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A New Life for Old Turbine Blades: From Playgrounds to Surfboards
Producing clean energy is no longer enough for renewable sources to fully meet sustainability criteria. As their use grows and becomes an integral part of the everyday energy system, the questions move further: how do we store energy, how do…
Second-Hand Shopping Mall: Waste or 1.3 Million Dollars
Today I am presenting to you the second-hand shopping mall — a story about fashion and the circular economy. In the 21st century, trends change almost like on a conveyor belt. What was in one season may already be out…
The First Step Toward Net Zero: How Small Businesses Can Become Climate Heroes
According to data from the World Economic Forum, more than 400 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operate around the world today. Together, they make up about 90 percent of all companies and generate more than half of global employment.…
Upcycled Food – How Food Waste Becomes a Nutritional Resource
A portion of food that never makes it to the plate has a much greater impact than it might seem at first glance. Every bite we throw away contributes to methane emissions – a gas with roughly 28 times the…
Revolutionary Plastic Recycling Technology from Northwestern University
Plastic becomes a problem only when it ends up where it doesn’t belong – in nature, the air, or, worse, in our bodies. In all other situations, it is a practical material that can be turned into raw feedstock in…
Songs from the Depths – What Whales Tell Us
Imagine if one day we could understand the communication of whales in the depths of the ocean. For me, there is no creature on this planet more fascinating than these mammals that have been swimming through our world’s waters for…
Dresses Made from Flour Sacks – A Lesson in Recycling
During the Great Depression in the United States, when money for even basic needs was scarce, women showed that functionality and aesthetics could be created even out of limited resources. At that time, flour sacks were woven from cotton and,…