Renewables

A group of high school girls came up with a concept for a tent for homeless people via DIY Girls.

The Australian Coal Mine Museum has pledged to run completely on renewable energy.

Porterville is California's most polluted city but GreenPower Motor Company's zero emission buses will change all that, improving air quality while creating new green jobs for the San Joaquin Valley.

Supercharger stations in the United States will soon be getting upgraded by Tesla throughout major cities.

Renewable energy has passed nuclear power in the United States power consumption charts with Wind leading the charge.

Processed food travels an average of 1,300 miles before hitting your plate, expelling huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.

Frequent shoppers at Recreational Equipment, Inc -- better known by its acronym, REI -- know about their garage sale events.

Former president Jimmy Carter is building solar farms to power part of his hometown.

GE's blooming Renewable Energy sector has upgraded their onshore wind turbines to improve production across the world.

Egypt and South Korea are teaming up to build a large agricultural complex that’s full of renewable energy and smart greenhouses.

Packaged water has been met with growing criticism due to the environmental damage it creates, and Danone is doing something about it.

A former Amsterdam prison is going to be converted into a multi-use property.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) believes the cost of renewable energy sources like wind or solar will be cheaper or equal to fossil fuels by 2020.

The Norwegian airlines Avinor is going to switch to electric planes for all short-haul flights — flights under 90 minutes — by 2040.

The Smog Free Tower is heading to Krakow, Poland — where the 23-foot tall smog vacuum cleaner will help urban areas with air pollution.

Budweiser has taken steps towards becoming a sustainable company by shifting its facilities in the U.S. to 100 percent renewable energy.

The Seabin Project is a trash can affixed to a dock that has a large fiber catch bag, collecting plastic debris as water is pumped through the system.

An interactive map from the American Wind Energy Association shows the rapid progress being made in increase in wind farms throughout the United States.

An initiative called Refill is working to limit plastic waste by placing "refill stations" in 1,600 businesses across the U.K. as well as locations in other European countries.

An energy company in Denmark is paying electric car owners to park their vehicles at charging stations. Find out why they're incentivizing this.

An Italian startup called Off Grid Box is producing a six-foot square solar array that also filters clean water for general use in areas with scarce resources.

Gumdrop provides an easy way to recycle chewing gum, using the polymer inside of the gum base to create new products.

York University and architecture firm Perkins+Will are mounting a new building that will meet LEED certification.

12 different mayors from around the world have pledged to only buy electric buses beginning in 2025.

Skipping Rocks Lab, a startup based in London, has received over $1 million US through crowdfunding to create the Ooho!

Furniture and design company Pentatonic revealed their innovative creation, the Trashpresso, at the London Design Festival this week.

California has been looking moreand more toward the future with renewable energy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected in part due to his promises to connect the many regions outside of India's electrical grid to power, according to Bloomberg.

Hurricane Maria didn’t make impact in the continental United States, but Puerto Rico saw a direct hit from the intense Category 4 hurricane.

Two fully electric models from the manufacturer will be released next year, while 18 more will join the roster by 2023.

Renewable power has helped Puerto Rico get back on track after Hurricane Maria devastated the island and took down much of the traditional energy infrastructure.

Metropolis Farms continues to pave the way for sustainable farming in big cities.

A team from the University of Central Florida has developed a nanomaterial that can release hydrogen from seawater much more cheaply and efficiently than existing methods, potentially giving us another way of unlocking this sustainable energy source.

HANS Power and Stage 2 Innovations have launched the Solar Briefcase 60, a portable array of solar panels that compliment a HANS PowerPack.

Microsoft has struck a deal with General Electric to buy all of the energy.

The non-profit Byron Bay Railroad Company has been working on restoring a track in Australia between the Byron Bay town centre and the North Beach precinct for a number of years.

The project began back in 2012 with the focus on creating a large-scale battery that can be used to store energy for the grid.

In the six years since Fukushima, dozens of Japanese towns have decentralized their power generation and storage systems, choosing instead to build independent micro-grids,

Jaden Smith and G-Star are promoting a new sustainable denim coming out this fall.

A lab is putting leftover almond shells to good use.