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Society China

27. October 2021

Skyscraper or Farm? A Tower Unlike Any Other

An Italian architecture firm has designed a 218-meter-tall skyscraper to be used as a hydroponic vertical farm. The skyscraper, to be unveiled in Shenzhen, China, will produce around 270 tons of food per year, feeding roughly 40,000 people.

Environment

Environment USA

26. October 2021

Move Out of the Way Pesticides, Birds are Coming Through!

Some winemakers in California, United States are turning away from toxic chemicals and using birds instead, in an effort to eliminate pests in a healthier, more sustainable way.

Technology

Technology Netherlands

23. September 2021

This Eco-Leather Is Ready for the Market!

Following a successful study praising mushroom-made leather’s sustainability, a biotech materials startup from the Netherlands is now ready to produce the eco-material at a commercial scale, offering a vegan alternative to animal leather that looks, feels, even smells like cow leather.

Technology

Technology Sweden

13. September 2021

The Latest Groundbreaking Green Invention: Fossil-Free Steel!

A Swedish company invented the world’s first green steel using an hydrogen-based energy source, thus offering a game-changing solution for an industry known to generate its fair share of carbon emission.

Society

Society Uganda

2. September 2021

Villagers Transform Their Town into a Sustainable City

A community project is rebuilding their destroyed village in Northern Uganda - and shifting their dependence towards solar energy and shea butter.

Technology

21. August 2021

These Wooden Buildings Provide Shelter and Reduce Emissions

Since 70% Sweden’s territory is covered with forests, it is only natural that the Scandinavian country opts for a material such as timber in its constructions to resolve its housing shortage problem in a sustainable way.

Environment

Environment Denmark

5. July 2021

Toy Brick Giant Makes Huge Progress on Recycled Plastic Products

It might have taken more than 250 attempts, but the Danish toy company Lego has finally found a way to produce bricks made from recycled plastic that are as high in quality as traditional ones.

Environment

Environment Indonesia

28. June 2021

This Native Tree Is Full of Goodness!

A leguminous tree from Indonesia - typically used for medicine, animal feed, fuelwood and more - will now also help the nation in its quest for landscape restoration, sustainable livelihood, and bioenergy.

Environment

Environment Canada

13. June 2021

Frozen Food Giant Looks Toward Sustainable Farming

The world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products plans on implementing sustainable agriculture across all its potato fields by 2030, in a drive to fight climate change.

Society

Society Denmark

17. May 2021

Jewelry Giant Moves Away from Mined Diamonds

The Danish jewelry company Pandora has decided to trade source mined diamonds for lab-grown ones, not only for ethical reasons, but as a means to achieve its sustainability targets.