Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed a liquid battery which could charge electric cars in seconds. The technology uses a metal oxide, described by the researchers as an…

The world’s largest beach cleanup has cleared more than 4 million pounds of trash What began as a small group of concerned citizens taking action has spiraled into the largest…

Students in the Netherlands have created the Lina, a car that is intentionally biodegradable. The TU/Ecomotive team at the Eindhoven University of Technology created the body shell of the car…

As Eileen Townsend writes in the New York Times, drag artists are going beyond gender politics into the realm of the post-human, alien and apocalyptic.  One performer is ‘Hungry’: the creation of…

GE, the Ultimate Global Player, Is Turning Local General Electric’s flood-challenged new locomotive plant in India, among other local manufacturing efforts, shows how it’s radically shifting its business model to…

A Sydney-based company has inadvertently discovered a means of producing a low-cost but high-quality source of vegetable protein. Alternative Fuel Corporation (AFC) is primarily a biofuel company. However, it has…

Dorms for Grownups: A Solution for Lonely Millennials? In a new model of living, residents will have their own “microunits” built around a shared living space for cooking, eating and…

In November, the coalition government in Germany passed a law to close the gender gap in board level executives. The new law reverses an unsuccessful, voluntary system established in 2016…

The University of Edinburgh announced that it is divesting from fossil fuels, making them the largest UK university endowment fund to be free of coal, oil and gas holdings. Prior to…

  Hello! So you’ve heard about signals of change and you want to hone your senses to spot them in the wild. You’re in the right place! Here’s a starter…

A survey carried out by D-CYFOR shows that 61% of UK public don’t think enough is being done by the government to encourage companies to use recyclable packaging. A “latte…

Gwyneth Fries on Twitter No way! Amazon and big apartment landlords strike deals on package delivery @FuturesCentre #fctracker https://t.co/tr5uVS1QID via @WSJ

Wing Aviation, a start-up by Alphabet (Google’s parent company), is the first and only company worldwide that has received governmental approval to carry out commercial deliveries by drones. Under the current…

In a quiet mutiny, auto, mass transit, transport and more industries are seeking to abandon polluting energy sources and are investing in hydrogen fuel cells. One major player betting on…

Carol Brighton on Twitter FutureofFood #SignalOfChange: @ccecornell #Hydroponics #Aquaculture and #Aquaponics Learning Labs at @FoodFinanceHS #EcoSchool in Manhattan. https://t.co/tggKibYfKr

Native Americans are buying back land and rebuilding territories.  After hundreds of years of relegation to ‘reservations’, tribes across the US are increasingly buying back lands lost during colonization.  Beginning…

Following pressure and engagement from activists and environmental organizations, BlackRock voted in favor of a shareholder resolution to identify further opportunities to combat deforestation and degradation of intact forests in…

Carol Brighton on Twitter China is decoupling the myth that economic growth & #carbon emissions are linked #SignalofChange https://t.co/QkkBAXrR6o via @Futurism

Findings in a report titled “Bankrolling Extinction” produced by portfolio.earth, a new initiative led by finance, economics and environmental experts to better understand the role of the finance industry in…

India plans nearly 60% of electricity capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2027 The Indian government has forecast that it will exceed the renewable energy targets set in Paris last year…

On October 21, 150 live cattle were flown from Australia to China for slaughter on a Boeing 747 cargo plane. Crates containing the animals were placed on the plane’s cargo…