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Circular tents reduce camping’s carbon footprint
Not many practices make us as sensitive to our environmental footprint as camping does. A few days without unlimited water and electric charging can show us how little we need and how much we ordinarily waste.
Surfboards from invasive trees offer a habitat-restoring plastic alternative
They say you never forget your first wave. Up to 35 million people worldwide surf, a past-time that may be as old as the human discovery of oceans. In the cultures of the Polynesian islands, surfing was an ancient activity…
Plant-based biotech could stem crop losses in a hotter world
The British food supply stands on a house of cards under a warming climate. 66% of its consumed berries including bananas, 54% of citrus, and 19% of legumes come from countries with high or intermediate climate vulnerability.
The accelerator at the heart of Portugal’s marine biotech drive
In March 2023, the InvestEU Blue Economy instrument awarded €28 million for blue economy SMEs and small mid caps, primarily within Portugal and Spain. The funding was a win for the Portuguese government, which has been trying to develop its…
East Africa’s burgeoning circular plastics sector needs more capital
Ethiopian entrepreneur Kidua Asfaw is using the plastic waste crisis to address Africa’s affordable housing shortage. His startup Kubik, founded in 2021 and based between Ethiopia and Kenya, saves plastics from landfills and turns them into bricks for easy-assembly houses.…
The marine mollusc inspiring nature-imitating devices
The eight-armed, double-tentacled cuttlefish is a natural wonder of the deep. This group of intelligent marine creatures are not in fact fish, but rather molluscs that belong to the cephalopod class which include squid and octopus.