Sustainability
What's the Best Way to Help the Amazon's Indigenous People?
Can a pioneering computer model save the rainforest's residents from our best intentions?
Try Your Hand at Organic Farming in Southwest Romania
By hosting travelers, local farmers hope to reverse the impact of big industry
These Light-Up Fishing Nets Could Save Sea Turtles
New research shows attaching LED lights to fishing nets can keep turtles from becoming accidentally entangled
Could Mold Power the Batteries of the Future?
Researchers have discovered how to use a fungus to create materials that could be used to make more sustainable lithium-ion batteries
Five Technologies That Would Heat or Cool People and Not Entire Buildings
Research groups are developing robots, fabrics and furniture that could lead to energy savings
This Solar Cell Can Float on a Bubble
MIT scientists have created the world's lightest solar cell, thin enough to be used on paper or clothing
Hamburg Is the First City to Ban Single-Use Coffee Pods
You won’t find coffee pods in its government buildings
In Borneo’s Ruined Forests, Nomads Have Nowhere to Go
The island’s hunter-gatherers are losing their home to the unquenchable global demand for timber and palm oil
Giving Up Palm Oil Might Actually Be Bad for the Environment
The trouble with the maligned crop isn’t its popularity, but where it’s planted
Five Tech Innovations That Can Keep Your Car From Burning So Much Gas
Yes, gas is cheap, but car makers are still facing ambitious goals to make vehicles way more fuel efficient
Astronauts and Arugula: Using Space-Station Technology to Grow Food
Infinite Harvest, an indoor vertical farm in Lakewood, Colorado, provides a glimpse into the future of global large-scale food production
How to Modernize the Wood Stove and Help Save the Planet
The humble wood stove is getting a high-tech makeover, and may be going green
Meet the Winner of Architecture's Most Prestigious Prize
Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena is the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
One Day, Your Cup of Coffee Could Charge Your Phone
A pair of students has proposed the idea of embedding furniture with pads to absorb latent heat and convert it into electricity
Five Ways to Start Eating Insects
The idea may be hard to swallow, but crickets and mealworms will likely be part of our sustainable food future
Using Kirigami, the Japanese Art of Paper Cutting, to Build Better Solar Panels
Researchers have used the art technique to make light panels that twist to follow the sun
Coming Soon: Helmets Made From Carrots
A Scottish company has created a biodegradable material from carrot pulp that could be used in protective sports gear
England Is Going to Test Roads That Actually Charge Electric Cars
Highways of the future may have special lanes that recharge the batteries of electric cars as they go
Could a Wind Turbine Be Coming to a Bridge Near You?
Engineers find, in a simulation, that two wind turbines mounted under a bridge in the Canary Islands could power hundreds of homes
Legos Go Sustainable, and Everything (Really) is Awesome
To reduce its carbon footprint, the toy company is searching for a sustainable material for its bricks by 2030
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