Nonprofit Nile Valley Aquaponics is raising fish in a Kansas City food desert—and they’re creating jobs, providing healthy food and promoting sustainable urban farming in the process. To help the nonprofit lead the community to greener and healthier living, American architecture and engineering firm HOKdesigned the Nile Valley Aquaponics Facility, which could double the annual harvest to 50,000 pounds of […]
Aquaponics Facility In Kansas Food Desert
This Shirt Cleans The Air
Italian fashion company Kloters has created a T-shirt that cleans the air through a specially designed insert capable of capturing and disintegrating pollutants and foul odors. Called RepAir, the shirt was designed to be both comfortable and environmentally friendly. “RepAir is born from the desire to go beyond the traditional concept of sustainable fashion,” said Kloters co-founders Federico Suria, Marco […]
Can Plastic Waste Be Finally Turned Into Usable Energy?
A new study from the Earth Engineering Center (EEC|CCNY) at the Grove School of Engineering of the City College of New York suggests that plastic waste can effectively be converted into usable fuel and energy rather than being dumped in a landfill or polluting the ocean. Researchers found that the addition of non-recycled plastics (NRPs) to a chemical recycling process […]
Soil Algae Aims To Improve Soil Quality With This
Algae: it’s not just for bodies of water anymore. Algae Research and Supply, a company based in Carlsbad, California that historically provides algae products for educational purposes, aims to bring its algae cultures to farmers across the world through a line of products called Soil Algae, so that farms may improve the health of their soil and boost production. In […]
Chile Becomes First Country To Ban Plastic Bag In The Americas
On Wednesday, Chile’s senate has passed a bill that will prohibit the use of plastic bags in stores, with a vote in their House of Representatives overwhelmingly in favor of the measure, with 134 supporting the bill and one abstention. According to The Independent, the new law would give large retailers one year to phase out the use of plastic […]
Carbon Positive Towers In Sweden
Stockholm-based Kjellander Sjöberg Architects recently won a competition for Nacka Port, a new district between Nacka and Stockholm. Envisioned as a sustainable destination, the urban block would consist of a rich mix of programmatic functions including residential, retail and public spaces that are easily accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. In addition to new green space, the architects plan to insert “carbon […]
Can The Fall Of Solar Energy Prices Lead To More Usage For Renewable Energy?
The price of solar energy could further fall this year, experts say. A Bloomberg New Energy Finance(BNEF) analysis published by PV Magazine predicted a 34 percent drop in the price of multicrystalline solar modules in China, an event expected to influence prices around the world. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said a price drop could open […]
Protecting The Shark Highway
Biologists have long believed that different shark species traveled from Costa Rica all the way to the Galapagos and Cocos islands. NPR reports that groups of scientists have been attaching electronic tags to sharks to try and track their journey for years, but they’ve finally made a breakthrough, identifying a “shark highway” that is used as a pathway from one […]
Urban Planners To The Rescue
The healthiest, most economically advantaged and sustainable cities on the planet share one trait: their walkability. Walkable cities are better for the environment, people’s overall wellness, and positively impact levels of wealth. Unfortunately for those of us in the United States, a lot of our cities were built around cars — not feet. For as much as folks love the walkability […]
Smart Parks
In the United States, there are 417 national park sites including national parks like Yellowstone and the Everglades. There are hundreds of other national parks spread around the world, but many governments can’t always adequately fund their maintenance since these parks are often vast and rural. A recent report, called Smart Parks, offers a new path to maintaining sustainable national parks and urban […]