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How a $3 menstruation toolkit could empower girls in developing nations (Video)

Access to safe, reliable and affordable sanitary napkins is a big barrier to equal opportunity for many girls in developing countries. This inexpensive and clever set allows girls and women to clean, dry and carry their pads discreetly.




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Solar-powered Sterile Box brings safer surgeries to developing countries

The technology could save countless lives.




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Batteries from old smartphones could light up rural areas

The batteries could provide back-up power for small solar power systems.




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New e-commerce site is a one-stop-shop for humanitarian aid products

The Level Market wants to make the procurement of humanitarian aid and development products as easy as shopping on Amazon.




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Recycling packaging is important, but doesn't the inside count?

Why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?




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Committing to recycling the “non-recyclable”

Companies and manufacturers are creating custom solutions for their difficult-to-recycle waste




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Industry recycling coalitions: when they do work, and when they don’t

Industry coalitions working with municipal recycling can work, but only in two circumstances




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Brands are using social media to reach #consciousconsumers

When it comes to communicating an alignment with personal values, it doesn’t get more personal than social media.




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Creating a market for recycled materials in the new plastics economy

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic




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Less isn’t always more when it comes to product packaging

“Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions.




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Cleaning up coffee culture

An item as ubiquitous as coffee has varying degrees of sustainability. Being aware of these can help us make better choices.




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Changing the paradigm of consumption

Companies are in position to shift away from a linear towards a circular product economy that is at once regenerative and restorative.




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3 ways to have an eco-friendly picnic

Here are some tips that’ll help parents and children connect with nature and honor the environment.




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Cue the Q4 holiday overconsumption

The most wonderful time of the year is often the most wasteful




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All short-haul flights from Norway could be electric by 2040

When the heck did electric commercial flight become a realistic prospect?!




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Shark skin could carry the secrets to more efficient airplanes and wind turbines

Tiny scales along the animals' bodies improve the efficiency of their movements through water. These structures could do the same for aircraft.




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This plane with a detachable fuselage could really take off

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?




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Is it time to charge passengers the true cost of flying?

If it weren't so subsidized, it would be a lot more expensive, and people might fly a lot less.




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All-electric commercial airplane takes first flight

“December 10, 2019 will be remembered as the day the electric aviation age started.”




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Soft, fuzzy sculptures hint at the plight of world's coral reefs

Concerned about the threats facing coral reefs, this artist is creating bright, tactile reminders of what healthy corals look like.




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Mysterious moss-covered figures are inspired by forest folklore (Video)

Photographed in various natural settings, these life-sized, child-like works of art invoke a sense of wonder and delight.




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Coral-like ceramic works are coated with electroformed crystals

These striking works combine natural materials with artificial processes to create crystallized surfaces reminiscent of coral.




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Upcycled carpet installation highlights plight of world's dying corals

'Coral Garden' is a handcrafted installation that's inspired by the world's threatened coral reefs, and made with upcycled materials.




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Circular logic: Round runways could save a lot of land, reduce fuel consumption and cut noise

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.




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If airports become the cities of tomorrow we are in big trouble

The impact of flying on climate change cannot be ignored, as I book my next flight.




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UK commits £58m to pioneering electric flight

Greener aviation is about to get a boost.




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Should we just stop flying to conferences?

It really isn't necessary but it sure is a lot of fun and you learn a lot. I am conflicted.




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Construction of Machu Picchu's new international airport has begun

While Unesco has asked Peru to limit visitors to the famous site, the government is making it easier for people to access.




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Could 'flygskam' change the way we travel?

The Swedish word, which translates to 'flight shame', is driving interest in climate-friendly trains, longer stays, and frequent flier taxes.




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I am flying to another conference and I know I shouldn't

The question of flight shaming keeps coming up, and there has been some significant pushback.




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The foxes are writing building codes for henhouses

A secret deal lets the homebuilders dominate the committees that write the building codes for housing.




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Coldplay wants all future tours to be 'environmentally beneficial'

The rock band won't be touring its newest album until it can figure out a greener way of doing it.




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KLM to fly on 'sustainable aviation fuel' made from cooking oil

They say it reduces CO2 emissions by 80 percent. Does it really?




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The gas bubble is feeding the speculative Bitcoin bubble

Instead of flaring off gas, they are burning it to run computers that mine bitcoins. Is this any better?




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6 companies that are showing generosity on Black Friday

If you must shop, do it from a company that's spreading the wealth.




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Reusable cup program comes to Victoria, British Columbia

The Canadian city is the latest to rethink disposal culture and insist on something better.




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Grocery stores may soon offer your favorite brands in reusable containers

Loop's reusable packaging service is coming to brick-and-mortar stores in U.S., Canada, and France.




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Experts say dilbit could have caused Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill

According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were in play on the Pegasus pipeline.




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Colorado floods hit one of most drilled counties in US

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic , they have also exposed a concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.




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Terrorists could knock US electricity grid out for 1.5 years, but more solar power could help protect it

The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed.




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21,000 gallons of oil spill in Santa Barbara County

The rupture spilled thousands of gallons of oil, contaminated at least four miles of beach and spread into the ocean.




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Pipeline that spilled 105,000 gallons of oil in California was only one in county without 'auto shut-off'

Why make exceptions like this?




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This is the ongoing gas leak in California that's an epic ecological disaster

Impact of greenhouse gases released since October measured over a 20-year time frame is equivalent to emissions from 7 million cars.




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Has coal burning finally peaked in China?

Let's not celebrate yet, but if it has, we still need to make the transition happen more quickly.




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The 15 costliest nuclear disasters and the nuclear risks of the future

Largest study yet predicts "The next nuclear accident may be much sooner or more severe than the public realizes"




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Tesla sends Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico

The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems.




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Beer could be $30 a six-pack soon, and that might be a good thing

Barley doesn't like rising temperatures, and neither will beer lovers.




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4 weird ways climate change could end civilization

Don't read this if you are in a bad mood. Or a good mood, really.




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World's oldest insurance market to stop investing in coal

Lloyd's of London joins the ranks of big insurers who no longer see coal as a viable investment.




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Construction begins in UK on first subsidy-free wind farm

Corporate commitments to clean energy mean renewables are harder than ever to derail.