Turning Food Waste Into Clothing with Mi Terro
This week on The Biofriendly Podcast we welcome Robert Luo, CEO and founder of the Los Angeles biotech start-up, Mi Terro, which converts food waste into sustainable material for clothing, packaging and medical supplies. Robert shares his inspiring story of how Mi Terro began, and that we don’t need to cry over spilled milk… we make it into a t-shirt!
Faraday Future with Tobin Kirk
As the electric car revolution gains momentum, a 1,050 horsepower luxury option enters the playing field known as the FF 91 by tech-company, Faraday Future. This week we are joined by Faraday Future’s own Tobin Kirk who shares some of the futuristic features with Noel and Jacob as we envision a world with silent cars, customizable screens, and maybe just maybe… bubbles.
Refreeze the Arctic
In a recent International Design Competition for creative ways to fight climate change, Noel and Jacob learn about an out-of-the-icebox concept for refreezing the Arctic that placed as the runner up to a rather funereal sounding first place winner.
Cloning Mammoths To Save The Planet
With all of the tragic headlines about the most recent fires in the Amazon, everyone is anxious to know ways they can help, so Noel and Jacob research how much of the Earth’s forests are clear-cut every single year and what you can do to stop it.
How To Stop A Fire In The Amazon
With all of the tragic headlines about the most recent fires in the Amazon, everyone is anxious to know ways they can help, so Noel and Jacob research how much of the Earth’s forests are clear-cut every single year and what you can do to stop it.
Wasted Heat
This week Noel and Jacob struggle to find an uplifting article about our environment until they stumble upon some risqué words about carbon nanotubes, and invent new solar technology that could keep you cool as you eat a slice of Doom Pizza.
Renewable Energy: Wind Turbines On a Smaller Scale
Wind turbines are a sight many people are used to seeing, if not in and around their cities and towns, at least on the news. Collecting energy from the power of the wind is one of many renewable energy sources. It’s right up there along with solar and hydroelectric power. Here in California we see wind […]
Solar Edition of the Weekly Greens
Image by Stefano Paltera, U.S. Dept of Energy / Creative Commons Happy Monday! This week I decided to start off the week with a solar edition of my weekly greens. There has been so much, good and not so good, news about the solar industry recently that I figured it might be good to gather […]