Secondhand clothing is big business, but is it truly green?

ThredUp says the secondhand clothing market could exceed $50 billion in revenue by 2023. What's the most sustainable way to do business?

Matthew Biddle-Buffalo • futurity
Nov. 15, 2021 ~5 min

Corporate sustainability fails by selling more stuff

A new book examines how corporate sustainability efforts have failed. Selling lots of green products is, after all, still untenable consumerism.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Nov. 9, 2021 ~8 min


Skylights are an untapped resource for heating homes

Calculations indicate that passive solar systems could offer a third of the heat needed to warm homes in the United States.

U. Oregon • futurity
Nov. 8, 2021 ~6 min

Mutant microbe produces carbon-neutral biofuel

Researchers have modified a microbe so it can make a biofuel using only three ingredients: carbon dioxide, solar panel-generated electricity, and light.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Nov. 4, 2021 ~6 min

Climate could ruin the flavor of your coffee

Climate change stands to alter the flavor and aroma of your morning coffee, a research review finds.

Lisa LaPoint-Tufts • futurity
Oct. 27, 2021 ~4 min

Sustainability may have roots in Palau 3,000 years ago

New research finds evidence of a sustainable shift in behavior by people in Palau 3,000 years ago.

Kristin Strommer-Oregon • futurity
Sept. 30, 2021 ~5 min

‘Blue’ food may be a green way to feed more people

Five new papers offer evidence that aquatic food, aka "blue food," could fight malnutrition while increasing sustainability.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Sept. 17, 2021 ~8 min

Could we use CO2 from car exhaust to grow food?

It may be possible to capture CO2 and water from passenger car exhaust and use them to grow food in urban greenhouses.

Texas A&M University • futurity
Sept. 15, 2021 ~7 min


Your food choices may add or cut minutes of healthy life

Certain food choices add minutes of healthy life, and others do the opposite, say researchers. Here's what they say to eat or avoid.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 19, 2021 ~7 min

Millions more people exposed to floods since 2000

As many as 86 million more people are now inside flood-prone regions than before 2000, satellite imagery indicates.

Lori Harwood-Arizona • futurity
Aug. 19, 2021 ~7 min

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