Eco-Innovation

Whether you’re looking to cut costs at an existing warehouse or planning to construct a new one, these strategies will help you save money and stay ahead of the competition.  Interior of a pharmaceutical warehouse in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO: Courtesy By EB Content Studio Warehouses are at the core of many commercial operations in Kenya

Fairphone is striving to stretch the lifetime of a phone over five years, so double the average lifespan currently. By Euronews Want a smartphone that doesn’t cost the earth? Here’s how Fairphone tackles e-waste, environmental damage and exploitation. Mobile phones are set to outnumber human beings two to one in the next couple of years,

The high cost of prosthetics means only one out of 10 people in need are able to access them globally, with the World Health Organization warning that such exclusion adds to the burden of disability. By AFP Two portraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a makeshift laboratory on Nairobi’s outskirts, inspiring a

He collects frames from old motorbikes, removes the engines and replaces them with a battery and a motor to propel the bike that runs on a 60V direct current By Charlotte Elton Your old laptop battery might one day power an electric bike. When Kenyan physics teacher Paul Waweru’s electric motorbike stopped working, he couldn’t travel to work.

A report issued by climate consultancies Globant and Inmarsat has highlighted a number of avenues through which satellite imaging could limit emissions By EB Content Studio and Agencies New data modelling of the potential of satellite imaging has pointed a path to the future. The climate consultancies Globant and Inmarsat have worked together to determine

The MARS system will rely on an existing network of space satellites to spot methane plumes around the globe, estimate how big they are, and identify the company or government responsible By Reuters The UN’s environment watchdog said on Friday it will launch a public database of global methane leaks detected by space satellites. It

Named after a Greek sea god who predicts the future, Proteus is a 38-metre-wide circular solar farm, fitted with 180 double-sided panels By Joshua Askew   An innovative floating solar farm in the Netherlands is soaking up the rays. Proteus, developed by the Portuguese company Solaris Float, is a circular island of solar panels that bobs on top of water, generating