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Toxic-Free Method Extracts 99.99% of Gold from Electronic Waste

What if your discarded electronics could not only recover gold but also help combat climate change by transforming CO2 into useful materials?

Why Paris Is Leaving Cars Behind for Bikes

Paris has reinvented itself as a cyclist’s paradise, moving from car-dominated streets to a city crisscrossed by bike lanes.

Single-Crystal Batteries Could Power EVs for Millions of Miles

A battery with this technology has been constantly charging and discharging for 6 years and it's at 80% of capacity.

Can We Construct Entire Buildings with Recycled Glass? MIT Engineers Are Testing the Limits

From bottles to buildings, MIT's glass bricks are a great demonstration of circular construction.

So you think wind turbines are ugly?

Ah, yes, wind turbines are such a blight on the landscape. These oil fields look much prettier.

Scientists make electronics out of wood and paper to tackle e-waste

Greener sensors, circuit boards and other electronic devices are being developed by EU researchers to reduce unsustainably high levels of e-waste.

Finally, green concrete? New mixture sequesters CO2 while producing strong, durable concrete

New method captures CO2 while enhancing concrete strength.

Gene editing brings us closer to making lab-grown meat affordable

Cultivated meat is good for the animals and environment, but is there a way to make it good for our pockets too?

This hempcrete won’t get you high but it can make your dream green home affordable

Concrete made of hemp could replace traditional bricks, blocks, and other building materials.

This slime mold smartwatch is a living gadget -- and it serves an important purpose

This watch is incredible, alive, and can make you emotional because it is powered by a pet-like slime mold.

Want to make your pet more sustainable? Try dry food

A dry diet can turn your pet into an energetic and environment friendly companion.

Japan's tallest residential building is a "vertical garden city"

Tokyo's new pair of green skyscrapers shows how to live in harmony with nature.

Is it time to go electric? Some EVs pay for themselves in a couple of years

With rising fuel prices, electric cars are only getting more and more attractive.

A Nordic diet can make your kids health-conscious right from the beginning

Give your baby this diet if you want him or her to develop healthy eating habits.

Maybe not as good as you think: organic vegetables could be harboring disease-causing bacteria

We're still understanding how different types of agriculture affect the food we eat.

Do you shop for second-hand clothes? You’re likely to be more stylish

Second hand shoppers usually have goot taste.

Researchers map how to best use green roofs to make city heat more tolerable

Learning how to best use these will be very important in the hotter climate of the future.

Green walls can reduce heat lost by buildings by over 30% in temperate climates

They look great and can help keep heating bills low.

Waterlamp generates light and electricity for 45 days with just half a liter of seawater

The WaterLight is a cordless lamp that converts saltwater into electricity to emit light anywhere.

A startup proposes using autonomous microreactors fueled by nuclear waste to produce energy

It would also, conveniently, take care of our nuclear waste.

Not 'if', but 'when': city planners need to design for flooding. These examples show the way

As the current New South Wales flooding highlights, it’s not enough to continue to build cities and towns based on business-as-usual planning principles — especially as these disasters tend to disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations, increasing social inequality. We need to design our urban spaces around the idea that flooding is inevitable. That means not building […]

Paris seeks to revamp Champs Élysées by turning it into an urban garden

The avenue is clogged with tourists and heavy traffic.

Veganuary 2021: Everything you need to know to meet the challenge

Here's how you can do your bit for the planet this month.

People are increasingly turning to nature to cope with the pandemic and improve their wellbeing

Nature can be an important ally in these trying times.

The US could supply 90% of its electrical power with clean energy by 2035 - and it wouldn't cost more

Avoiding a warmer world requires ambitious climate action.

Tesla is now the world’s most valuable automaker

The company is a leader not only in sustainable vehicles but also on energy storage and solar energy.

'Terminator' rubber tires made from industrial waste can repair themselves on the go

The new rubber material is a 'latent adhesive' that doesn't become sticky unless you add a catalyst.

More green spaces could mean fewer deaths every year, study shows

Increasing the three canopy in Philadelphia could prevent up to 400 premature deaths.

Can recycle help the environment? Not for half of UK adults

Many Britons are woefully unaware of the importance of recycling.

How urban agriculture could help Phoenix and other cities be more sustainable

Urban farming has grown by more than 30% in the United States in the past 30 years.

This fashionable ski jacket is made from spider silk grown by bacteria

Spider silk is just amazing -- and now we can finally use it in clothes.

Cool roofs could help to deal with heatwaves in California

Bring out those reflective roofs!

Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will be made from old gadgets

What a great initiative!

Stockholm says no to fashion week to explore more sustainable options

A laudable initiative from Sweden.

New electricity-based method to produce hydrogen could slash 1% of the world's CO2 emissions

1% might sound small, but taken on a planetary level -- it's a whole lot.

Researchers create fuel from water, CO2, and artificial photosynthesis

The technology isn't yet ready for the market -- but it's not far off, either.

Kids growing up in green areas have better mental health as adults

Want to have healthier kids? Green spaces are essential, researchers say.

Blue-blooded crustacean could pave the way for greener biofuels

The unusual creature is able to extract sugars from wood.

Spain is poised to go fully-renewable by 2050

Está bien!

Newly-developed fuel can store solar energy for up to 18 years

It's like a battery, but flowy. And it works with heat.

Bricks grown from your urine make for greener houses, plumper crops

A story that has some 'ew' -- but definitely a lot of 'wow', too.

Here Is Why You Should Use Disposable Containers Instead of Plastic Ones

Storing food properly is very important because our own health is at stake here.

Europe's grids will feed primarily from wind farms by 2027, predicts the International Energy Agency

Go Europe, go!

Germany rolls out the first hydrogen-powered trains in the world

These bright blue trains are the greenest around.

Gov. Brown doubles-down on California's already ambitious pledge -- it will be carbon-neutral by 2045

Big moves in California!

There are now over three million electric vehicles on the world's roads, after massive sales in 2017

Fossil's so last year.

European Union considers total ban on plastic straws and cutlery

We can only hope this comes to fruition.

World's first mass-produced, 3D-printed car is electric, looks cool and costs under $10K

Hope this leads to a future where you can download and print your own car.

From poop to paper: a new way to produce paper sustainably

Would you use paper made from animal dung?

Scientists give wine waste a second life by reusing antioxidants

A way to produce natural antioxidants.

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