By Anupam

Eco Factor: Sophisticated tagging technology helps track waste.

We often throw out whatever is unwanted, and forget all about it. Since all that trash does actually end up polluting the scarce natural resources, researchers are trying to figure out a means to help reduce waste and prevent it from entering the food chain.

By Anupam

Eco Factor: Eco-friendly blimp powered by solar energy.

How about a silent and green ride from New York to Paris in a solar-powered blimp? Seems great, doesn’t it? The folks over at Turtle Airships, a Spanish company committed to delivering to the world a clean way to travel across continents, recognized the prospects and has been working on the design for over a year now. The company is now building a genuine solar-powered prototype that is expected to demonstrate the viability of solar energy to potential funders.

By Bryan Nelson

17 dams recently built on the Mekong River in Southeast Asia are threatening fisheries, destroying a vast ecosystem, and starving millions. And 11 more dams are currently in the planning process.

The dams already in place are blocking fish from traveling upstream to spawn, and the new dams– many of which will sit nearer the river’s headwaters– could threaten the entire river ecosystem.

By Aditi Justa

French farmers have started thinking beyond agriculture to earn a living. They have grabbed attention with their massive panels put up onto roofs on the sloping farms of the Vosges hills in eastern France. Many financiers are now preferring to invest in these small-scale energy projects rather than the big ones. A collective initiative by a small group of farmers has made it possible to increase farm income and at the same time assists France to meet up with the renewable energy targets.