Magical Mushrooms

Magical Mushrooms

Nature’s ingenuity has the solution to reduce electronic waste. The base of computer chips and batteries tend to be made from unrecyclable plastic. But using mushroom skin instead would make them easier to recycle. All electronic circuits, which consist of...
Penguin Pals

Penguin Pals

These two fairy penguins meet every evening and stand for hours together watching the Melbourne skyline. The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have...
Plastic Munching Mushrooms

Plastic Munching Mushrooms

Scientists around the world are discovering fabulous fungi that can degrade plastic. The magic of the plastic-munching mushrooms lies in their sustainable and enzyme-rich mycelium – the threadlike part of the fungus. All mushrooms grow from this intricate...
Goats to the Rescue

Goats to the Rescue

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...
Wave Swell Energy

Wave Swell Energy

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...
The Hemp Helicopter

The Hemp Helicopter

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...