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The waste-busters: six European companies on a mission to design out waste

Positive News — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:56:20 +0000

Some ingenious ideas are vying for the Green Alley Award this year

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:01:45 +0000

Indigenous peoples are being mustered as citizen scientists in some of the world’s most remote rainforests

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:46:06 +0000

Some horizon-expanding companies have won plaudits from the Green Alley Award in its 10 years to date, altering how we think of waste

Lucy Purdy — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:40:44 +0000

Projects to support young people with visual impairments, tackle food insecurity and help address climate anxiety will share a £1m prize

Robin Eveleigh — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:00:43 +0000

What happens when you let children design their school? For clues look to Madrid, where this fantastical property has opened

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 10:14:04 +0000

You may have heard about the seed vault that preserves crops. Now scientists are launching one for poo. Here’s why

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:14:21 +0000

Protein made from thin air? Slaughter-free chicken? It might sound too good to be true, but it’s coming to a dinner table near you

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:11:07 +0000

Smut-belching motorbikes are a big driver of pollution in Africa. The race to get them off the road just stepped up a gear

Robin Eveleigh — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:00:39 +0000

The low-fi pollution solution has proven surprisingly effective in the Netherlands. Now, it’s being rolled out elsewhere in Europe

Daisy Greenwell — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:00:25 +0000

From the town that rewilded itself, to the city trialling a solution to homelessness, here are 10 UK beacons of progress for 2022