For professional surfer and Emmy-winning filmmaker Cyrus Sutton, creating his own sustainable sunblock not only came from a deep respect for the oceans but also for a reason that really hit close to home. American director and professional surfer Cyrus Sutton. Photo credit: Anna Ehrgott Writing for The Inertia, Sutton explained: I started making my own sunblock after skin […]
In an effort to stamp down on food waste, Denmark has opened a supermarket that exclusively sells food that’s usually meant for the dumpster. Denmark's new grocery store #WeFood sells surplus food destined for landfills: https://t.co/2LTQCDBt2A #ZeroWaste pic.twitter.com/H38E8LR2Td — UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) March 1, 2016 WeFood, in Amager, Copenhagen, sells bread, fruits, vegetables, dairy, meats, […]
Want to get a good workout and get a mundane chore out of the way—all while not using electricity? Now you can, thanks to the Bike Washing Machine, designed by students at Dalian Nationalities University in China. The Bike Washing Machine allows you to wash your clothes while you work out. Photo credit: Bike Washing Machine Colin […]
IKEA is planning to switch up their packaging in an effort to slash waste and increase recycling. The Swedish furniture giant is in talks to replace its polystyrene packaging with biodegradable fungus, The Telegraph reported. Ecovative’s Mushroom Packaging uses mushroom roots and recycled farm waste to create packaging. Photo credit: Evocative “We are looking for innovative alternatives to materials, […]
Turning passion for the environment into action that transforms how organizations do business requires skills and training. Columbia University’s graduate program in Sustainability Management prepares students to change organizations in this way, graduating students like James Ossman of Etsy. In this interview, Ossman answers questions about how he integrates sustainability across the firm’s global operations. […]
As new vertical farms continue to open across the nation, a South Philly warehouse is churning out fresh, local produce 365 days a year and cutting the distance food needs to travel to get to local restaurants, grocery stores and plates. Metropolis Farms is not only the first indoor hydroponic vertical farm in Philadelphia, it’s […]
Marine debris, as you might already know, can have a harmful and even deadly impact on aquatic life. But one Los Angeles-based startup, Bureo, is doing its part in fighting ocean pollution by turning trash into something you might actually like. The “Ocean Collection” is the world’s first and only line of sunglasses made of 100 percent recycled […]
By Alex Janin Sixteen dollars. That’s the price of a movie ticket plus tax in Los Angeles—or of a week’s worth of coffee at a trendy java shop. Thanks to an Indian chemist, that amount of cash could also provide clean water for a year to an impoverished family in the developing world. The AMRIT […]
What happens when electronics come to the end of their useful life? For the vast majority of these devices, they either collect dust somewhere in our homes or offices or get sent to the landfill. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, only 12.5 percent of electronic waste, or e-waste, is recycled in the U.S. Bloomberg recently dug into Apple‘s e-waste problem—namely […]
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