Indian scientists develop low cost solar water purifier that wastes neither water nor electricity
In India, remote villages still suffer from the unavailability of potable drinking water. Most water filters available in the market are costly and need electricity to operate. Also, the reverse-osmosis (RO) filters waste a lot of water, making them unviable for areas with shortage of water. Now Indian scientists at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in Maharashtra have developed a unique low-cost solar...
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This start up is turning food scraps into fabric
More and more people around the world are becoming aware of the huge environmental impact of the fashion industry. In fact, it is the second most polluting industry in the world after oil and gas. With growing popularity of sustainable fashion, Circular Systems, a new materials science company, has come up with a technology that transforms food waste into usable fabrics. With this brilliant technology, all the...
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Sweden to achieve its 2030 renewable energy target this year, 12 years ahead of schedule
A new report has found that Sweden has invested so much in wind power that the country is all set to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year, more than a decade ahead of schedule. By the end of 2018, Sweden will have 3,681 wind turbines installed, lobby group Swedish Wind Energy Association estimates. Together with second-half investment decisions, this will be more than enough capacity to meet a target...
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Mountain gorilla numbers are on the rise, despite threats from poaching and habitat destruction
Now this is a news that is being welcomed by animal conservationists around the world! A recent census has confirmed that the mountain gorilla population in the Virunga mountains in Africa is steadily growing. In fact, the mountain gorilla subspecies is the only great apes whose numbers are known to be on the rise. The population of these great apes has grown from 480 in 2010 to 604 as of June 2016. Add another...
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This 15-year-old drone maker from India is saving lives around the world with his technology
15-year-old Harshwardhan Zala from Gujarat, India, is a young genius who has created a drone that can not only detect landmines, but also defuse them, thereby saving precious human lives. Apart from being famous as the Drone Wiz of India, Harshwardhan is also the founder and CEO of his company, Aerobotics7 Tech Solutions. “My goal is to create technological solutions to save thousands of lives across the world,...
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Sweden and Finland working on innovative technologies to end India’s pollution worries
Every year in the months of October and November, many parts of northern India face extremely high levels of air pollution as a result of stubble burning by farmers in the states of Haryana and Punjab. To help India combat this pollution menace, Sweden is working on an innovative technology that “seeks to transform those burning fields (stubble) into bio coal”. “Delhi has seen this problem of...
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A non-profit that performs free cataract surgeries and cures hundreds of people of blindness every day
The Himalayan Cataract Project is a nonprofit started by two ophthalmologists Dr Geoffrey Tabin and Dr Sanduk Ruit with the aim of providing cheap and sustainable eye care to people living in the Himalayan region. The duo believe suffering from blindness is particularly tough for people living in rugged terrains, so they work towards restoring their eye sight with a simple, minutes-long surgery. When the two...
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Local fishermen rescue an Arctic fox stranded on iceberg
When a group of fishermen set sail on their crab fishing boat last week in Southern Labrador, they least expected to find a stranded fox atop an iceberg. Alan Russell of St. Lewis said his ship was about seven kilometers offshore when they spotted something on a nearby iceberg. “We seen something on the ice. Wasn’t sure what it was,” Russell told CBC’s Labrador Morning. “So we got...
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This grocery store in Toronto lets customers pay what they can afford
A grocery store in Toronto named ‘Feed It Forward Grocery Store’ is taking food destined for landfills and offering it to customers at any price they can afford to pay. This pay-what-you-can store is located on 3324 Dundas St. West and is the brainchild of chef Jagger Gordon and his team of volunteers. “It’s a simple procedure of taking those trucks that are destined for landfills and...
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This 6th grader has invented an underwater device that detects ocean microplastics
12-year-old Anna Du was visiting Boston harbor one day when she saw small pieces of plastic in the sand. She was appalled to see the entire beach littered with such tiny bits of plastic that “it just seemed impossible to clean it all up.” The 6th grader, who also happens to be an animal lover, decided to do something about it as she knew that all that plastic would eventually end up in the oceans and...
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