Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These are the innovators who are creating the huge companies of the future – ones that invest in workers, reduce pollution, restore our soils and lower the costs of food and energy.” The why: Soil carbon sequestration could remove 3.5 gigatons of CO2 annually by 2030. The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4%

Soil 111

Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

With very little known about its productivity in flooded and moisture-saturated soil conditions, researchers at the Earlham Institute in Norwich wanted to understand the differences in water-stress tolerance among Miscanthus species to guide genomics-assisted crop breeding.

Biotechnology 130

Biotechnology Resilience Agriculture Soil 130

Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. A wave of companies are exploring how seaweed can deliver multiple environmental and commercial benefits. Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change. A silent killer on a massive scale.

Pollution 45

Pollution Agriculture Startups Biodiversity 45

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 16, 2021

As a member of Green Business Bureau, the Canada Green Building Council, and Green Economy Canada through the Green Economy London Hub, GreenTech Painting has confronted the pollutive nature of today’s painting industry by making some significant changes to their own practices.

Health 97

Health Biotechnology Sustainability Biodegradable 97

Grist

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Runoff from fields also pollutes water bodies, leading to toxic algal blooms. Given all that nastiness, scientists have long been on a quest to reduce agriculture’s dependence on fertilizers by giving cereal crops their own nitrogen-fixing powers. That is true even if the soil isn’t nitrogen-poor.

Soil 77

Soil Biotechnology Agriculture Climate change 77