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Scarlett Buckley

Scarlett Buckley is a London-based freelance sustainability writer with an MSc in Creative Arts & Mental Health.

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Helios: An Out-of-This-World Solution for Decarbonizing Steelmaking
Helios: An Out-of-This-World Solution for Decarbonizing Steelmaking

Innovation & Technology / Inspired by work on lunar resource extraction, the Helios Cycle creates zero direct emissions and uses 30% less energy than traditional methods of extracting iron — offering transformational potential for the heavy-emitting steel industry. - 4 days ago

Bioengineered Plants Offer Superior Indoor Air Purification
Bioengineered Plants Offer Superior Indoor Air Purification

Innovation & Technology / Neoplants' microbiome system uses advanced science and nature to purify indoor air 30 times more effectively than regular plants, offering a continuous and energy-efficient solution to improve air quality in homes and offices. - 3 weeks ago

This Startup Floats a Biomimetic Solution to Microplastic Pollution
This Startup Floats a Biomimetic Solution to Microplastic Pollution

Innovation & Technology / PolyGone Systems has developed the world's first portable, affordable, low-maintenance microplastic collection device — aiming to help restore the health of waterways and marine life worldwide. - 1 month ago

erthos: Giving the Plastics Industry an AI-Driven, Biobased Upgrade
erthos: Giving the Plastics Industry an AI-Driven, Biobased Upgrade

Materials & Packaging / The Toronto-based startup creates high-performance biomaterials that seamlessly integrate into manufacturing systems and supply chains five times faster than industry standard — eliminating a barrier to widespread adoption. - 1 month ago

Upright: The World’s First Database for Measuring Corporate Net Impacts
Upright: The World’s First Database for Measuring Corporate Net Impacts

Innovation & Technology / The Upright Project’s net-impact model measures companies’ positive and negative impacts on the environment, health, society and knowledge — enabling smarter decision-making for investors, companies and their customers. - 2 months ago

This DTC Marketplace Fosters Fairer Trade for Smallholder Food Producers
This DTC Marketplace Fosters Fairer Trade for Smallholder Food Producers

Supply Chain / R-ainbow connects small food producers around the world with nearby buyers in real time — reducing logistical expenses and emissions, and boosting prices for farmers and transparency and trust within the food supply chain. - 2 months ago

This Company Upcycles Waste Wood Into a Better Building Material
This Company Upcycles Waste Wood Into a Better Building Material

Circular Economy / Cambium’s thermally modified wood transforms wood waste into a valuable resource — reducing carbon emissions in the built environment, promoting local job training and supporting urban-reforestation initiatives. - 3 months ago

Turning the Tide: A Startup’s Mission to Restore Balance to Coastal Ecosystems
Turning the Tide: A Startup’s Mission to Restore Balance to Coastal Ecosystems

Innovation & Technology / Thalasso’s technology harvests invasive sargassum seaweed, while its micro-biorefineries turn the ecosystem-disrupting material into a circular-economic revenue generator for affected communities. - 4 months ago

This Startup Aims to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth, But at What Cost?
This Startup Aims to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth, But at What Cost?

Innovation & Technology / Colossal Biosciences says its work to revive keystone species such as the mammoth could be a boon for ecological restoration and biodiversity preservation, but conservationists say it could become a moral and ethical quagmire. - 5 months ago

A Buzzworthy Solution: The World's First Government-Approved Bee Vaccine
A Buzzworthy Solution: The World's First Government-Approved Bee Vaccine

Innovation & Technology / Dalan Animal Health introduces the inaugural USDA conditionally licensed vaccine for honeybees, providing a prophylactic solution to safeguard the global honeybee population from lethal infectious diseases. - 6 months ago

Could Supercharging Starch Production Secure Our Food Future?
Could Supercharging Starch Production Secure Our Food Future?

Innovation & Technology / ClimateCrop is boosting starch metabolism in plants through non-GMO gene editing — enhancing crop resilience to climate change, increasing yields, and offering a sustainable solution to future farming challenges. - 6 months ago

Startup Using Biomimicry to Break Textile Dyeing Down to Its DNA
Startup Using Biomimicry to Break Textile Dyeing Down to Its DNA

Materials & Packaging / Colorifix's technology uses DNA sequencing to replicate nature's hues into sustainable pigments, curbing the industry's overreliance on water- and chemical-intensive dyeing processes. - 7 months ago

This 'SeaFeed' Could Be a Game-Changing Solution to Livestock Emissions
This 'SeaFeed' Could Be a Game-Changing Solution to Livestock Emissions

Innovation & Technology / Australian startup Sea Forest’s seaweed-based feed supplements significantly reduce methane emissions from ruminant livestock. - 7 months ago

How SustainCERT and Regrow Ag Are Transforming Cotton Cultivation
How SustainCERT and Regrow Ag Are Transforming Cotton Cultivation

Supply Chain / SustainCERT, through its Value Change Initiative and partnership with Regrow Ag, is working to promote resilience across the cotton value chain. - 8 months ago

How Stonyfield Organic and Regrow Are Building a Resilient Dairy Industry
How Stonyfield Organic and Regrow Are Building a Resilient Dairy Industry

Supply Chain / The two have partnered to help Stonyfield build out a program aligned with its science-based climate targets that empowers its farmers with actionable insights to bolster emission-reduction and carbon-sequestration efforts. - 8 months ago

This App Could Be Key to Securing Fisher Livelihoods, Restoring Fish Stocks
This App Could Be Key to Securing Fisher Livelihoods, Restoring Fish Stocks

Supply Chain / Abalobi's easily scalable app enables traceability previously unseen in small-scale fisheries and connects fishers directly with buyers — reducing dependency on middlemen, resulting in fairer prices and ethical produce for consumers. - 8 months ago

How Netafim Is Helping Build Resilience in Rice Production
How Netafim Is Helping Build Resilience in Rice Production

Innovation & Technology / Through a partnership with Regrow Ag, precision-agriculture business Netafim is helping rice farmers worldwide to seamlessly adopt climate-smart farming practices. - 8 months ago

Startup on a Mission to UNDO Climate Change by ‘Putting Carbon in Its Place’
Startup on a Mission to UNDO Climate Change by ‘Putting Carbon in Its
Place’

Innovation & Technology / Using enhanced rock weathering to draw down carbon from the atmosphere, UNDO aims to spread enough crushed rock on farmlands by 2025 to permanently remove 1M tons of CO2. - 9 months ago

Air Company: Fueling the Shift from Emissions to Resources
Air Company: Fueling the Shift from Emissions to Resources

Innovation & Technology / After launching with consumer products vodka and perfume, the carbon-capture innovator is now banking on turning the world’s most abundant pollutant into sustainable aviation fuel. - 10 months ago

A Sound Solution: How Palmear Is Revolutionizing Palm Tree Pest Control
A Sound Solution: How Palmear Is Revolutionizing Palm Tree Pest Control

Innovation & Technology / Palmear’s acoustic-sensing, AI-powered app helps farmers monitor palm tree pest populations and deploy targeted interventions for effective control. - 10 months ago