Clean Cities
High-tech CityTrees suck up air pollution
The air in bustling towns and cities tend to be polluted all year round. Countless vehicles keep spewing harmful particulate matters into the air, creating a lingering miasma of pollutants. Imagine, though, if we could somehow devise a method that
Having the vision to green our cities
The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Already more than half of the world’s population (54%) lives in towns and cities. That number, according to the UN, could well swell to two-thirds, or 66%, by 2050 when another 2.5 billion people
Europe sets out to tackle its waste problems
Currently less than a third, or 30%, of the 25 million tons of plastic waste collected for recycling within the European Union gets recycled. By 2025, however, that amount will have almost doubled to 55%; by 2030, to 60%; and
Electric cars will come into their own worldwide
In industrialized nations like the United States vehicles with internal combustion engines account for a fifth of all CO2 emissions, emitting 19 pounds of heat-trapping gasses for every gallon of gasoline. With millions upon millions of gasoline-guzzling vehicles on roads,
A Plyscraper in the Sky
A skyscraper from wood? Sounds fanciful, but that’s what a Japanese company is planning to construct. Sumitomo Forestry, which was founded in 1691, says it will build the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper for the Tokyo-based company’s 350th anniversary in 2041.