sustainable business

3 Cities Disrupting the Local Electricity Market With Innovative Renewable Energy Projects

3 Cities Disrupting the Local Electricity Market With Innovative Renewable Energy Projects

Many U.S. cities have taken the lead on sustainability efforts, particularly when it comes to adopting renewable energy. Already, at least 13 U.S. cities—including San Diego; San Francisco; Burlington, Vermont; and Aspen, Colorado—have committed to 100 percent clean energy. Other American cities, though not generating all their electricity from renewables, have innovative projects that could soon become widely adopted and transform our energy system. Here […]

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    Bike Washing Machine Gives Whole New Meaning to ‘Spin Cycle’

    Bike Washing Machine Gives Whole New Meaning to ‘Spin Cycle’

    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 Plans to Ditch Toxic Polystyrene for Biodegradable Mushroom Packaging

    IKEA Plans to Ditch Toxic Polystyrene for Biodegradable Mushroom Packaging

    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, […]

    Nation’s First Vegan-Certified Farm Is Booming in Philly

    Nation’s First Vegan-Certified Farm Is Booming in Philly

    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 […]

    World’s First and Only Sunglasses Made From 100% Reclaimed Fishing Nets

    World’s First and Only Sunglasses Made From 100% Reclaimed Fishing Nets

    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 […]

    This $16 Water Filter Could Save 100,000 Lives a Year

    This $16 Water Filter Could Save 100,000 Lives a Year

    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 […]

    Ever Wonder What’s Happened to the More Than 570 Million iPhones Sold Since 2007?

    Ever Wonder What’s Happened to the More Than 570 Million iPhones Sold Since 2007?

    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 […]

    NBA Superstar Ray Allen to Open Organic Fast-Food Restaurant

    NBA Superstar Ray Allen to Open Organic Fast-Food Restaurant

    Ray Allen and his wife, Shannon Allen, are launching an organic fast-food restaurant in Miami called Grown. The Allens were inspired to open the environmentally-friendly space because they wanted to find healthy options for their son Walker, who was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was only 17 months old, the Miami Herald reported. South FL’s own […]

    Artist Turns Old Skateboards Into Beautiful New Guitars

    Artist Turns Old Skateboards Into Beautiful New Guitars

    Nick Pourfard started Prisma Guitars based on his love for skateboarding and music. The 24 year old is a self-taught woodworker based out of San Francisco. He takes defunct skateboards and handcrafts them into beautiful, one-of-a-kind guitars. Photo credit: Prisma Guitars Photo credit: Prisma Guitars Pourfard was 18 years old when he made his first guitar. […]