Innovation Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:29:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Innovation Archives - Positive News 32 32 The innovations unleashing the power of design to create a more sustainable and fairer world https://www.positive.news/society/innovations-create-sustainable-fairer-world/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:39:50 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=485187 Is it possible to redesign everything we make to be in harmony with nature? These inspiring organisations say 'yes'

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]]> The waste-busters: six European companies on a mission to design out waste https://www.positive.news/economics/six-companies-on-a-mission-to-design-out-waste/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:56:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=477833 Some ingenious ideas are vying for the Green Alley Award this year

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]]> Indigenous communities get tech and training on vital early warning systems https://www.positive.news/society/indigenous-communities-rainforest-citizen-scientists/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:01:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=474878 Indigenous peoples are being mustered as citizen scientists in some of the world’s most remote rainforests

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]]> Not your average bank statement: what 10 years of impact investing looks like https://www.positive.news/society/ethex-what-years-impact-investing-looks-like/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:33:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=473943 With millions of pounds raised over the last decade, we take a look at the impact that investors on the not-for-profit investment platform Ethex have made

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]]> Three good things: longlife tech to inspire us beyond our throwaway culture https://www.positive.news/science/innovation/longlife-tech-to-inspire-us-beyond-our-throwaway-culture/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:17:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=458931 We take a closer look at a laptop, phone and a vacuum cleaner that have been designed with a longer life in mind

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]]> This company makes cosmetics packaging materials that leave no microplastics behind https://www.positive.news/society/cosmetics-packaging-that-biodegrades-like-tree-leaves-circular-economy-sulapac/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:00:46 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=457715 Finnish startup Sulapac is creating packaging that's as circular as it is beautiful

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]]> The buildings that heal https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/wellbeing/the-buildings-that-heal/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:18:55 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=457572 A new architectural movement is using design to aid the post-traumatic growth of the most vulnerable in society

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]]> The startups reinventing notoriously hard-to-recycle items https://www.positive.news/environment/the-startups-reinventing-notoriously-hard-to-recycle-items/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:52:57 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=457423 Clothes made from stinky cigarette butts? Yes, really. It’s yet more proof that waste can be a valuable resource

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]]> Floating solar panels: the future of clean energy? https://www.positive.news/society/loating-solar-panels-the-future-of-clean-energy/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:25:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=454499 Floating solar is seeing a rise in interest. Here are five inspirational, global examples

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]]> Revealed: the UK’s ‘best’ new buildings https://www.positive.news/society/revealed-the-uks-best-buildings/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:26:19 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=453962 A dementia-friendly retirement home has been named the UK’s best new building. The shortlist was a triumph of purpose-led design

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