by Grace Ebert | Jan 31, 2024
About 60 percent of Japan’s apples grow in Aomori Prefecture, and as with any agricultural crop, the region also generates a significant amount of production waste, particularly as the fruits are squeezed and pressed for juice. The designers at Sozai Center engineered a new technology that recycles the leftover pomace into an elegant fabric called “Adam.”
In collaboration with KOMORU Corporation and M&T, the center gathers leftover matter from local farmers and fashions translucent sheets speckled with deep red flecks from a powder of stems, skins, and cores. More
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by Kate Mothes | Jan 31, 2024
If someone were to ask you what you know about the history of the Amazon, what would you say? Archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, who knows a thing or two about the region, insists in a recent profile that the answer is “nothing, because the history that we think we know is wrong.” In a study recently published in Science, Rostain chronicles a 30-year research project and the astonishing discovery of a 2,500-year-old metropolis in the Ecuadorian rainforest, a “lost valley of cities.”
While previous expeditions to the area have documented large mounds and monuments throughout the area, the enormity and complexity of this find exceeded expectations with the discovery of thousands of houses, complex roads, plazas, ceremonial sites, and drainage canals. More
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by Komoneed | Jan 29, 2024
Yes! The 2 to 4 million species of fungi in the world offer us endless possibilities — from creating alternative building materials and textiles, to cleaning up environmental toxins, to providing new sources of plant-based proteins. Now, scientists are turning to mushrooms and mycoremediation to solve our plastic pollution crisis. What Is Mycoremediation? Mushrooms growing […]
The post Can Mushrooms Really Break Down Plastic? appeared first on EcoWatch.
by Komoneed | Jan 29, 2024
9th Annual Sustainability Week
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Thu, 01/25/2024 – 17:48
Implementing a robust sustainability strategy that delivers a return on investment should be every organisation’s long-term ambition. Improving your implementation of sustainability projects is good for business and the planet, and expected by investors.
The 9th annual Sustainability Week, incorporating the Energy Transition summit (ETS), will deliver vital information that you can use to move faster on reducing emissions and improving your environmental impact in 2024. With new how-to workshops, the CSO Leaders’ Club and our unique Action Hour sessions, alongside extensive networking opportunities and an exhibition, this is an event not to be missed.
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The 9th annual Sustainability Week will deliver vital information that you can use to move faster on reducing emissions and improving your environmental impact in 2024.
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Monday, March 4
– Wednesday, March 6, 2024, All day
Event Location
Business Design Centre
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52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0QH
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Biodiversity Conservation
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Climate Finance
Climate Finance and Economic Growth
Energy
Energy Technologies for Deep Decarbonization
Strategic Objective
Adaptation
Mitigation
Sectors
Climate
Region
Europe & Eurasia
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by Grace Ebert | Jan 29, 2024
“My intention is to invite the viewers to feel like they’re in a little story theater when they look at my art,” says Kanako Abe about her latest series. The Seattle-based artist is known for her elegant Kirie works, which feature intricate compositions of flora and fauna carved from single sheets of paper. Employing the same precision and whimsical aesthetic, Abe’s most recent collection shifts from two dimensions to three to embrace the immersive nature of storytelling. More
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