Solution #7 from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect our planet Problem: Some routes taken by schoolchildren to and from their schools are more polluted than others. Solution: In April 2020, Ava Garside, 13-years’ old, in Year 9 at the Allerton Grange School, Leeds…

Solution #6 from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect our planet Problem: Fossil-fuel gasoline automobile exhausts pollute and damage health in crowded cities. Solution: A machine called Kaalink for recycling their soot to generate ink for printers, has been invented by Anirudh Sharma of…

Solution #4 from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect our planet Diagnosis: Leaking CFC and HCFC-based air conditioners contribute to GHG and ozone depletion. Solution: In 2018 a team of scientists at the National University of Singapore announced the development of a prototype of…

Solution #4 from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect our planet Diagnosis: Construction, industrial and vehicle-generated PM10 (Particulate Matter) contribute to life-shortening cardiovascular illnesses and respiratory diseases. Solution: To mount various types of air purifiers onto circulating vehicles. In September 2018, Bluestar, one of…

Solution #3 from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect out planet Diagnosis: Li-ion cobalt batteries are difficult to produce and to recycle, hence expensive. Solution: A research team including Yet-Ming Chiang, the Kyocera Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a type…

Solution #2 from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect out planet Diagnosis: To make one pound of silk involves killing about 2,500 or more silkworms. 30,000–50,000 silkworms are killed to make one six-yard (5.5 m) saree. The Bombyx mori moths, having fed on…

The first of 366 items from 366solutions.com — 366 creative and hopeful ideas to help clean up, repair and protect out planet Diagnosis: Halting deforestation is a global challenge largely due to unsustainable agricultural practices that degrade natural ecosystems. Ninety percent of deforestation is the result of agriculture, with 60% due…

The incredible solar yacht SolarImpact turned more than a few heads almost exactly a year ago at the Dusseldorf Boat Show, and now its creators are ready to unveil the next incarnation at this year’s show January 18. The headlines last February were “ This yacht could sail around the…

A solid state lithium battery stacked in a new, unique way is being shown at the CES show with a promise to make batteries for EVs (and electric boats) lighter, more energy dense and safer. …