Government leaders may be tempted to lecture citizens or plead with them to conserve water. But letting the facts speak for themselves can be a much more powerful strategy. This approach yielded impressive results in Melbourne, Australia. Between 1997 and 2009, ...
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World’s largest waste-to-energy plant proposed for Shenzhen, China Proposed for the mountainous region on the outskirts of Shenzen, the waste-to-energy plant is expected to incinerate 5,000 tonnes of rubbish per day – approximately one third of the waste generated by the city’s 20 million inhabitants each year. ...
At the height of the Flint water crisis, the city of Flint was using more than 20 million water bottles a day to meet their daily needs. This resulted in a surplus of plastic being brought into the city. Genusee is an ...
The Nanofarm is the first appliance that grows food 100% automatically. Fill its tray with water, insert a Plant Pad and wait for your produce to be ready. Once you close the Nanofarm’s glass door, you won’t have to open it until you ...
Zéro Gâchis aims to provide a platform for businesses to let consumers know in real-time when they have food reaching expiration, which customers can then purchase at discounted prices. The app also uses geo-location capabilities on customers’ smartphones to target ...
The Avalon Village is a sustainable eco-village being built in Highland Park, Michigan. In the middle of one of Detroit’s most blighted and abandoned neighborhoods, Shamayim ‘SHU’ Harris and her team of engineers, futurists, artists, urban farmers and their nationwide allies ...