consumption of non-renewable resources for single use items and the amount of waste generated is profoundly unsustainable. That’s why London-based tech startup NotPla wants...
See moreThe cotton industry can be thirsty, toxic and exploitative, but the Barcelona/London based Cotton Diaries believes there are better ways to...
See moreWhile surfers, fishermen and sea-lovers might be aware of the devastating impact of discarded plastic, not everyone knows that marine...
See moreThe simple act of riding a bike helps rural families with limited resources in Mozambique to irrigate their family plots....
See moreArticles, photo essays, videos, exhibitions, reports, events, training and other multimedia material can effectively affect policy-making. That's why AMWAJ is spearheading the move...
See more"Together we can make a significant impact in the fight against shark fishing and their declining populations." Barcelona's Regina Domingo has...
See moreAs climate change shrinks Andean glaciers and brings water shortages, two Quechua sisters are building traditional ‘sacred’ reservoirs to harvest...
See more“The forest is like a mother. She gives us everything we need to live comfortably." Timbaktu Collective is empowering villagers...
See moreDecades of over-exploitation have left our ocean and fish populations a shadow of their former selves. That’s why, after securing...
See morePlankton are a critically important food source. No plankton = No life in the ocean. Plankton also play an important...
See moreAre you a creator focused on social change? Or a hub of art-ivists whose work benefits your community? CultureFutures is...
See moreOur W.I.S.H : Wisdom through Well-being, Inspiring confidence and a creative mind set for the next generation, Shaping the future in...
See more“The goal of the economy should be to meet the needs of all within the means of the planet.” In...
See moreIt’s predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans. Not content to sit back...
See moreIn the extreme north of India, the harsh mountain area of the Trans-Himalaya is experiencing acute water shortages; the desert's...
See moreVienna-based Helioz aims to solve the problem of the lack of access to safe drinking water in the Global South, through...
See moreAround 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year – killing over a million seabirds, hundreds of thousands...
See moreSubmitted by you: There is a world of untapped opportunities to make our everyday life more sustainable. It’s the world...
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 moreThe Earth's atmosphere contains mostly unexploited freshwater and Fontus is an attempt to discover these resources. The self-filling water bottle is...
See moreThe world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
See moreChicago’s Stickney Water Reclamation Plant is the biggest wastewater treatment plant on Earth. In fact, at a whopping 260 square miles...
See moreToday billions of people do not have access to clean water, electricity and the Internet. Watly is a generator that aims...
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 moreThis March 2016 saw more than 23,000 solar panels mounted on an air-filled float on the Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir on the...
See moreWhen the land you live in is arid and inhospitable, and it rains on average only two days a year,...
See moreBuilt on floating barrels in the lagoon heart of Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, the eco-friendly Makoko Floating School addresses the...
See moreUnderstanding climate change is at times a perplexing business. Communicating it is a considerable challenge, especially for those who might...
See moreWith more than 1.2 billion people lacking access to clean drinking water, a tremendous amount of waste and energy must...
See moreMore than 100 trillion bacteria live in and around our bodies, with some ‘good guys’ and others 'bad', yet researchers...
See moreThis pink superfood seaweed tastes just like bacon and is better for you than kale. High in minerals, vitamins, protein and antioxidants,...
See moreAn estimated 750 million people worldwide drink and cook with water from a contaminated source every day. Providing cheap, clean drinking water for...
See moreAn unlikely hero – the oyster – is set to revitalise New York City's polluted waterways. To improve the city's harbour’s...
See moreThe Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators (GTOPP) program is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration among biologists, engineers and computer scientists, which...
See more"The wars of the next century will be fought over water – unless we change our approach to managing this...
See moreOne billion people live in around 200,000 slums worldwide, half of them are wet slums located next to the water and are...
See moreAccess to water in Afghanistan is among the lowest in the world and many wells that exist are contaminated with...
See moreIn India the Sundara Fund project has produced over 8,000 bars of soap and impacted more than 6,000 lives. The...
See moreWhat greater resource could there be than the world’s oceans – a vast reservoir of mostly untapped power? Named after...
See moreCommercial trawling of the area just above the ocean floor, known as the benthic zone, is one of the biggest...
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