Best Practices
Smart soil sensors could reduce environmental damage from fertilizers
The chemPEGS sensor measures levels in the soil of ammonium, a compound converted to nitrites by soil bacteria.
Green payroll allows businesses to reduce their CO2 emissions
Businesses utilizing green payroll systems have significantly smaller carbon footprints.
How biology helps us re-imagine our cities in vexed times
Biological metaphors for the city abound. You may live close to an “arterial” road or in the “heart” of a metropolis.
Scientists devise a new way to decarbonize heavy industry
The new technology captures CO2 locks it into a solid state to keep it from escaping into the atmosphere.
Black-eyed peas can help farmers abandon harmful fertilizers
To make agriculture more sustainable, a focus needs to be on the plant's ability to get services from microbes in the soil.
Prominent manufacturers lead the way on sustainability
There are many benefits to reap by adopting these practices, and the manufacturing sector is reaping them.