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Mealworms Love Eating Styrofoam! Breakthrough Discovery Best In 10 Years
Who would have thought that the container used to transport your take-out food could be a meal itself?
For the right consumer, it is.
Mealworms, scientists...
Food Scrap Recycling Business in Texas is Bike-Powered
A bike-powered business in Austin, Texas diverts nearly 100 tons of restaurant and residential food scraps to community gardens.
East Side Compost Pedallers from homes and...
Sugar Battery May Offer Green-powered Gadgets Within 3 Years
A Virginia Tech research team has created a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density for long-lasting power. The development...
Recycled Plastic Bags Might Have Medical Use
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found a way to recycle non-biodegradable bags into a material with such tiny particles they can only...
Amazing Young Designers: Oh, What You’ll Do With Recycled Plastic Bottles
A Puerto Rican design student at London's Royal College of Art has created a customized bicycle that grinds discarded plastic containers at one end...
Eco-friendly Green Funerals Catching On in the U.S.
In an ecologically approved "green burial," loved ones are laid to rest without caskets on plots surrounded by trees in places like the Prairie...
Start Up Company Wins $630,000 for Making Bio-Plastic Out of Greenhouse Gas
A young start-up called Mango Materials has won a Green Challenge prize of $630,000 for its plan to use bacteria to turn the most...
London Fashion Students Hail Green as the New Black
Could "green" be the new black?
While stilettos are hitting the catwalks at Paris Fashion Week, students at London's Kingston University have taken up...
Emmy Awards Show Greener Than Ever
Hollywood's red carpet event Sunday was greener than ever, meeting Fox's goal for neutralizing the carbon footprint of the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards....
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically...
Ford Auto Parts Made of Mushrooms, Rather Than Plastic
Eben Bayer of Ecovative announced a new partnership with Ford to create compostable car parts from mushrooms.
Instead of wasting an enormous amount of energy...
SunChips Silences Its Earsplitting Bio-Bag
Frito-Lay last year unveiled the first biodegradable snack bag for a major brand, but the effort backfired somewhat and sales dropped when the SunChips...
Greenbutts Cigarette Filters Sprout Flowers When Planted
Good News Network doesn’t condone smoking cigarettes, of course, but we recognize that millions of people are addicted, and trillions of cigarette butts...
Eco-Friendly Cemetery Allows Burial Without Casket
A West Virginia county board of supervisors has approved the development of an ecologically friendly cemetery. A special-use permit approved this week...
New SunChips Bag is 100% Compostable
Frito Lay will roll out the world’s first 100% compostable chip bag in Canadian retail outlets beginning in March. The new SunChips packaging...
Scientists Poised to Begin Surgery to Help Cancer Victims Regrow Breasts
Australian scientists are poised to begin a three-year trial on a revolutionary surgery to help cancer victims regrow their breasts. The...
Yanks Make Difference by Going Green for World Series
During the 2009 World Series, which kicks off on Wednesday night in New York, a Green Team will be out amongst the fans...
Nine Reasons to Love the United Nations
The Nations of the world can gather this week with pride on the occasion of the 63rd session of the General Assembly of the...
Portland Hopes to Win the Battle of the Butts
Globally, over 2 billion cigarette butts are tossed to the ground every day, the most littered item in the US and the world. But...
Pope Leads Eco-Friendly Rally for Half Million Youth (Video)
The Catholic church held a massive "eco-friendly" youth festival in Italy pronouncing it to be "Save Creation Day." Biodegradable cutlery and trash bags were...