Gaining access to clean water is one of the biggest challenges facing rural villagers around the world, who often have to travel 5 miles or more to fetch water, with drought conditions making water availability even more critical.
Small scale agriculture is a tough job. The Global Village Construction Set designed by Open Source Ecology aims to help farmers do more, with fewer resources.
Protecting rainforests from deforestation and degradation can effectively combat climate change. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) projects provide a market-based solution for corporations and countries to reduce their carbon emissions.
Covering seventy percent of the Earth’s surface, oceans can be valuable sources of energy. Waves are able to generate 80,000 TWh of energy per year—four times the current global production of electricity.
The Sahara Forest Project will produce freshwater, raise vegetation and harness solar energy on a 200,000 square meter site in Aqaba, Jordan, a small coastal town on the edge of the Sahara Desert.
Verdant Power is hoping to put together what would be the United States’ first tidal power plant in New York’s East River. Verdant has been running the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project since 2002.
A self-sustaining stove that converts waste into energy, assists in cooking, produces a bi-product that can be sold commercially, helps plants grow in depleted soils, prevents CO2 from being released, and helps families in developing countries create self-sustaining and healthier hous
ZeaChem Inc. has developed a cellulose-based biorefinery platform to produce ethanol and other biofuels and chemicals with dramatically fewer carbon emissions than traditional options.
Sustainable chemical company Genomatica recently announced a successful pilot project in which living bacterial replace fossil fuels in the production of a common industrial chemical.
