Scarlett Buckley is a London-based freelance sustainability writer with an MSc in Creative Arts & Mental Health.
Scarlett Buckley
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Could These Experimental Innovations Help Save Arctic Sea Ice?
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Existing approaches to mitigating climate change and Arctic ice melt are proceeding too slowly. Therefore, scientists and innovators are crafting creative, unconventional ways to preserve and restore Arctic ice — here are two wildly different approaches being tested. - 6 days ago
Next-Gen Underwater Turbines Blow Wind Model Out of the Water
Cleantech / Brazilian startup TidalWatt has rethought underwater turbines — theirs are 60x smaller and produce 3x as much energy as wind turbines, are harmless to marine life, and promote the formation of artificial reefs. - 3 weeks ago
Meet the World's First Vegan Honey — A Sustainable Solution to a Sticky Problem?
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Oakland-based startup MeliBio has created the world's first vegan honey — molecularly identical to the bee-made version, but a delicious and sustainable alternative that supports bee biodiversity. - 1 month ago
Energy Startup’s Biomimetic Solar Trees Planting Roots for a Net-Zero Future
Cleantech / Inspired by nature, SolarBotanic’s solar trees use leaf-shaped, thin-film, photovoltaic nanotechnology to harness both sun and eventually wind energy to power houses, charge EVs or be stored for future use. - 1 month ago
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This Company’s 3D-Printed Terracotta Tiles Are Paving the Way for Coral Restoration
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Archireef has developed the world’s first-ever biomimetic, artificial reef tile — promoting coral survivorship and growth in an environmentally friendly, adaptive and scalable way. - 2 months ago
This Aquatic Robot Is Making a Meal Out of Marine Waste
Product, Service & Design Innovation / RanMarine has created the world’s first autonomous marine robot. Utilizing drone technology, it can collect up to 500 kg of plastic waste and destructive biomass each day, harmoniously clearing up and monitoring our waters. - 3 months ago
Wikkelboats Bringing Life, Recreation, Sustainable Design Opportunities to Unused Urban Waterways
Product, Service & Design Innovation / These biodegradable, floating houses are revitalizing abandoned European harbors, creating recreational spaces for everyone to enjoy while inspiring the masses to make more sustainable design choices. - 3 months ago
E-Waste No More: Fairphone and Framework Show a Better Way Forward for Personal Electronics
Waste Not / Recycling, circular industry partnerships and marketplaces for refurbished devices are growing in popularity, but they won’t be a match for the tech industry’s throwaway approach anytime soon. But some smaller, more intrepid brands are proving the validity and demand for longer-lasting, easy-to-repair electronics. - 3 months ago
This Company Is Sowing the Seeds for a Scalable Regenerative Ag Revolution
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Regrow’s climate-smart digital platform is making regenerative farming accessible and scalable for scientists, farm advisors, growers and conservationists, while pushing food giants toward their net-zero goals. - 4 months ago
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Tyre Collective Stops Sneaky Source of Pollution on Road to True Zero-Emission Mobility
Product, Service & Design Innovation / EVs might mitigate tailpipe emissions; but cars emit another massive, overlooked form of pollution: Tire particles. The Tyre Collective is spearheading the monitor of tire wear and capturing tire particles at the source. - 4 months ago
This Startup Is Enhancing the Ocean’s Ability to Store Carbon, Reversing Acidification
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Ebb Carbon’s pioneering carbon-removal technology combines with electrochemistry to accelerate the ocean's natural process of carbon removal, safely storing it for 10,000+ years, whilst simultaneously reducing ocean acidity — helping heal one of our strongest assets in the climate change fight. - 5 months ago
Like ‘Majik’: This Kenyan Startup Is Producing Clean Drinking Water from Thin Air
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Majik Water has found an ingenious way to capture the water from the atmosphere, even in arid regions — harnessing a limitless resource and providing a sustainable solution for thousands of Kenyans, with a goal of reaching 100M people by 2030. - 5 months ago
World’s First Robotic Beekeeper on Mission to Repopulate and Protect Global Honeybee Populations
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Israeli startup Beewise is reinventing beekeeping through AI technology and automation, and significantly improving pollination and honey yields with its smart, networked hives. - 5 months ago
Meet the Company Turning Wine Waste into a Delectable Superfood Treat
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Through its ongoing research and growing product offerings, WellVine aims to become the world’s premier source of plant-based nutrition and illustrate how upcycling can not only reduce food waste but demonstrate the highest and best use of a remarkable global food source. - 6 months ago
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This Startup Is Determined to Provide ‘Plenty’ of Jobs and Leafy Greens All Year Round
Product, Service & Design Innovation / By teaming up with retail leader Walmart, San Francisco-based Plenty is set to supply California (for starters) with healthy, sustainable food at an affordable price, using only 1% of the land needed for traditional farming. - 7 months ago
Norwegian Startup Lighting the Way for Sea Change in Renewable Energy Solutions
Cleantech / Sunlit Sea’s prefabricated, floating solar panels optimize longevity, power production and safety, whilst taking a fraction of the time and cost to install. - 7 months ago
Mocktail Club Raises the Bar for Sophisticated, Sustainable, Socially Conscious (Non)Spirits
Product, Service & Design Innovation / Founder Pauline Idogho and her diverse team of BIPOC women have created a line of globally inspired, ready-to-drink, organic, non-alcoholic cocktails that support environmental sustainability and social health and inclusion around the world. - 8 months ago
Meet StoreDot: The Startup That Used Neuroscience to Revolutionize EV Batteries
Cleantech / Thanks to a unique, interdisciplinary approach to addressing ‘range anxiety’ due to limited battery life, the Israeli startup has reinvented the EV battery with a breakthrough that could finally leapfrog EVs into the mainstream. - 8 months ago
Seeing Stars: Reconnecting Humanity with a Flick of a Switch
Product, Service & Design Innovation / When the city of Franeker, Netherlands, turned off its lights for a night to reveal the now-rarely seen splendor of the night sky, it was a reminder of our inextricable link to each other and our universe. - 1 year ago
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These ‘Friendly’ Insects Could Make Our Most Deadly, Destructive Pests Drop Like Flies
Cleantech / Oxitec’s Friendly™ technology has created self-limiting versions of some of our most deadly and destructive insect pests — a safe, targeted solution that has the potential to protect human populations, food crops and livelihoods globally. - 1 year ago