Climate change, environmental destruction, biodiversity loss – the challenges we face are huge. But despair isn’t a great source of motivation. Here we flip the narrative of typical climate change reporting to look at innovative solutions to today’s environmental challenges.
Every single search query, every streamed song or video and every email sent, billions of times over all around the world - it all adds up to an ever-increasing global demand for electricity, and to rising CO2 emissions too. Our increasing reliance on digital tools has an environmental impact that's becoming increasingly harder to ignore.
BEEHAVE simulates the development of a honey bee colony - including its nectar and pollen foraging behaviour—under various conditions.
Through its website and mobile app, Kenyan grocery company Greenspoon provides sustainable products and discloses their sources.
Contrails are a little-known, yet significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. One large tech company's AI solution might offer a breakthrough.
The "h-aero" is a cross between a drone and a zeppelin. It can stay in the air for up to 24 hours and enables completely new types of data collection.
Although many people support the goals of an energy transition, only a few are involved in projects and initiatives. The "Energiewende-O-Mat" online tool aims to change this.
The non-profit Access to Energy Institute (A2EI) aims to supply as many people as possible in Africa with solar power. It relies on comprehensive, data-driven problem analysis and optimised solutions to achieve this.
Independent reviewer iFixit has praised Fairphone for their modular smartphone. But, is it perfect? We're not sure.
Christmas time is donation time! But, with all the choice of wonderful sustainability projects to pick from, how does one choose?