Fast Co: New all-paper Coffee Cup needs NO plastic

The coffee cup gets a radical, desperately needed redesign Unocups, the brainchild of a product designer and an architect, are Continue reading →

Fast Co: Ikea-style microgrids power up in a DAY!

11.18.19 This single shipping container can start powering a small renewable grid in less than a day “We jokingly call Continue reading →

REAL envmt’l leadership: Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard on how a business can mitigate the ravages of capitalism on earth’s environment

Fast Company: Exclusive: Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard talks about the sustainability myth, the problem with Amazon—and why it’s not too Continue reading →

Debal Deb is Rescuing India’s Rice Diversity From Extinction

In the 1990s when Debal Deb was working with India’s largest conservation NGO in Kolkata, he recalled how the country Continue reading →

Fast Co: New device can pull drinking water from air for just .02 cents/liter

Great news for California! The winner of the Water Abundance XPrize creates enough water for 100 people every day by Continue reading →

VOX: The problem with the plastic that’s leaching into your food… it’s a health hazard.

Everyone should read this – it’ll persuade you to STORE your food in GLASS! https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/plastic-food-containers-contamination-health-risks There’s a good chance much Continue reading →

Fast Co: Water microgrid in Sweden solves limited water issue

Let’s get this in Santa Barbara – and all across the northwest! This island’s “water microgrid” is saving its aquifer Continue reading →

Popular Science: Window coating blocks sun AND powers your home

Outstanding! This is transformative! Chinese scientists have invented a new material that can both block the sun and produce power. Continue reading →