Agrivoltaics Is Making Friends Across Partisan Lines, Thanks To Farmers
Agrivoltaics beats fossil fuels with a bottom line case for farmers to install solar panels on their land.
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Hoosiers To Lead Rural Solar Power Revolution
Indiana has been drifting around in the solar power doldrums, but it is poised to lead the transtition to agrivoltaics throughout the US agricultural industry.
5 Impact Investing Ops For Savvy 9-To-5ers
As these 5 impact investing choices prove, savvy 9-to-5ers are reaping positive social and environmental impacts along with great financial returns.
The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Algae Biomass Production Moves toward Commercial Scale in Western Australia
Demonstrating its ability to reliably cultivate sufficient quantities of biomass from algae growing in saltwater ponds in Western Australia’s desert, Aurora Algae’s preparing to scale its pilot system to commercial production. Aurora’s means of harnessing algal photosynthesis to sustainably produce a wide range of essential goods, including food, fuel, bio-pharmaceuticals and fertilizer, could have profound impacts on people living in arid and dryland areas around the world.
Solar PV the Keystone as JHA Brings Clean Energy, Light, Water, Food, Education and Jobs…
Israeli solar PV technology is the centerpiece of Jewish Heart for Africa projects that have brought clean, renewable lighting; water; sustainable agriculture; education; and jobs to a quarter of a million Africans and counting. […]
Atomic Chemistry: From Green Research Labs and Climate Science to Supply Chains
Advances in atomic-level isotope chemistry are leading to a leap forward in environmental and natural resource management as they spread from green research labs to industry and commerce.
2% of Global GDP Invested in 10 Sectors — Result: A ‘Green Global Economy’
Directing “just 2 percent of global GDP into 10 key sectors would kick-start” the global transition to a more sustainable, ‘Green Economy,’ according to a UN Environmental Program report. All the elements to enact a transition to a “low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive global economic model” are here now, and businesses and governments are already promoting and fostering greater investments in 10 key sectors UNEP has singled out: agriculture, energy, buildings, water, forestry, fisheries, manufacturing, waste, tourism and transport.
Making Hay, Heating Homes: Clean, Renewable, Homegrown & Cheaper than Coal
As CEO and co-founder of LST Energy Jim Trussler is a man on a mission: to promote growing and using hay, or rather concentrated hay pellets, for home heating across North America. Cheaper, cleaner, plentiful and renewable, the benefits of doing so look to be numerous and varied.
The Arenga Sugar Palm — Bio Energy, Sustainable Food Source, and Economic Driver
It lives on damaged, infertile, and eroded soils, improves the ecosystem of forest floors, removes CO2 from the atmosphere and produces a sugary sweet juice at an amazing rate. The Arenga Sugar Palm is arguably Indonesia’s best kept secret.
Rooftop Farms by Cityscape Farms
No matter how great the idea, making a business from an urban garden is no easy task. Just ask Mike Yohay, founder of San Francisco-based Cityscape Farms, which provides urban greenhouse systems for agricultural production with low water use.
