💡 Innovation
🌳 Spectacular rooftop forest planned for an old Courthouse in London
In London, an old courthouse will be home to the largest rooftop forest in all of Europe. It will contain 125 trees and more than 10 000 plants in total. The project is called Roots in The Sky and the public will have access to this garden. Also, Londoners with a...
🌋 Volcanic rock dust captures carbon and fertilizes crops on farms
Lithos Carbon, an agriculture-tech company is using dust from the basalt rock (a volcanic rock) as fertilizer but also as a way of removing carbon from the global cycle. How? By spreading it on farmers' fields. The startup sells this method as carbon credits to...
Wind power on every roof with small turbines
The American company Aeromine Technologies has developed small wind turbines that can be placed on a roof.The turbines are approximately three meters high and, according to the manufacturer, they should be able to produce up to 50 percent more electricity than solar...
☀️ Solar Cycle is recycling solar panels
Solar Cycle, an American startup, is transforming broken solar panels from landfill waste into valuable raw material which can be turned into new solar panels once again. Materials like copper, aluminum, silver and silicone are recovered from the old solar panels and...
