Browsing: Eco-Innovators

Food waste is a prominent driver of climate change due to the number of greenhouse gases that are emitted when…

In the last decade, there has been rapid wind and solar energy growth, which could help to limit global warming…

The Brand and Product HARA the Label is a clothing brand founded by Allie Cameron, whose mission is to create…

After researching fashion’s outsized impact on water quality in Nepal, two colleagues from Cambridge University found a natural solution to…

British company, bio-bean, recycles coffee grounds into biofuels. Containing the grounds from 25 cups of coffee each, the grounds are…

The 8th continent may be exactly what our oceans need. Designed by innovator Lenka Petráková, the 8th continent is an…

Plastic remains an environmental scourge. It clogs waterways and chokes wildlife. It takes hundreds of years to biodegrade and much…

The Frozen Ark Project aims to save the cell tissue of endangered animals so that if they are driven to…

Far too little plastic that is eligible to be recycled ever is. The system can be inefficient and unrewarding. Worse…

Plastic and food waste are twin environmental scourges, but we’re seeing serious progress on the research and development of edible…

The Smog Free Project is a long term campaign for clean air in which the Smog Free Tower uses patented…

The Plastic Bank provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. They apply…

University of Portsmouth, in collaboration with NREL, improved the activity of an enzyme (PETase) discovered in nature, which breaks polyethylene…

Mr. Trash Wheel is a semi-autonomous trash interceptor installed in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in 2014 that sifts trash out of…