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A Home Built Entirely from Waste
By Virginia Marsh at Green Futures Old toothbrushes, cut-up jeans, video cassettes and mattress filling: landfill fodder, or the building blocks for a family home? According to a team of engineers in...
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Zipcar and the Future of Sustainable Urban Economics
By Aaron Hay at Forum for the Future “All the old companies need to fit into the new economy.” That’s what I heard from Zipcar founder Robin Chase, upon returning from Christmas break, to discover that...
View ArticleDeveloping a People-Centred Approach to Green Building
By Martin Wright at Green Futures As India’s surging new cities compete for potential residents, words like ‘green’ and ‘energy efficient’ are increasingly bandied about in advertising copy – often...
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How Ahmedabad Got Public Transport Right
By Darryl d’Monte at Green Futures For anyone stuck in one of India’s interminable traffic jams, a bus rapid transit (BRT) system sounds like the answer to a prayer. Cheaper and easier to implement...
View ArticleManchester: United Behind a Sustainability Goal
By Emilie Beauchamp at Green Futures Will Manchester – former capital of the global cotton trade, birthplace of the industrial revolution, and home to the first modern computer – be renowned in the...
View Article‘Bioconcrete’ Uses Bacteria to Heal Itself
By Kyla Mandel at Green Futures No product evokes a sense of solidity and sturdiness the way concrete does. However, the tiniest of cracks in an otherwise colossal slab will inevitably lead to...
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Could Coconuts Purify Urban Water Supplies?
By Kyla Mandel at Green Futures The humble coconut can offer a quick-fix for the thirsty, but could it also provide a reliable source of clean water? Research Triangle International [RTI] believes it...
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Crowd House Mortgages: How Our Financial World Might be Different in 2030
By Simon Howard at Forum for the Future The financial world of 2030 as seen in the Consumers in 2030 report we produced with Which? magazine is radically different from that of today with the emphasis...
View ArticleAn ‘Intelligent’ Toilet for Urban Sanitation
By Ian Randall at Green Futures An ‘intelligent’ toilet with an automated flushing system is set to improve urban sanitation in developing countries. Designed by India’s Eram Scientific Solutions...
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Mahindra World City: The Future of Gated Communities?
By Oliver Balch at Green Futures Rush hour is hellish in downtown Chennai. Famed for its auto industry, India’s Detroit has a population of five million – and rising. Economic reforms two decades ago...
View ArticleHarnessing Heat from City Roads
By Ian Randall at Green Futures The black asphalt roads of urban centres are notorious for soaking up the sun, often helping make cities uncomfortably hot during the summer. Special piping technology...
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Pacific Island Trials Aquaponics for Food Supply. Will Cities be Next?
By Christina Madden at Green Futures Aquaponics could hold the answer to food supply for islands in the Pacific. Many lack suitable soil for growing crops, have limited freshwater, and struggle to...
View ArticleCity Council to Save £3.5 Million Through Recycling
By Virginia Marsh at Green Futures As waste rolls along the conveyor belt, infrared beams sort one type of plastic from another, and bursts of air set them on the right path to melt-down – and eventual...
View ArticleProducing Sustainable Solar Panels Without Rare Materials
The energy that comes out of solar panels is renewable, but what about the panels themselves? Not so much - today’s leading solar panels owe their high sunlight-to-electricity conversion rates to the...
View ArticleThe Economic and Educational Value of Retrofitting Schools
With the potential to reduce carbon consumption and energy costs, retrofitting older schools makes sense. And schools are increasingly discovering the education value of retrofitting too. retrofitting...
View ArticleNew Ventilation System Keeps Buildings Fresh But Warm
A Cambridge University spin-off has an innovative solution for ventilating sealed buildings involving mixing fresh (but cold) incoming air with interior air.
View ArticleCrowdfunding a Sustainable Chicago School
A public charter school in Chicago has launched an ambitious campaign to build a net positive energy campus, securing more than $50,000 through a crowdfunding campaign.
View ArticleUtah Develops Wireless Charging for Buses
Breakthroughs in inductive power transfer are promising to transform the prospects for electric buses, starting in Utah.
View ArticleTricycle House: The Latest in Ultra-Flexible Accommodation
The bijou tricycle house is made of translucent plastic with sides and arched roof folded in the style of an accordion. Using origami-like techniques, the interior can be turned into a kitchen, dining...
View ArticleMaking Music from Landfill Waste in Paraguay
Residents in Cateura, Paraguay are making good use of their waste through creating innovative musical instruments, and performing with 'Los Reciclados' chamber orchestra.
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