Sustainability Innovations that are urgent to develop or democratise
Jul 27, 2017 · 2 min read

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Improving the way the world is organized around food, land use, energy & transport is essential to our future on this planet.
These are the innovations that will help us be sustainable (non-exhaustive list):
- self-generated electricity like footstep energy harvesting (see Pavegen)
- biodegradable rubbish sacks (plastic is so 1990’s and it’s ugly)
- tree-planting drones or technologies to reforest dry land (like PalmPrintInnovations, the FytoStick or The Cocoon)
- gyms that produce clean energy
- compostable food packaging (see Vegware, a packaging made from plants)
- plastic-free food packaging, like see-through biodegradable foil to protect food, fruits and veggies without using polluting plastic
- sustainability and recycling education taught at school
- easy-to-find recycling capabilities for every kind of products
- in-house recycling
- in-house composting
- in house/urban organic growing and agriculture
- urban beekeeping for pollination
- “species guardians” => professionals whose focus is on making sure species don’t go extinct (plants & animals)
- air quality apps & air cleaning technologies to purify air around us (PlumeLabs and Clairy)
- green building (like the Bosco Verticale in Milan) & green architecture (Forest City in China)
- electric trucks (Tesla)
So if you’re a maker, a material engineer, an environmentalist, a geek, a nature-lover…, please give a go at something in the list! If you’re like me, a normal person thinking that we should be able to do something to help the planet, then start using the green technologies preferentially and make sure that people around you understand the dangers of inaction. By doing just that you’ll contribute to the green effort that’s ongoing at the global scale. Everyone’s needed!

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