Innovation
UCL researchers compete to get positive ideas funded
UK / Innovation
30 Jan 2013
University researchers who want to help make the world a better place will have an opportunity to win £2,000 of funding tomorrow evening at an event run by researchers from University College London (UCL)
Community reforestation project encourages ‘real-world investment’
South America / Economics & Innovation, Innovation, Sustainable Development
20 Aug 2012
A new co-operative is offering investors the chance to help safeguard the future of the Amazon rainforest and invest their money in something more tangible than the stock market
Website helps campaign groups fund advertising
UK / Innovation, Peace & Democracy
20 Jan 2012
A new crowd-funding scheme is helping people and organisations that are working for good causes, to advertise to the public
UK / Innovation
20 Jan 2012
A renewable outdoor cinema in London’s East End has shown the benefits of recycling in the run up to the Olympics
04 Jan 2012
The eighth Ethical Fashion Show and accompanying trade fair attracted some 100 exhibitors to Paris in September 2011
UK / Innovation
20 Dec 2011
cyclingcommuter.co.uk is offering advice and information to help people to cycle to work
10 Oct 2011
A once disused space in Manchester city centre is now blossoming with the green stems and bright blue flowers of a plant that could reinvigorate a local, sustainable textile industry
UK / Community, Food, Innovation
04 Oct 2011
Melanie Strickland discovers how volunteers are turning 'waste' food from local shops into healthy, cheap meals each Sunday at The People’s Kitchen
Britain’s largest solar farm goes live
UK / Innovation, Renewable Energy
27 Sep 2011
Britain’s largest solar farm has been connected to the national grid
Global, North America / Innovation
01 Aug 2011
Bioneers, a movement of social and scientific innovators, has released the 11th season of its radio show, featuring discussions with people who are using principles of nature to serve human needs without harming the web of life
27 Jun 2011
Project aiming to reconnect people with nature seeks 10,000 'virtual farmers' to have a say in the running of a real working farm in Cambridgeshire
UK / Community, Food, Innovation, Technology
08 Jun 2011
A new website which maps local growing hot spots in Somerset, aims to encourage wider access to sustainable food, free up more land and increase food security
250,000 marine species catalogued in new database
Global / Conservation, Innovation
08 Jun 2011
A new database cataloguing sea life, including more than 6,000 previously undiscovered creatures, is now available online
New eco-friendly washing detergent for outdoor clothing
UK / Innovation, Sustainable Development
06 May 2011
The first environmentally-friendly washing detergent specifically designed to tackle the hard-to-remove stains and smells on sports and outdoor clothing, has been launched by eco-friendly cleaning product manufacturer, Alma Win.
UK / Innovation, Renewable Energy
06 May 2011
A stunning new eco-house, inspired by the design of prehistoric long barrow monuments, has been built near Stroud, in the Cotswolds
New Report Showcases Agricultural Innovations
North America / Agriculture, Innovation
12 Jan 2011
A new report is being launched, highlighting successful agricultural innovations and unearthing major successes in preventing food waste, building resilience to climate change, and strengthening farming in cities
UK / Agriculture, Community, Innovation
14 Dec 2010
Plastic bottle greenhouses are inexpensive ways to protect winter crops, but they are also making use of resources that might otherwise go to landfill
UK / Archive, Innovation, Renewable Energy
14 Dec 2010
Energy from the wind will soon be used to make devices that capture the power of the sun
UK / Archive, Innovation, Renewable Energy
13 Dec 2010
Renewable gas made from brewery and local food waste has been injected into the National Grid from a groundbreaking anaerobic digestion plant