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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

Crystal-clear liquid flows from the array into big plastic drums, which chemists wheel toward a tall metal still. Its CO2 supply comes primarily from beverage manufacturing plants, which produce waste gases during fermentation. The potential worldwide market for waste-CO2 products could be $5.9

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Five creative visions for the future, from Looking Forward’s readers

Grist

All around, sturdy seawalls, floating solar arrays, and kelp-farming scaffolds break the waves and wind. ” She was inspired by Mycocycle, a company that uses fungi to break down construction waste, then turns the resulting concoction into mycelium-based composites that can be used in new buildings. ” she said.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. Transform Program Leader, Fight Food Waste Co-op Research Center; Brisbane, Australia. Heather Clancy.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. But she noticed they only served pre-packaged, mass-produced, instant coffee grown elsewhere. Coffee beans have been grown in East Timor for more than 400 years.