It’s a fun one this week as we explore some of the most interesting and unusual sustainability solutions and environment-saving action plans the internet has to offer! We’re talking about robot-bees, plastics made from fish waste, bicycles and towers which suck smog out from the air, toilets which convert urine into electricity, shower curtains which grow spikes to kick you out and save water… aaannd all kinds of other things!
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Things we spoke about:
- Marinatex plastic made from organic fish waste: https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/2019/project/marinatex/
- Spiky shower curtain: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/spiky-shower-curtain-gets-you-out-of-hot-water-to-help-save-the-environment_n_55b65012e4b0224d8832caeb?ri18n=true
- Tokyo Electricity Forecast: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/forecast/html/index-e.html
- Smog-free bicycles:https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/smog-free-bicycle
- Beijing smog-sucking tower: https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/smog-free-tower
https://www.fastcompany.com/40421177/this-giant-smog-vacuum-cleaner-in-china-actually-works
- Building underneath glaciers and ice sheets: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/20/build-walls-on-seafloor-to-stop-glaciers-melting-scientists-say
- Harvard's Robo-Bees:https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/robobees-autonomous-flying-microrobots/
- Nigeria Plastic Bottle Houses:
https://www.dw.com/en/doing-your-bit-nigerias-houses-made-from-plastic-bottles/av-48013059
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14722179
We have tees! Get yourself a sustainable FWIE teeshirt here: https://forwhatitsearth.teemill.com
Wonderful theme music by Mark Skinner Sound
84: Air Pollution (Psst. We’re on a break!)
83: Forget Me Not, with author Sophie Pavelle
82. Sam Gandy on Nature Connection, plus Psychedelics and Beavers?
81: BOGS! (Again) Celebrating natural carbon sequestration for #WorldBogDay
80: Eco-Anxiety. What is it, and how can we deal with it?
79: Antarctica. Can we protect it, or survive without it? With Ryan Dalton
78: Sports! Can we make them more sustainable?
77: Save the Seagrass, Save Ourselves?
76: Concrete: Cutting Construction’s Carbon Footprint with Adam Gittins
75: Bats! Why Bats Are Important And How To Save Them
74: Saving Fish and Top Pond Tips, With Wildlife Cameraman Jack Perks
73: Nina Constable on Fish Passes, Filmmaking and Families
72: Steve Simpson on Coral Reefs, Global Change, Eco Grief and Hope
71: Botanist Leif Bersweden on Plants & Climate Change
70: Rewilding and Reptiles, with Harvey Tweats
69: Conservation in Africa and life in the bush, with Rosie Miles
68: Birds of Prey! With Tom Morath from Hawk Conservancy Trust
67: Ho, ho, how to have a sustainable Christmas! (Again)
66: Australia on fire: BURNING with Emmy and Oscar Award-Winning Filmmaker Eva Orner
65: Cambo: Oil, Gas and Cheesy Bottom Sponges
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