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Solar-Powered Skylight Can Turn Seawater Into Drinking Water
According to a UNICEF report in 2019, a third of the world's population does not have access to safe drinking water. But Henry Glogau believes he has found a cheap and easy to use solution. The architecture student has developed…
Corbion Partners with Land O’Lakes to Advance Regenerative Agriculture
Leading biobased ingredients company Corbion is joining forces with Truterra, LLC (a unit of Land O’Lakes) and their local partner Central Valley Ag (CVA). The collaboration is meant to leverage data insights to improve regenerative agriculture practices, including no-till farming,…
Lululemon and Genomatica Partner for Plant-Based Nylon
Last week, sportswear company Lululemon Athletica announced a multi-year collaboration with Genomica, a sustainable materials company. The goal is to bring renewably-sourced, bio-based materials into lululemon’s products. This marks lululemon’s first-ever equity investment in a sustainable materials company and is also Genomatica’s largest partnership…
WWF Reports Millions of Green Jobs Could Be Created If Subsidies Are Diverted
According to WWF, tens of millions of jobs could be created if government subsidies were diverted into greener activities. The report examined the potential impact on employment of turning the annual $500 billion governments currently invest into environmentally harmful activities.…
Commentary: Scientists Around the World Are Working to Turn Agricultural Waste Into Food, Packaging and More
For every kilogram of cacao beans, farmers produce about 24 times the amount of biomass. In order to tackle this issue, researchers in Colombia created new products from this “waste” material. The new products range from beer to pudding and…
Commentary: Getting BECCS right
Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) is a process that captures and stores atmospheric CO2 while simultaneously producing energy, fuel, or carbontech products from biomass. In the mid 2010’s, interest and confidence in the process started falling behind. In…