Awesome Environment

To demonstrate just much trash we each generate, environmental activist Rob Greenfield wore a suit he created out of the 33 pounds of garbage he produced in a month. Though when he walked along Rodeo Drive, people probably thought he was wearing an avant-garde designer outfit that cost $5000.

BioCarbon Engineering is developing a semi-automated large scale reforestation system. It uses aerial drones to map and analyze land, plant seeds in a biodegradable pod, and monitor the plants’ growth. The planting drones can dispense up to 100,000 seeds per day.

We all know that factories, cars, trucks, and other vehicles can result in significant carbon emissions. But what’s the environmental impact of making a single BLT sandwich? NPR’s SkunkBear has the answer to the question no one was asking, but has a fascinating answer.

Search And State’s Sustainable New York collection consists of clothing made with upcycled fabric from the New York City garment district. The first batch consists of flannel shirts, which will soon be followed by an activewear line.

A trash can made of recycled plastic. It has two separate compartments to make it easier to sort recyclables. When the compartments are full, simply snap them apart and transfer their contents.

Green UK energy company Ecotricity would like to put an end to dependence on traditional energy sources. Let’s say goodbye to the old by knocking down some anthropomorphized cooling towers.