Idea Watch
Stories about the people and projects pushing the boundaries of climate mitigation and sustainability
Let the best of Anthropocene come to you.
Nuclear power is in a hole. To get out, this start-up kept digging
They’re betting that they can take the cost out of nuclear power—and solve it’s waste problem — by putting small reactors a mile underground.
Wheat on Repeat
A tantalizing new breed of climate-friendly crops never need replanting
The Anthropocene already exists in our heads
Even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch.
Why is it so hard to change our clothes?
You really are never going to feel the same way about your plastic disposable water bottle as you do about your clothes.
Geothermal Power Anywhere
Heat percolates upward from the Earth’s core everywhere in the world. So why can’t it be tapped everywhere, too?
How to jumpstart a market for a product that doesn’t yet exist
An economic tool that brought the world life-saving vaccines could now unlock billions for carbon removal.
The pelicans that brought peace to a troubled corner of Europe
Environmental peacebuilding shows that restoring nature can also heal conflicts
Designing a More Climate-Friendly Cow
The world has spent a century pumping up cows to produce more milk and meat. Can we now reinvent them to produce less damaging methane?
David and The Upcycled Garbage Truck
David Beckham’s $500,000 electric Jaguar conversion could unleash a carbon-free Goliath—the kind that picks up your trash
What do you get when you cross ecology, acoustics, and artificial intelligence?
A wholesale revolution in wildlife science
