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Environment

Green Innovation

A New Process Makes the Lithium Extraction Cheaper and More Sustainable

A new process of lithium extraction filters lithium out of brines more efficiently – and is less harmful to the environment.

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Environment

Green Innovation

Are Virtual Servers Sustainable? Open Source Tool “Aether” Measures Their Energy Consumption

How do you measure the power consumption of virtual services? “Re:cinq” has developed open source tool “aether” for precisely this purpose.

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E-Mobility

Green Innovation

CellStack: Revolutionising EV Battery Reuse for a Sustainable Future

EV batteries are usually discarded when they still have 70 percent of life left. CellStack’s optimises them, reducing environmental impact.

Civic Tech

Ways out of the Climate Crisis with Digital Civic Engagement

With the help of digital tools, citizens can uncover environmental problems, collect important data and support protective measures. In this Special Feature, we explore the question: How can civic tech solutions advance climate protection?

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RESET Special Feature: Civic Tech – Ways out of the Climate Crisis with Digital Civic Engagement

What is Civic Tech?

Civic Tech – How Citizens Shape the Future with Digital Technologies. Interview with Geraldine de Bastion

Interview: Cloud Service ClimateVisualizer Helps Local Communities Stay on Top of Carbon Emissions

Satellites and Drones

Effective Helpers for Sustainable Development?

When it comes to protecting the environment and tracking changes in our climate, satellites and drones have become indispensable. If only there wasn’t the issue of all that space debris… In RESET’s latest special feature, we’ve been taking a look at the potentials – and pitfalls – of satellites and drones for a sustainable future on this planet.

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RESET Special Feature: Satellites and Sustainability

Interview: How ESA Is Making Space Travel More Sustainable

Outer Space for All! Just How Accessible Is ESA’s Satellite Data?

Interview: Space Junk – How Can We Stop Outer Space Turning Into a Garbage Dump?

Artificial Intelligence

Can Computing Power Save Our Planet?

Artificial intelligence has long since solved complex tasks and made our everyday lives easier. But do intelligent computer programmes also provide new solutions for environmental and climate protection? Here we set out to find answers to these questions.

 

 

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Artificial Intelligence: Can We Save Our Planet With Computing Power?

Interview: How Can We Make AI More Environmentally Friendly?

Data4Human: Aid Organisations Get a Helping Hand From the German Aerospace Center

Wildlife Insights: A Google-Built AI is Taking Animal Surveillance to New Levels

Blockchain and Sustainable Development

How Does It Work?

Everyone is talking about blockchain and DLT. But what exactly are they and how do they work? In RESET’s latest Blockchain Special, we offer some answers to those questions and take a look at how the tech can be used for both social and ecological good.

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Blockchain and Sustainable Development – How Does It Work?

Blockchain-Based Platform Textile Trust Aims to Make Industry Supply Chains More Transparent

Interview: How MineSpider is Using Blockchain to Keep Conflict Minerals Out of Our Supply Chains

What Exactly Are the Blockchain and DLT?

E-Mobility

Is Electromobility Key to a Future-Proof City?

Is the future electric? Our roads might still be dominated by conventional cars right now, but when it comes to e-mobility, there are promising developments. We looked at the current status quo, the potentials and future predictions, for an electric revolution.

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E-Mobility: Where Is It Taking Us?

New Study Shows: Electromobility Could be Carbon Neutral by 2050

Vehicle-to-Grid: Using Electric Cars To Store Renewable Energy

EU Mobility Atlas Reveals Potentials of Sustainable Transportation – But There’s a Long Road Ahead

Solutions and backgrounds by topic

Symolbild: Nachhaltige Künstliche Intelligenz
Torge Peters

Environment

Green Innovation

How Can the Energy Guzzler That’s AI Become More Sustainable? Interview With Friederike Rohde (Iöw)

Artificial intelligence has a large CO2 footprint. Renewable energies alone will not solve the problem, says Friederike Rohde.
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Environment

Action

Tidying Up With the “Digital Data Clean-Up”: The Campaign Shows How Digital Working Can Become More Sustainable

The digital data clean-up helps employees to clear out digital rubbish. The campaign takes place 16-27 September: RESET is taking part!
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Environment

Green Innovation

Will Digital Product Passports Change the Game in Fashion?

Digital Product Passports will tell consumers about the sustainability of their clothes. Will they reduce the industry’s carbon emissions?
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Environment

Green Innovation

How “Perplant Farming” Supports Environmentally Friendly Cultivation With Farm Robots and AI

AI and farm robots are opening up new possibilities in agriculture – environmentally friendly weed and pest control is one of them.
marine litter plastic in ocean
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Satellites and Drones

Green Innovation

Satellites Can Now Detect Marine Litter From Space

New research shows how satellites can be used to detect marine litter from space and create a map of the waste in our oceans.
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Society

Knowledge

Just How Effective Is Social Media in Tackling the Climate Crisis?

While social media amplifies activism, it also fuels misinformation. As our planet hurtles towards 1.5C, we deep dive into social media’s impact on the fight against climate change.
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Environment

Green Innovation

Green Electricity on the High Seas: Parkwind Tests First Offshore Charging Station for E-Boats

Offshore operator Parkwind shows how electric boats can also be charged on the high seas with an offshore charging station. Is this the key to long distance electric shipping?
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Environment

Green Innovation

AI Learns Alchemy: Sol-AI to Find New Materials for Solar Systems

Researchers want to use the “SOL-AI” AI system to produce more efficient materials for photovoltaic systems. It’s trained on a huge data set and can generate new materials based on the required properties.
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Alan Stanton (cropped)

Environment

Green Innovation

Mixed Fabrics Could Now Be Recycled Thanks to New Research

The fashion industry has an overconsumption problem, producing endless textile waste that can’t always be recycled. Researchers have developed a new method for recycling blended textiles that could increase the amount of clothes that find a second life.
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