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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, have shown us the fragility of systems pushed to their breaking point by design constraints to maximize return on investment in the absence of resiliency. . Entrepreneurs are on the verge of creating an era that will be marked by abundance, sustainability and resilience.

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Greener cleaning? Unilever and Genomatica team up to develop biotech alternatives to palm oil

Business Green

New £120m venture aims to scale up biotechnology alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels used to make everyday products. Unilever did not disclose the amount it had invested in the partnership, but confirmed it was the largest investment it had made to date in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil.

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Biomass-fermentation-based protein recognised for potential contribution to a net zero food system

Envirotec Magazine

The MicroHarvest team have made significant progress in overcoming the challenges associated with scaling biotechnological processes. We’re developing technology that fuels the resilient food system of tomorrow producing the nutritious and sustainable protein ingredients that the world will need in a very near future.

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‘Keep off the grass’: the biofuel that could help us achieve net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Some grasses are a sustainable energy source that could be a driving force towards achieving net zero carbon emissions, according to new research that appears to demonstrate their resilience to harsh growing environments. The post ‘Keep off the grass’: the biofuel that could help us achieve net zero first appeared on Envirotec.

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TED Talk: Possible Futures from the Intersection of Nature, Tech, and Society

Sustainability Consulting

This is already happening in the field of biotechnology for consumer goods where drop-in replacements for harmful ingredients ignore that broader context and reinforce social and ecological inequities. It is assembling microbial libraries to create a more resilient biological toolkit that can be applied around the world.

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Technology Trending: New smart electricity and hydrogen meters and US DOE emerging tech office

Smart Energy International

Mike McGann, senior vice president and president of Xylem Americas, Measurement and Control Solutions, says that utility customers continue to embrace the value of data for greater operational resilience and increased customer engagement.

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Innovative biomaterials to help the world replace plastic

AGreenLiving

The theme of adaptation and resilience calls on the world to find new ways to adapt to climate issues and be innovative enough to get past ecological contaminants. On Sunday, COP26 began in Glasgow, Scotland. In the past century, contaminants such as plastic turned the world upside down.