sustainability

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) offers a holistic framework to evaluate environmental impacts of road construction materials. Using recycled and secondary materials can significantly reduce emissions, energy use, and resource depletion supporting sustainable, circular infrastructure development.

As global challenges like climate change, water scarcity, and environmental degradation intensify, the demand for skilled professionals in water management and sustainable development continues to grow. For Mexican students eager to contribute to meaningful global solutions, pursuing a Master of Science degree at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education presents a powerful opportunity. Located in …

Columbia Climate School is thrilled to announce that Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Microsoft, will deliver the keynote address at the Climate School’s Class Day ceremony.

The 2026 UNITAR RISE LAB Programme is a transformative initiative designed to strengthen sustainable livelihoods and food security in Sudan. Spearheaded by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, this impactful programme is implemented through its Division for Prosperity under the Hiroshima Project Office, with generous financial backing from the Government and people of […] The p…

Electric cars in every parking lot, heat pump installations as routine as oil changes, and solar panels on rooftops in unexpected places are just a few examples of the changes that long-term California residents have surely noticed. Maintenance contractors for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, as well as those for plumbing and electrical systems, report that customers no longer …

Energy costs continue to rise, while sustainability regulations become stricter each year. What used to be considered advanced building technology is now turning into a baseline requirement. Smart buildings are no longer a differentiator — they are an expectation.

Proposal from group that worked with AOC and Bernie Sanders seeks to counter claim that climate policy is politically toxic Americans do not care about the climate crisis, only economic issues: that’s the message some wonks have put forth in the past year, as the Trump administration has dismantled environmental protections. But the shift away from climate is misguided, an influential group of pr…

Nature, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01409-8 Unless governments treat fertilizer production as strategic infrastructure, the world will keep lurching from energy shock to harvest failure.

BEV sales jumped nearly 60% in April, taking total electric car registrations to more than 2m, says SMMT Business live – latest updates A recent jump in electric car sales in the UK is likely to be “tempered” by worries over rising inflation and energy prices caused by the Iran war, a leading industry body has warned. New car sales in the UK rose by 24% year on year to 149,247 in April, according…

A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid.

Reduce unnecessary plastic waste and petroleum-based neoprene at your local break with the best sustainable wetsuits, sunglasses, and more.

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NPHarvest, a Finnish cleantech company developing fertilizer inputs from liquid waste streams, has been selected to receive up to €1.2 million in funding from Business Finland. The post NPHarvest Launches Nutrient Recovery Pilot at German Biogas Plant appeared first on iGrow News .

Eerie omens haunt this absorbing group portrait set over six months in an English village Sitting stoned on a hill above his village, a young man muses on his place in the world. Connor is proud to have fenced pastures while his mates have been away at university. But it’s overwhelming to think of all their lives being equally real and urgent. Are they part of the same story or separate ones? A p…

Moving a 20-ton excavator across the ocean is nothing like shipping consumer goods. You’re dealing with extreme weight, corrosive salt air, and months of transit. For decades, the heavy machinery industry handled this the same way: thick timber crates, petroleum-based greases, and mountains of single-use plastic. It worked. It was also expensive, wasteful, and increasingly...

Ageing septic systems are easy to ignore until they fail. Most sit underground, out of sight, while homeowners focus on the roof, plumbing, garden, or beachside weather damage. But in coastal towns, an old septic system can become a quiet source of pollution. When a septic system fails, wastewater can leak into soil, groundwater, creeks,...

What happens when you choose reuse over demolition? In Østbirk, Denmark , a 30-year-old timber warehouse has been transformed into a 14,000-square-meter world-class innovation hub for nearly 500 VELUX employees. This article explores how the LKR Innovation House project challenges conventional building practices, preserves material legacy, and offers practical lessons for architects working with …

Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found . Norway is the largest farmed salmon producer in the world , and…

A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is using microbes to turn single-use plastics into biodegradable plastics and bioproducts, including biodegradable jet fuel, nylon and chemicals used in chemotherapy and child myopia treatments. They published their findings in Trends in Biotechnology.  Common recycling practices can only use a fraction of plastic waste in… The post…