From swordfish to blue jeans: How a Japanese craftsman turns waste into wear
JStories — In Kesennuma, a small coastal city in northeastern Japan, the sea has long sustained ...
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Turning waste into wealth with insect-based biotech
Food waste has become an escalating global issue, increasing at a pace that existing solutions struggle ...
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Turning tempura oil into Fuel: 30 years of environmental efforts by Tokyo entrepreneur
Turning Tokyo into an oil field—president Someya Yumi of U's Corporation has been working to protect ...
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An environment-friendly super-absorbent polymer saves farming villages from drought
J-STORIES - Climate change is causing water shortages across the world. Drought already affects the livelihoods ...
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Concrete solutions: Self-healing concrete to solve building problems
J-STORIES - Japan’s big construction woes may be solved by a small, unexpected solution: bacteria. This ...
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Greening the desert with trash
J-STORIES - The sight of local Niger women throwing kitchen waste out into the African desert ...
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Breathing new life into old wood
J-STORIES - In January, a wooden objet d'art from Japan attracted the attention of visitors to ...
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High-tech solutions to global problem
J-STORIES- A Japanese startup is looking at ways to help solve problems centering around a resource ...
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