As resource management continues to threaten our planet, we ought to look at an infinite source of power that could be the answer to many of our issues.
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Nuclear power is the second-largest source of low-carbon electricity in the world. But in order to reap the benefits of this low carbon energy, society must quell its dark history.
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Achieving efficiency in the industrial sector can offer a solution to the unpredictability of the energy market.
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Beyond the growing financial cost of light, illumination accounts for nearly 5% of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, or 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2
If lightbulbs alone can make this big of an impact, what effect could small changes in our daily lives have?
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Smart irrigation systems offer a potential solution to the looming water scarcity issue, using local weather, landscape, and crop data to appropriately distribute water to a given crop — as precise readings of the land in addition to expected weather can allow for more precise water release.
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Some 40 billion plastic bottles are purchased every month globally, creating the space for campaigns driven by consumer demand for more sustainable alternatives.
Concurrently, stricter regulations are shaping markets as nations take a stance toward eradicating plastics and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sustainable energy can be extracted from biomaterials, including food waste, crops, animal and agricultural waste, wastewater, and wood.
The U.S. has the potential to produce 1 billion dry tons of non-food biomass resources annually by 2040, but only if funding can keep up with innovation.
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Driven by investments and legislation, zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) — including vehicles fueled by renewable energy — are on the rise.
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While biopesticides have been around for more than 50 years, the market has experienced a rapid growth over the last decade in terms of sales, research, and user acceptance.
Now more than ever, both innovation in farming and food production and supporting sustainable alternatives are vital to achieving global food security.
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The untapped market of waste-to-material production has the potential to be a gold mine for sustainable investors.
The truth of the matter is waste is inevitable. But changing the narrative on what waste can do could make all the difference.
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By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, adding approximately 2.5 billion people to cities. The construction industry is trying to keep pace with this boom in growth.
Investments in energy efficient buildings provide the basis towards a net-zero future.
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An ever-growing population compounded with pressure from climate change has revealed our unmet demand for water.
As freshwater scarcity takes over continent by continent, we may need to turn our attention to the oceans.
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Food insecurity is tethered to global population growth and is at the forefront of threatening human survival.
Increasing food demand combined with a diminishing supply of land provide a number of opportunities for advanced sustainable fertilizer technology.
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While geothermal energy has the potential to become a critical component in the world’s transition away from fossil fuel dependency, many countries already rely on geothermal energy.
Compared to its renewable counterparts, geothermal’s strength is its independence from weather and seasons — better yet, it's available 24/7. Its two main limitations at the moment are geographic locations, subsequent proximity to high tectonic plate activity, and upfront costs.
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Water conservation has become essential to city planning as the ever-present climate crisis continues to jeopardize access to potable running water.
Each American uses about 82 gallons of water a day at home on average, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that by installing water-efficient fixtures and appliances, individuals could reduce their water consumption by 20%.
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American’s openness to plant-based protein alternatives is at an all-time high, and for three major reasons: climate, increasing interest in flexitarian diets, and aversion to factory farm practices.
Investors are finding a range of opportunities to engage in the alternative proteins field, including funding early-stage cell-cultured meat companies, supporting more established plant-based protein corporations and more.
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An alternative to commercial fishing or the harvesting of wild fish, “aquaculture” refers to the controlled cultivation of aquatic organisms — primarily terrestrial production systems that source freshwater and inland-capture fisheries’ products.
The sustainable aquaculture industry can be divided into three segments or ecosystems: freshwater, estuarine/brackish, and marine
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While most of us today take electricity for granted, nearly 10% of the world’s 7.53 billion have no access to electrical power.
A potential solution to these challenges is microgrids: small-scale, self-sustaining grid systems which generate and distribute electricity. Microgrids can be enlarged with no interruption in service and can function either connected to the traditional power grid or independently.
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If left unregulated, by 2050, the fashion industry might account for 25% of the carbon budget – the amount of CO2 emissions permitted to keep the global temperature from rising too much.
Fast fashion has programmed multiple generations to believe that garments can be inexplicably cheap at the cost of unfair wages and horrible working conditions. An understanding that sustainable fashion might be a little bit more expensive but of better quality and long durability, will be a cultural shift.
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Waste-to-energy is a broad market category. However, the overarching theme is repurposing and diverting landfill-bound waste. Materials with long lifespans occupying space in landfills which cannot be recycled are converted into energy.
By burning organic waste that would otherwise be landfill-bound, the waste-to-energy industry effectively reduces the emission intensity from methane in landfills, which has a global warming potential 28 times greater than carbon dioxide
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