Most developed countries import a massive amount of food – especially animal feed. Under any circumstances, this is unsustainable. But a new report from a French research body asserts that if we take just a few simple steps, most developed regions could easily locally sustain their populations’ projected future food requirements – and in an organic way too.
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Sweat Power
Wearable devices are all the rage. But the fly in the technological ointment is battery life. Limited by size, rechargeables run out too fast, button batteries are not sustainable and newer tech brings heat and potential burn dangers. But scientists are working on another wearable power source – sweat.
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Seaweed: The Answer to Cow Gas
Cows are bad for the environment. They constantly parp and belch out greenhouse gases as they munch on grass, and contributed the equivalent of a staggering 6,000 million tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere. But scientists in the US have discovered that a seaweed diet can help reduce bovine flatulence by a significant degree.