Q&A with Kees de Gruiter  Underground Forest are reviving an ancient method of building on foundations of wooden piles driven into peat and clay. Burying tree trunks permanently stores the carbon they have accumulated over their lifespans, removing more carbon than any other form of forest management. By using wood instead of concrete for…

Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions (GEOS) is a program of Ocean Visions, a nonprofit conservation organization working to support ocean-based solutions to counter and reverse the impact of climate change on the ocean. GEOS aims to accelerate international collaboration on potentially crucial but unexplored solution pathways at the ocean-climate nexus, such as marine-based decarbonization,…

The team behind Boreal Biosequester wants to harness the power of methane-consuming microbes and spread them through forests to provide scalable, cost-effective solutions to combat methane in northern regions. Boreal Biosequester is a project from the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts, with fieldwork carried out on the Howland Research Forest in Maine.Dr.…

What makes a HERO?Sylvain: “A hero is a mobilizer. Someone who decides to rise and go beyond the status quo. They believe something extra is possible, convince others to take action, and help us all realize we can do more collectively. On our platform, however, it’s not just the mobilizers, it’s also the people supporting…

The Benelux is our Sandbox: an interview with Sacha Muller (Cleantech For Benelux) Cleantech refers to new technology and related business models offering competitive returns for investors and customers while providing solutions to global challenges. What topics are you mainly tackling with Cleantech for Benelux to make cleantech more prevalent?"We're focusing on three major obstacles…

Yerrawa, derived from the Aboriginal word for boomerang, develops a unique concept for a cost-effective catalytic carbonisation process, called Carbon Plus. It converts organic waste and plastics into solid carbon and hydrogen, thus contributing to the transition toward a circular no-waste economy. Paul O'Connor, founder, innovator and entrepreneur had been running around with the idea…