I never expected to sell pencils. The brand I've built has grown into a $1.7 million sustainability business.

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Michael Stausholm bought a pencil that could be planted by MIT students.

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Inside Gen Z's obsession with renting everything

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A for rent sign being used as a clothing rack

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Solar jobs are in high demand and have a low barrier to entry — now is the time to break into the industry

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Aerial view of suburban houses with a wave pattern of solar panels covering rooftops
Solar-installation jobs are expected to grow significantly by 2032.

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Germany and Italy are the biggest climate laggards in Europe, study finds

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Parked tractors block a highway during a farmers' protest near Mollerussa, northeast Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
Tractors block a highway during a farmers' protest in northeastern Spain in February.

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How flying taxis could go mainstream

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An eVTOL flying through abstract 5G-themed shapes.

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This article is part of "5G and Connectivity Playbook," a series exploring some of our time's most important tech innovations.

Gardin is using generative AI and synthetic data to drive plant growth — here's how

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Gardin sensors can measure plant health by monitoring how well a plant is photosynthesizing.

Gardin

A startup is using woodchips to make synthetic graphite for EV batteries

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Wood chips
CarbonScape uses leftover woodchips to produce graphite.

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As world leaders gather for COP28 one question looms - who will pay for the green transition?

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World leaders are meeting at COP28 in Dubai this month.

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Carnival CEO says charging passengers an extra fee to help cover rising fuel costs is 'certainly not off the table'

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Cruise ship Carnival Valor docked in Marseille.
Carnival can charge passengers a "fuel supplement" fee of up to $9 per day without prior notice if the price of crude oil rises above $70 per barrel, according to the cruise line's contract of carriage.

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AI has a big, dirty problem that is tarnishing Big Tech's environmental image

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Facebook data center under construction in Eagle Mountain, Utah, in 29109
Construction workers building a new Facebook data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, in May 2019.

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