Sep 14, 2022 | Earth's Gifts
Butterfly teamwork and sharing – no ego or a boss in sight! A crimson sunbird enjoys a bath in a banana flower petal. @rahulsinghclicks A bee’s wings are not engineered to lift its weight, but it can still fly. Maths explains how bees can stay airborne...
Sep 11, 2022 | Earth's Gifts
Twenty goats from a nearby farm have blazed a trail through Riverside Park in New York. They have cleared unwanted bushes by eating poison ivy, which is toxic for humans. And in California, barn owls are helping in vineyards by eating insects, so that pesticides do...
Sep 3, 2022 | Earth's Gifts
Another one of our home planet’s solutions to help us live a sustainable life, is the tidal cycle. Wave Swell Energy, an Australian company, has developed a unique, wave-energy harvesting platform. Wave Swell – waves-energy.co UniWave 200 is a floatable...
Aug 12, 2022 | Earth's Gifts
Hemp is a gift from the Earth. This wonder plant has been a building material for thousands of years. Thankfully – an explosive growth in the hemp industry is happening NOW. HEMPEARTH has designed the world’s first aircraft made from hemp. Everything from...
Aug 6, 2022 | Earth's Gifts
Seaweed is another gift from the Earth to help us live sustainably. It is a powerful carbon sink. Adding seaweed to cows’ feed, can reduce their methane emissions by 82%. It can be made into a biodegradable alternative to plastic and sustainable clothing....
Aug 2, 2022 | Earth's Gifts
It’s complicated. But it doesn’t have to be. Enter the humble mushroom…an ingenious gift from the Earth. The highly acclaimed startup, Mycocycle Inc, has found solutions using fungi to break down waste. Using images from their website, we can show...
