Picture Credit: Jeremiah Thoronka Jeremiah Thoronka, a 21-year-old Sierra Leonean student, who invented a device that uses kinetic energy from traffic and pedestrians to generate clean power, has won the 2021 Chegg.org Global Student Prize. The prize is worth $100,000. This year also saw US teacher Keishia Thorpe named as the winner of the 2021 …
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Bhubaneswar: Prominent E-Commerce based Asian direct selling company QNET announced a new project in partnership with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) through its social impact arm, the RYTHM Foundation, to bring solar energy to remote tribal communities in the state of Meghalaya and upgrade the healthcare infrastructure in the region. The project titled, ‘Empowering North-East India’ …
After working in the corporate world for 9 years, Namrutha Ramanathan started questioning herself about her goals in life. She didn’t want to work for someone else’s dreams. That’s when she took up entrepreneurship and started a business in turning textile waste into products of everyday use. What started initially as a side hustle to …
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A new study warns that if net zero emission targets are to be met, industry must considerably speed up investments in green technology that would allow the manufacturing of materials using renewable energy. National strategies for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources will need an integrated approach to material production and energy use. In order to …
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Advancement signals another milestone toward creating the world’s most sustainable food package As demand for sustainable packaging continues to grow, Tetra Pak has expanded production of aseptic cartons made with sugarcane-based polyethylene (PE) coatings to their Denton, Texas converting plant. The cartons incorporating plant-based PE will come with a plant-based cap, also derived from sugarcane. …
