Green Consumerism
A new solar-powered evaporator could soon bring freshwater to millions of needy people
One in five people around the world lack regular access to freshwater, which makes up just 3% of the world’s water sources. Most of the 1.5 billion or so people who need to go without freshwater, however, live in arid
Can the EU’s green initiatives overcome their internal contradictions?
While Europe’s drive for carbon neutrality and sustainability will inevitably leave at least some businesses out of pocket, the list of industries currently affected by EU environmental initiatives include those with sustainable interests at heart.
We could grow wooden tables in the lab to save forests
Scientists extracted live cells from a zinnia plant and started growing wood-like plant tissue indoors with no soil or sunlight.
Solar panels could soon be transparent enough to be windows
Currently, many new panel designs are opaque, which prevents them from being integrated into everyday objects.
The daily grind: how to cut carbon emissions from coffee
Weight for weight, coffee produced by the least sustainable means generates as much carbon dioxide as cheese.
These plastic items kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds
When animals eat plastic, it can block their digestive system, causing a long, slow death from starvation.