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The future of Sustainability

  • 57articles
  • 2016first covered
  • 1 Jun 2026latest update
  • 3linked technologies

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All 57 articles on Sustainability

  1. Frankfurt Airport installs the world’s first Solar FenceEarth and energy
  2. AI will consume as much water as a Billion people by 2030 warns UNEarth and energy
  3. Global growth in solar smashes all previous records for any energy sourceEarth and energy
  4. Google’s new Texas data center will cool itself without any waterComputing
  5. Researchers make Cellulose for packaging from air for the first timeIndustry and manufacturing
  6. These metal munching bacteria might help solve mining’s toxic waste problemEarth and energy
  7. These new organic batteries are trying to dethrone LiON batteriesEarth and energy
  8. The EU’s Carbon Border Tax is a world first for sustainable global manufacturingIndustry and manufacturing
  9. Nescafé’s new 3D printed biodegradable pop up store embraces regenerative architectureIndustry and manufacturing
  10. Privacy advocates cry foul after WEF publishes plans for personal carbon trackingConnected society
  11. Researchers have replaced concrete aggregate with rubber in world firstIndustry and manufacturing
  12. DNA tags in clothing fabrics are helping identify conflict cottonSecurity and privacy
  13. Volvo uses the world’s first green steel to make itself a dump truckIndustry and manufacturing
  14. BMW unveils the iVision, the world’s first Circular Economy car conceptTransport and mobility
  15. Reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050 could cost over $92 Trillion says BloombergEarth and energy
  16. Swedish company unveils the world’s first carbon free “Green steel”Industry and manufacturing
  17. DOE creates Digital Twins of every building in America to reduce CO2 emissionsEarth and energy
  18. Bacteria manage to recycle plastic into vanilla flavouring in weird world firstEarth and energy
  19. Green Bitcoin alternative Chia causes global hard drive shortagesConnected society
  20. David Attenborough backs new technology that can recycle all plasticsEarth and energy
  21. Airbus just unveiled three new radical zero-emission concept aircraftTransport and mobility
  22. BHS’s recycling robot is coming to help save the planetEarth and energy
  23. Innovation Shouldn’t Cost The Earth | AccountancyAge, Brussels | Matthew Griffin | Sustainability Keynote SpeakerArticles
  24. Promising solar energy breakthrough could replace blast furnacesEarth and energy
  25. World first as astronauts 3D print beef in spaceIndustry and manufacturing
  26. Scientists develop the world’s first infinitely recyclable plasticIndustry and manufacturing
  27. Adidas unveil world’s first fully recyclable sneakers that last you a lifetimeIndustry and manufacturing
  28. Artificial Photosynthesis breakthrough turns Carbon Dioxide into plasticIndustry and manufacturing
  29. BIG unveil Oceanix their floating city concept backed by the UNEarth and energy
  30. Colorful bio-engineered bacteria could end fashions obsession with toxic dyesIndustry and manufacturing
  31. “Green” concrete could help cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percentIndustry and manufacturing
  32. Food breakthrough lets researchers grow fish meat on demandIndustry and manufacturing
  33. Coffee without the coffee beans, “Molecular Coffee” has arrivedIndustry and manufacturing
  34. All new UK homes will be off the gas grid by 2025 says UK governmentEarth and energy
  35. Aleph Farms serves up the world’s first lab grown steakIndustry and manufacturing
  36. Emirates boss says future aircraft will be windowlessTransport and mobility
  37. A powerful battery breakthrough from MIT could usher in electric planesEarth and energy
  38. IBM breakthrough uses AI to make blockchain more energy efficientConnected society
  39. Virgin Atlantic completes world’s first biofuel trans Atlantic flightEarth and energy
  40. Scientists make biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxideIndustry and manufacturing
  41. Scientists produce smart windows that generate their own electricityEarth and energy
  42. Scientists use electro-charged nanoparticles to create liquid mirrorsIndustry and manufacturing
  43. Biodegradable plastics made from “Tree glue” could hit the shelves in five yearsIndustry and manufacturing
  44. New omniphobic material reduces maritime fuel consumption by upto 80 percentIndustry and manufacturing
  45. Milk and dairy products without the cow, Perfect Day re-invents dairyIndustry and manufacturing
  46. One in a billion enzyme that breaks down plastic found in Japanese dumpEarth and energy
  47. Google reportedly mulls investing in a hypersonic tunnelling boring companyEarth and energy
  48. Chinese scientists unveil a new material that heals itself like human skinIndustry and manufacturing
  49. ORNL’s new super fast ultrasonic dryer uses 70 percent less energyEarth and energy
  50. China launches the world’s first fully electric cargo shipTransport and mobility
  51. World first as scientists manage to make carbon fiber using plants, not oilIndustry and manufacturing
  52. Washing machines get a whole lot greener thanks to new Xeros polymer bead systemEarth and energy
  53. New solid state coolant could spell the end of exploding batteriesEarth and energy
  54. The Future of Sustainable Cities | ChangeNOW, Paris | Matthew Griffin | Smart Cities Keynote SpeakerArticles
  55. GE’s 3D printed engine sets new 3D printing recordIndustry and manufacturing
  56. From line to plate, Tuna gets its own blockchainConnected society
  57. The end of fossil fuels, Asia and Europe draw up a Global Energy GridEarth and energy

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How many articles has 311 Institute published about Sustainability?

311 Institute has published 57 articles about Sustainability since 2016, most recently on 1 June 2026.

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