Cities & Planning

Cork has long been key to the wine industry, but Amorim is pushing this highly versatile material in surprising directions.

Whole-home energy monitors can help you save on electrical bills—but you may find that there are simpler alternatives.

Posted on Wednesday 6 Jul 2022. 1,114 words, 8 links. By Matt Webb.

It’s part of a larger effort to make the food system more resilient to climate change — and more delicious.

Tunisian startup Kumulus developed a device that mimics the natural condensation process to convert humid air into safe drinking water.

By purchasing certain foods, we make decisions about the carbon footprint from the production of those foods. Most of us don’t have a good idea of how much difference our choices can make tho…

Does a 100% supply of renewable energy make computing guilt-free? The answer depends on if you are being powered-by or matched-by renewables and is always "no".

In one year we could turn Melbourne’s small streets and laneways green and transform the city. Here’s how.

Arcimoto and ElectraMeccanica are making light EVs that they hope to sell to ghost kitchens, grocery delivery services and diners.

Online retailer opening ‘micromobility’ hub in Hackney as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions

This disquieting, real-world visualization demonstrates how much more seriously we need to take climate change—now.

Sakhalin is a long, skinny island east of Russia’s mainland. Winters can get very cold and snowy there. Not many people outside of Russia know much about Sakhalin. Apparently it used to be home to a Tsarist penal colony and Anton Chekov once described it as “hell” but Tatyana Kim swears it’s a beautiful place

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Two greenhouse domes on the Colville Reservation will house the state’s first 'agrivoltaics' project, where food and electricity can grow in tandem on small acreage.

Posted on Wednesday 22 Jun 2022. 1,376 words, 13 links. By Matt Webb.

For Alice Pasquini, painting outside among pedestrians, cars, and the milieu of local life is an inherent component of her practice. The artist begins each mural by studying the intended wall and its physical qualities. Material, paint color, and various markings and damages offer indications about

Continuing my investigation of the USDA Quickstats site I first used here… Notes on inspiration I was first inspired to do this piece when I saw these analogous maps for France: I figured tha…

For half the planet, today is the longest day of the year. For the rest of us, the shortest. There was a solstice before there were people. All of our other holidays don’t fit that definition…

The Ojibwe name for wild rice is Manoomin, which translates to “the good berry.” The scientific name is Zizania palustris. It’s the only grain indigenous to North America, and while it might be called rice, it’s actually not closely related to brown or white rice at all. It has long played an important role in

Together with architectural studio Bureau de Change, a student at London’s Central Saint Martins has developed bio-glass tiles made of ground-up quagga mussel shells.

The future of desalination: Using a Teflon-like membrane to purify water Water scarcity is a growing problem around the globe. In Africa alone, it is estimated that about 230 million people will face water shortages by 2025, with up to 460 million living in water-stressed regions. Water covers 7

Seattle ranked ninth in the Startup Genome’s annual global startup ecosystem rankings, up one position from its spot last year. The region also ranked second in North America in terms… Read More

Residents & shops are installing solar-plus-battery systems after Hurricane Maria.