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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,…
Turkey Considers More Sustainable Tourism: All-Inclusive Breakfast as a Luxury or Waste Coming to an End?
When my friends return from their summer holidays, I enjoy long coffee chats where they recount their adventures. Even the less pleasant moments become funny when retold. Those who come back from Turkey are always full of impressions, but this…
When Jellyfish Drift Where They Don’t Belong: How Climate Change Is Transforming Marine Ecosystems
This year, fishermen from the South Korean city of Pohang returned from the sea with nets full of—not fish, but giant, venomous jellyfish. Instead of the expected catch, they were met by Nomura’s jellyfish, each weighing several dozen kilograms. And…