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A Team of Maverick Engineers Want to Roll the Geological Clock Back on Sinai and Replace Desert with Lush Greenery

[ad_1] Sinai Desert / Florian Prischl, CC license A pioneering Dutch land engineer wants to turn the Sinai Desert into the Sinai Forest, using techniques demonstrated on a large scale in China. Theorizing that since it has been confirmed that even primitive human activity can permanently degrade a landscape, with effort it should be perfectly…

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Circular economy: six trash-busting startups that are reimagining rubbish

[ad_1] Europe’s first start-up award for circular economy has revealed its 2021 shortlist of finalists. From carbon-negative building materials to plastic made from old clothes, nominees offer novel solutions to pressing problems. Until recently, the concept of circular economy was a marginal concern. In the context of a looming ecological crisis, progressive thinkers realized that…