Current global response insufficient; ‘Transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect nature; Opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public good Most comprehensive asses... Read more
An unprecedented boom in hydropower dam construction is underway, primarily in developing countries and emerging economies. While this is expected to double the global electricity production... Read more
A policy known as sustainable intensification could help meet the challenges of increasing demands for food from a growing global population, argues a team of scientists in an article in the... Read more
EnergyPoints, a data mining startup, has developed a way to compare whether a wind farm or a desalination plant will do more good–using just one simple number. There are any number of... Read more
This talk marks the moment an innovation paradigm crossed the chasm to become an early adapter paradigm. Climate change did it 40 years ago… over the next 3-5 years End of Growt... Read more
Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism — that well invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. “Im not saying we dont have... Read more
Small-scale, family-based farming systems were among the most productive systems in developing countries The Prince of Wales, himself a long-time farmer, argues against the fallacy th... Read more
China is the only real, large market in the world where game-changing sustainability is emerging and has the potential to truly scale The corridors at Davos are buzzing with discussio... Read more
MICHAEL PAWLYN is a British architect with an affinity for the natural world. So he is passionate about biomimicry—a discipline that looks at nature’s best ideas to inspire solutions... Read more
Organic farming is known to be environmentally sustainable, but can it be economically sustainable, as well? The answer is yes, according to new research in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Agronomy... Read more
The Innovation Hotel is IHG‘s online showcase and creative hub for sustainable hotel design The Innovation Hotel is IHG‘s online showcase and creative hub for sustainable hotel d... Read more
Light…one Litre at a time. Take a used Soda bottle, add Water, Bleach and My Shelter Foundation’s Illac Diaz, and you get 50w of daytime light for 5 years. As reported by Brynn Opsahl, on th... Read more
Victorinox has opened a public online vote to choose the best sustainable design submission to its “Time to Care” competition. The call for entries has been open since January 20... Read more
Image by cote via Flickr Facebook, mobile phones, and energy meters are helping to see if people can be nudged into living healthier lives. The three-year project will see how people react w... Read more
