Nov 28 Watch 6:41 How Americans can change their mindset about wasting food By Allison Aubrey, NPR Over the next year, the average American household of four will spend roughly $1800 on food they don't eat. Why do we throw away so much in the kitchen, and how can we cut those losses? Now, the culinary industry… Continue watching
Oct 22 How more organic farming could worsen global warming By Courtney Vinopal Organic agriculture is billed as better for the environment, but a wholesale shift to this farming practice could increase net greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reports. Continue reading
Sep 13 Extreme weather displaced record number in first half of 2019 By Yale Environment 360 Natural disasters forced 7 million people to be displaced in the first half of this year. Continue reading
Jul 31 This new nanotech could help clean up Earth’s microplastics By Berly McCoy Chemists have adapted emerging technology -- called nanocoils -- to dissolve microplastics and turn the pollution into food for algae. Continue reading
Jul 19 Why a sustainable future may depend on humans returning to the moon By Nsikan Akpan PBS NewsHour spoke to four researchers about what the U.S. stands to gain and lose from future crewed voyages to the moon. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 3:35 Architectural design for buildings that create more energy than they consume By Cristina Quinn Heating and cooling buildings consumes 40 percent of energy used across the world. As climate change continues to threaten the planet, rising temperatures may only increase the usage. Now, an architect in Boston is trying to change not just how… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 7:32 Dutch businesses work to test the concept of a circular economy By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe, Lorna Baldwin The Netherlands has become a global leader in implementing the tenets of a “circular economy,” a radical new approach to sustainable living that focuses on reducing consumption, minimizing waste and reusing nearly everything. As Jeffrey Brown reports, some Dutch companies… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 9:09 Can an entire town run on solar? By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo In an attempt to “do it the right way,” developer Syd Kitson is building Babcock Ranch, an 18,000-acre planned community just north of Ft. Meyers, with hope that it can operate almost entirely on solar power. So far about 200… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 5:16 How effective are business efforts to go green? By PBS NewsHour Walmart says that 28 percent of domestic power at its stores comes from renewable sources. And 85 percent of companies in the S&P 500 are also reporting updates on sustainability in their annual reports for investors -- up from 11… Continue watching
Jun 02 The lionfish zapper hits the open seas By Nsikan Akpan Last year, we broke the story of a robot being being developed to fight invasive lionfish. This spring, the prototype landed in the open ocean for the first time. Here’s how they took the idea from paper to practice. Continue reading