Browsing the "Global Briefs" Category

Environment

First Commercial E-Plane Makes History

February 29th, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Northern New Jersey

Electric propulsion has long been a goal of aviation manufacturers to lessen the carbon footprint of air travel. On December [&hellip

Environment

Instant Home 3D-Printed Buildings on the Rise

February 29th, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Northern New Jersey

ICON, an Austinbased startup, built the first permitted 3D-printed house in the U.S. in its hometown in 2018. Since then, [&hellip

Environment

Waste-to-Energy ‘Matterhorn’ Sustainable Power With a Recreational Bonus

February 29th, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Northern New Jersey

Copenhagen has dramatically refashioned the look and function of a power station with a new state-of-the-art, waste-to-power plant that powers [&hellip

Environment

Sunscreen Sanction Palau Bans Chemicals to Save Reefs

February 29th, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Northern New Jersey

Palau is the first country in the world to ban ecologically harmful sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate. Studies have found [&hellip

Environment

Viva Agave Tequila Waste Turned into Bio-Straws

February 29th, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Northern New Jersey

Jose Cuervo, the bestselling tequila maker globally, has initiated an ecofriendly process of salvaging the leftover agave fibers from its [&hellip

Environment

Soothing Scents Smells of Nature Lower Physiological Stress

February 29th, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Northern New Jersey

In a virtual reality experiment, people recovered faster from a small electric shock when they smelled a mix of natural [&hellip

Global Briefs

Green Horizons: A Billion Trees in Eight Years

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Marrying forestry to technology, the startup Flash Forest, in Toronto, is using aerial drones to plant trees 10 times faster [&hellip

Global Briefs

Climate Check: New Label Verifies Carbon Neutral Products

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A new Climate Neutral product label is joining others like Fair Trade, 100% Organic and Made in America, and is [&hellip

Global Briefs

Water Win:Fresh H20 Comes to Kenya Town

January 31st, 2020 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A drought-plagued Kenyan region is using a new, solar-powered, desalination plant from the international non-profit GivePower to obtain clean water. [&hellip