Joi Scientific, Harvesting Hydrogen from Seawater. Interview with Chairman and CEO, Traver Kennedy
Will hydrogen be the ultimate source of clean energy and power for the future? Joi Scientific certainly believes so, having developed a technology that will enable the harvesting of hydrogen gas from seawater at a competitive cost. Joi Scientific likes
Sustainable Energy for All: A Challenge for the Poorest Countries
Energy, whether it be in regard to poverty or transition, is essential to human life and society, naturally putting it at the forefront of the news. The United Nations launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative in 2012 (SE4 all); in
Contributing to SDG #7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Today, over 75% of the global energy supply comes from fossil fuels like gas, oil and coal. Whilst this type of production is a reliable source of energy (as long as we have access to the raw materials), it is
Building a Sustainable Future: Architecture in Copenhagen
The Danish capital of Copenhagen is often considered among the leading proprietors of innovation in sustainable living. One of the most significant tenants of this ideology is architecture and the practices used in these sustainable building principles. The following are
Social Design Lab: an Interview with Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde is an innovative environmentalist. He is the founder and owner of Studio Roosegaarde, where he has worked on several groundbreaking creative projects with his team of designers and engineers. One of the recent projects to come out of the Studio is
The role of construction in our greener future
We all have a part to play in our greener future. From small-scale recycling to reducing our daily use of plastics and disposables, the everyday Joe can make a credible contribution to a better way of life. A shared mission
How Blockchain could promote global sustainability
There’s no doubt that blockchain is growing to be one of the biggest buzzwords of 2018. Blockchain is a continuous list of records (blocks) which are tied together and secured by cryptography (chains) and is almost impossible to modify a
Solar-e-Cycles: Supporting Development in Africa. Interview with Roger Christen
Around 85% of people in the world have access to electricity, but in sub-Saharan Africa that number drops to 40%. The global disparity of electricity access is not something that many of us think about in our everyday lives, but
Pavegen, paving the way to sustainability. Interview with Laurence Kemball-Cook
Founded by Laurence Kemball-Cook, Pavegen is an exciting company which seeks to harvest energy and data from human footsteps. Achieving greater sustainability and working to reverse climate change are increasingly necessary objectives, and Pavegen’s unique technologies seek to do just
Still Fighting on the Front Lines: Puerto Rico’s Energy Warriors
It’s been five months since Hurricane Maria devastated the Caribbean. The rest of the world may have moved on to other news, but Puerto Ricans are still battling mudslides and eroded trees, garbage in the sewers, contaminated water, and limited
Watermills in Austrian Galicia, or energy and population
It was in 2014, I think, that I read that small piece of information in Fernand Braudel’s masterpiece ‘Civilisation and Capitalism’ (Braudel 1981). According to official documents of the Habsburg Empire, in my home region, Lesser Poland (Austrian Galicia under
Road to SDG7: The Future Is Sunny
In just one and a half hours, the amount of sunlight that reaches the Earth is enough to cover the entire world’s energy needs for one year. We have access to a cheap, and mass-produced technology that can convert this