Scientists have announced an interesting new means of removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas emissions, which would create a usable substance. It’s a sheet of treated cotton, which converts CO2 gas into bicarbonate. The current version of the flue gas filter was created by researchers at North Carolina State University, who started by dunking a two-layer sheet of cotton […]
Fabric Based Filter
Algae Harvester
As the number of electronic devices grows, we’re going to have to get creative with our energy sources. Cambridge researchers have now demonstrated how an algae energy harvester can use sunlight to power a microprocessor for over a year without any human help. Algae features heavily in green technologies of the future, in many different ways. It shows promise in producing […]
Weed Eating Eurasian Mites
It can be challenging, trying to selectively kill off an invasive plant that grows in amongst non-target native species. A new initiative is aiming to do just that, however, by introducing a weed-eating mite into the Canadian environment. The plant in question, the Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), is a small deciduous tree native to southeastern Europe and Asia. In the […]
Poleless Self Inflating Tent
Some people find tents with poles to be a little too fiddly to set up, which is one of the main reasons why inflatable tents were invented. Aerogogo’s Giga tent takes the easiness factor a step further, by automatically inflating itself. With most inflatable tents, the user has to attach a pump to the tent, then manually inflate the latter’s integrated frame. […]
Germany’s Push Towards Solar Energy
Stadium specialist Populous has been commissioned to design a new multipurpose events arena in Munich. Described as Germany’s first “climate-neutral” (i.e. net zero) arena by the firm, the building will host significant greenery on its eye-catching exterior and will get all required power from thousands of solar panels. The MUCCC (Multifunctional Concert and Congress Center) will be constructed near Munich’s airport, next […]
China Plans For Mammoth Energy In the Deserts
China already dominates renewable energy production. Its installed capacity of around 895 GW in 2020 was more than the European Union, the USA and Australia combined. And while the world in general is accelerating its transition to renewable power, China is growing its capacity faster than anyone else as well. Now, according to Reuters, it’s got a series of mammoth solar and wind projects […]
Hydroelectric Tech
While hydroelectric dams are capable of generating a lot of electricity, they drastically disrupt the environment. Scientists have now proposed a simpler but still effective alternative, in which electric trucks replace such dams. In a typical hydroelectric facility, a dam is built across a river, causing a reservoir to form directly upstream of that dam. When a gate in the dam is […]
“Space Crops”
Uber Eats deliveries to Mars are going to be expensive, so the first colonists of the Red Planet will need to figure out how to grow their own food locally. A new study has shown that dosing plants with symbiotic bacteria can drastically improve their growth in barren Mars-like soil. Extremely dry and dusty, the rocky dirt that gives the […]
Butterfly Effect Offers Safe Passage
As a result of the Our Energy Our Landscape design challenge, Dutch design studio VenhoevenCS, landscape architecture agency DS Landschapsarchitecten and solar energy firm Studio Solarix have developed the Butterfly Effect, a concept design that can produce energy and a safe route for insects. At its core, the project creates a web that stretches over a Dutch highway to provide […]
5 Important Things to Know Before Starting a Non-Profit
Starting a non-profit is thrilling, because it means that you have the opportunity to help people and make a change in the world. But, unfortunately, many aren’t aware of what goes into starting a non-profit besides the charitable acts themselves. These are five vital things you should know before going into this line of work! What Is Your Mission? What’s […]