Coffee growers embrace agroforestry
To protect the mountains of Dauin in the Philippines, slash-and-burn coffee farmers have learned to become both profitable and far greener.
- Oct 24
You want a bike with that book?
Campuses and libraries across the US are increasingly adding bikes to what you can borrow, increasing access to cycling along the way.
- Oct 6
To regrow coral reefs, buzz them
Zapped with solar electrical currents, struggling coral reefs can self-repair quickly — and even grow where none have existed before.
- Aug 3
Greening around Kenya's biggest landfills
From dumpsite to baby shower venue: green spaces are sprouting up within Nairobi’s many landfills.
- Jul 27
Taking Pontevedra's car-free lead
The Spanish city of Pontevedra banned cars decades before most cities started to think about reclaiming streets for pedestrians.
- Jul 22
Greening the electric toothbrush
A new British startup redesigns the electric toothbrush to make it repairable and recyclable.
- Jun 30
Bacteria makes concrete stronger
Adding bacteria can improve the compressive strength and tensile splitting strength of concrete.
- Jun 10
The worm with a taste for polystyrene
A ‘superworm’ with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale.
- May 16
Powering computers with algae
UK scientists have been using blue-green algae to power a small computer chip continuously for a year using just ambient light and water.
- May 15
Perth teenager upcycles discarded electronics
Perth teenager fixes discarded technology from a house his family has turned into a community hub.
- Apr 27
Plastic-eating enzyme tackles landfill waste
A new enzyme variant created can break down plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.
- Apr 19
Switching from charcoal burning to beekeeping
In eastern Rwanda, more and more charcoal burners are turning away from tree cutting and embracing beekeeping.
- Apr 17
Cultural burns helping to save threatened koalas
The 2019–2020 bushfires saw the koala declared as endangered across most of eastern Australia. Now, cultural burns may help save them.
- Mar 16
Get a mood boost when doing something green
Two-thirds of Brits say they enjoy the mood boost they get when doing something environmentally conscious.
- Feb 10
Timber building gets six green stars
The University of Newcastle’s new Q Building has been certified with the first and highest possible Six Green Star in regional NSW.
- Dec 3, 2021
Turning coconuts into charcoal to save forests
Young entrepreneur in Sierra Leone swaps wood-based charcoal for a substitute made from coconut scraps to help save forests.
- Oct 2, 2021
School aims for zero waste by 2025
One school in Mount Gambier, South Australia, wants to be zero waste by 2025 and off-grid by 2030. This is what they’re doing with plastic.
- Aug 7, 2021
Bogota crowdsources better transport
Residents of Colombia’s capital Bogota see their ideas directly added to plans to redesign a 23-km, car-choked major thoroughfare.
- May 12, 2021
The world’s first ‘infinite’ plastic
Recycling plastic usually means turning the waste into new plastic. But what if it could be turned back into the oil from which it was made?
- Mar 12, 2021
School kids avert a flood
When a high school class noticed an urban design flaw in need of a fix — and no one would fix it — they decided to do something about it.