A key feature of cities around the world, underground public transport systems are just waiting to be made more sustainable. Researchers in Switzerland have just conducted a breakthrough study - on the back of decades of research - which could see cities harnessing the warmth from metro tunnels to heat local homes.
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In an attempt to promote sustainable, local agriculture, Dutch families are banding together to create new community farms based on age-old farming ideals.
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Plastic has become one of the biggest environmental issues of the present day - one that has generated more awareness than any other. But is our focus on ditching plastic really the best use of our time?
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The impact of global shipping is huge, and we’ve previously written numerous times about both the impact and the upcoming much-needed crackdown on emissions in 2025.
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A promising energy storage technology is being developed in Alzenau, Bavaria: Organic redox flow batteries. The concept, which derives from the biology of the human brain, could revolutionise mass power production.
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Cotton is the world's "dirtiest crop" - with a huge environmental and social impact on our planet. Now one startup in London is looking at how tech could help make production more sustainable and transparent.
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So-called "blue energy" has previously been branded too expensive for practical use. However, a new process - with no moving parts - could see its start-up costs plummet.
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Fishyleaks is a great name for a great idea: aiming to reel in overfishing in European Union waters by inviting the industry to leak and expose illegal or unethical activities.
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The EU likes to see itself as a role model when it comes to the topic of sustainability, and it regularly sets itself ambitious targets. But how far have we really come when it comes to achieving those goals?
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A Brazilian organization is supporting a low carbon economy in the Amazon while raising awareness for indigenous communities and their history - all with a help of a green certification and a QR code.
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Researchers have unlocked the secrets of plant root growth, allowing them to potentially create climate change resistant and carbon-absorbing super plants.
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As their popularity spreads throughout Europe, Germany has become the latest country to introduce electric scooters to its roads. Could they help solve traffic problems and make our cities cleaner and less polluted? What is their real environmental impact?
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A US startup has developed a portable solar system for remote, offgrid areas. Transportable and packed into a freight container, it can also offer power quickly and easily to disaster-hit regions where infrastructure is scarce.
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A citizen science project from Stuttgart wants you to build your own air pollution sensors - helping to create a global map of particulate pollution and raise awareness for an issue which is thought to kill millions of people each year.
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Technological solutions are increasingly being used in the fight against poaching. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya has founded a brand new lab to build the next generation of digital conservation technology.
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A UK organization is calling on companies and governments to disclose their environmental statistics in a bid to help the fight against climate change.
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