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Plant-based coffee pods can be composted in your backyard

  • Dawn Hammon
  • 06/06/2023

Smile Compostable Solutions offers plant-based coffee pods designed to compost in backyard compost systems. These pods are a sustainable alternative to petroleum plastic, providing a simple, single-use experience while eliminating hard-to-recycle materials.  Now customers can fuel their day with...

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  • Inaara Thawer
  • 06/06/2023

Almost half of all global forests are under deforestation and forest degradation threats. The consequences of these threats endanger both humans and non-human organisms. This is because of the negative impacts on biodiversity, the supply of natural resources and the climate. Overall, these threaten the survival...

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  • KC Morgan
  • 06/06/2023

What is the true environmental impact of low-energy homes? PAD Studio has answered that question with the completion of a 10-year study on New Forest House. The results are stunning. A 10-year study of this low-energy home shows exactly what’s possible when nature and mankind learn to coexist. The...

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A robot could deliver your groceries in the near future

  • Laura Cowan
  • 06/05/2023

ATLAS is a new last-mile logistics robot that can deliver grocery orders in cities. It's fully electric and designed by Drake Dong, who loves exploring the possibilities of societal progress and technology through his designs. ATLAS can work with refrigerated items, which is key to working for delivering produce...

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Profiles/Interviews

The bourbon industry is potentially hitting its last days

  • KC Morgan
  • 06/05/2023

Few industries hear the ticking of the environmental doomsday clock quite as loudly as the world-famous, billion-dollar industry tucked into the quiet woods of Kentucky. Here, big businesses have thrived silently in some of the poorest communities in the U.S. And here, this centuries-old industry may take its...

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Barco scrubs are made from recycled ocean plastic

  • Dawn Hammon
  • 06/05/2023

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  • Teresa Bergen
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  • Inaara Thawer
  • 06/01/2023

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