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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

📰 Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for Chemicals in Organic Strawberry Farming 🍓 🗒 "The steam is used to kill soil bacteria, fungi, and weeds which can harm, kill, or delay strawberry plants" […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of a person's arms picking strawberries and putting them in a container. The photo is taken from above, and the person's photo is outside the shot.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

📰 Australia sets a new renewable energy record, with rooftop solar leading the way 🗒 On Sept 22, solar and wind energy met 80% of demand on Australia’s national electricity market. At one point, rooftop panels on homes and businesses carried more than half […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo of a house with solar panels on the roof

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

📰 How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+ 📱 🗒 "There’s also something to be said for knowing that your phone is repairable if something goes wrong, and when the time comes to replace the battery, you can do it yourself in a few minutes." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of two Fairphones against a blue background

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

📰 Scientists Pioneer Chemical Bath Method to Restore Aging EV Batteries Without Breaking Them Down 🔋 🗒 "-...if extracted from their battery apparatus and given a electrochemical bath, the electrodes inside lithium-ion batteries can gain back up to 95% of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo showing battery packs within a large metal tray

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

📰 Neighbors Get Swept Up in Man’s Viral Journey to Clean a NYC Street Block Every Day for 100 Days 🗒 "What started as a solo cleanup has grown into a broader community effort, with local businesses donating plants, lumber, and equipment to help improve […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two photos side-by-side. The first shows a man picking up litter on a street, the second shows litter throughout a greenspace

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

📰 EV batteries last longer than drivers feared 🗒 "Electric vehicle batteries are lasting longer than previously feared by drivers, with most used EVs able to retain about 90 percent of their original usable battery capacity after 150,000 kilometers, a new […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A graph showing EV battery capasity after a set distance of driving

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

🖼 Artist Share: Braydan Barrett You might recognise some of these from the "Dear Alice" Cobani yogurt commercial. Art Station: www.artstation.com/braydanbarrett #solarpunkart #solarpunk #robots #scifi #art

An illustration showing three different robots

An illustration showing different designs for "wind kites" to generate energy

An illustration showing a robot apple picker and a floating wagon labelled "donations."

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

📱 App Share: Public Art Explorer 🗒 "PublicArtExplorer allows you to discover and explore public art around you in just two clicks." Fdroid: f-droid.org/packages/com.zell_mbc.p… PlayStore […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screenshot within the app showing a craved rock and a link to more info

A screenshot of the app showing a map with different art locations

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

📰 Mobile Dental Lab Brings Volunteer Dentists to Deliver Care to Homeless and Vulnerable in UK 🗒 "Its first initiative will be the launch of an eco-conscious mobile dental unit which will deliver care directly to people at homeless shelters and women’s […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

📰 5 US Cities Hire Robot Called ‘Dax’ to Help Survey and Repair 🗒 It looks for unsafe sidewalks in need of repair, and sends the data to city planners […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo of a small robot with tracks instead of wheels. It is on a sidewalk near a painted crosswalk.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

📰 Ethiopian Farmers Save Thousands by Switching to Solar Irrigation–While Cutting Emissions 🗒 "Switching to solar-powered irrigation is expected to save the cooperative almost $6,000 in fuel costs alone." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A group of people leaning towards a flow of water coming from an irrigation hose

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

📰 Aquaponics for Food Security in South Africa Takes Root in Schools and Farms 🐟 🌱 🗒 "These systems use up to 90% less water than conventional agriculture because the water is recirculated rather than wasted. That means families can keep growing food even […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Image of a group of people behind an aquaponics setup

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

📰 World's First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use 🗒 "With the certification, wave energy is no longer just a promising technology, but a proven and financially viable one." 📰🔗 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Man sits on a boat. Behind him in the ocean is a yellow boey that harnesses wave energy.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

📰 Assam Man’s Simple Solar Invention Warns You of Hidden Drains Under Floodwater 🗒 "Made using used plastic bottles and other low-cost materials, the device reflects sunlight during the day, making submerged drains and potholes easier to spot. After sunset […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of a man standing next to a solar panel. He is at the side of a road and there are trees behind him

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

📰 New Zealand Establishes First Māori Co-Managed Marine Reserves Along Otago Coast 🗒 "Kāi Tahu and the Department of Conservation (DOC) share responsibility for decision-making, ranger operations, and stewardship under the principles of kaitiakitaka […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of a island surounded by ocean under a blue sky.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

📰 Ocean Protection Milestone Reached as 10% of the World’s Ocean is Designated as Conserved Area 🗒 "According to new data from the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas, the global community crossed the 10% threshold in April 2026." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A aerial photo of an ocean with several small tree-covered islands.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

📰 A cheap, homegrown catnip lotion could replace DEET for millions of Ugandans 🗒 “We found that a six percent catnip oil was just as effective as DEET, and the two percent catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that" […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

📰 Raising Rice and Fish Together Cuts Disease From Snails While Boosting Crop Yields by 25% 🗒 “By restoring native fish to rice fields, we may be able to reduce disease transmission while helping farmers produce more food and generate additional income." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Emily Selland collects snail samples from fish trench in a Senegal rice field

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

📰 CATL says sodium batteries are mainstream-ready, signs massive 60 GWh deal 🗒 "Sodium is roughly 1,000 times more abundant in the Earth’s crust than lithium and far cheaper to source, which makes sodium-ion batteries a compelling alternative for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A man stands on a stage while giving a speech.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

📰 Australians to get three hours of free electricity every day under solar scheme 🗒 "The federal government scheme will require retailers to offer free electricity to households for at least three hours in the middle of the day, when there is often more […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of solar panels on the roof of a house

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

📰 John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million 🚜 🗒 "The settlement agreement also requires Deere to make tools available to “enable farmers and IRPs [independent repair shops] to diagnose and repair problems without having to use the services […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

📰 Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture 🗒 "Practitioners of regenerative ag not only grow crops, but grow the topsoil through a mixture of mulching and cover cropping, or growing complimentary, non-food plants throughout […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo of a group of people seated on chairs under a tree canopy. A man stands in front, teaching.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

📰 Wet coffee waste becomes coal-grade fuel in under two minutes 🗒 "The material’s specific surface area also increased substantially, producing a porous carbon product with uses beyond fuel: activated carbon production, filtration, and industrial adsorption […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

📰 "How Japan Invented Daisugi, the Ancient Method of Growing Lumber Without Cutting Down Trees" 🌳 💬 By carefully pruning a sugi (Cryptomeria japonica / Japanese Redwood) you get a living tree that is both a work of art, and a source of wood. 📰 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo of daisugi. The trees have thick trunks at the base, and atop that base are several leaders growing from them. It looks like a forest is trying to grow from a single tree.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

📰 Every Physics Teacher (And Student) Should Try This Open Source Software 🗒 "Bringing it down to a simpler level, KDE's Step provides you a platform to test out some of the most important basic concepts in physics, like simple motion, electrostatics and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

📰 7.4 Mil. Plant and Fungi Samples Have Been Digitized to ‘Democratize Knowledge’ and Save Species 🗒 Efforts like Kew’s and others mean that an archive of 145 million plant, animal, and fungi samples is now freely available to anyone with an internet […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of archives. A person is seen from behind and is putting a box on a shelf

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

📰 Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England 🗒 "The application was ever so simple: a bag of woodchips impregnated with turkey tail spores left at the bottom of the river. The mycelia, or filament system of the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

📰 Global Solar Power Growth Reaches Historic Turning Point 🗒 Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2026 found that global solar power growth reached record levels in 2025, helping renewable energy overtake coal in the world’s electricity mix for the first time […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

📰 EV Popularity in China Accounts for 262,000 Fewer Deaths from Air Pollution 🗒 The results were a 23.8% reduction in PM2.5, and a 30% reduction in carbon monoxide, resulting in some 320,000 fewer deaths from air pollution […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo of a city at night. The buildings have lights in windows, and vehicles light up the road.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

At "Hope Blooms" in Helifax (NS, Canada), kids are taught how to grow food, and get produce to take home. 🍅🫛 The project also sells salad dressing, and profits go to scholarships for the students going into post-secondary. hopeblooms.ca #helifax […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two kids working in a garden. The taller boy on the right is wearing a red jacket and has a shovel. The girl on the right has greens on a pitchfork.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

📰 A Future Without Plastic Waste: The Rise of Biomaterial Packaging in the UK 🗒 Designed to perform like conventional plastic, it can be stored and used indefinitely without degrading, even with repeated washing, until it enters a composting environment […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photo showing various bottles decomposing

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

🔧 DIY: TerraSono: a Sustainable Acoustic Intelligence System 🗒️ "TerraSono can detect threats like illegal logging, poaching, or wildfires on land, and monitor biodiversity shifts or harmful human activity at sea" […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Text: TerraSono: Listening to Nature, Protecting our future. Solar powered. LoRa Based. Edge AI Enabled. Acoustic monitoring for forest and marine life.

Image: To the left is a forest with the sensor sitting on a log. To the right is an ocean underwater with a turtle swimming.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

🔧 DIY: "IOT Based Water Quality Monitoring System" 🗒️ "By reducing manual testing and providing instant data access, the system improves decision-making and helps maintain safe water quality standards." #DIY #OpenSource #Raspberrypi

Text: IOT BASED WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM ~
Real-time monitoring of water quality parameters using loT and cloud technology

Image: Thsi is a diagram explaining the project. It show sensors in water, the internal wired system of the build, and also the dashboard display on a laptop and phone.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

🔧 DIY: "PicoAir — Open Source Air Quality Monitor for Everyone" 🗒️ "A fully open source, 3D printable air quality monitor built around the Raspberry Pi Pico W that anyone can build for under ₹900(est) in components. It monitors air quality, temperature and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Text: Pico Air: open source air quality monitor.
Monitors Air quality: PM2.5, PM10, AQI
Temperature and humidity
RGB LED Indicator: instant visual feedback
Open source: Hardware and Software.
Under ₹900(est).

Image: a photo of the finished product. It is almost square, and has a screen on the front.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

📰 Wetland Restoration in Nepal is Reviving Farming, Food, and Water Security 🗒 - The restored pond now irrigates roughly 25 acres of farmland for 22 families - Irrigation electricity costs are down 50% - Rice fields are growing for the first time […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of the wetlands. A large body of water is surounded by trees. The sky os blue.

Photo by Rubina Karki/WWF-Nepal.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

📰 Batteries That Use Sodium Instead of Lithium Could Be Low-Cost Rival to Tesla’s 🗒 “The combination of good uniformity, high power capability, and strong low‑temperature performance makes these cells attractive for stationary storage, grid services, and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photograph from the air down. It shows shipping container size Sodium batteries

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

📰 "Teen Creates Tesla Powerwall Rival To Keep Houses Hit By Hurricanes Powered Up" 🗒 "The Bild OffGrid Pro series is a Tesla Powerwall rival but checks in at under half the price. It has a 9,792Wh power capability and weighs in at 282 pounds. " […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Image showing a Bild Power battery generator

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

📰 "How Community-Based Regenerative Farming in Nepal is Rebuilding Villages" 🗒 About 100 households in Patalekhet directly benefit from HASERA’s community programs. Fifteen of those households are actively developing their properties as permaculture […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Local farmers participate in hands-on permaculture training, reflecting the center’s commitment to placing women at the center of community-based regenerative farming systems.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026

📰 Successful Homeless Village in Scotland Offers Residents Independence but Asks Responsibility 🗒 The Salvation Army will be on site 24/7 to provide support of any kind for residents, including “practical help, emotional support and guidance with day‑to‑day […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photob of a row of tiny homes along a path

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

📰 "Woodland walks cut anxiety, study finds" 🗒 "Participants who followed self-led woodland wellbeing trails reported a 38% drop in rumination, a 31% reduction in anxiety and a 20% rise in feelings of social connection, according to research examining […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of a forest. There is a path to the left and sun is filtering between tree trunks. The forest floor is covered in plants with white flowers.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

📰 Sand Battery for Industrial Heat: A Simple Solution to a Complex Problem 🗒 "TheStorage uses ordinary sand to store renewable energy, helping manufacturers cut carbon emissions by up to 90% and lower energy costs by up to 70%." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photo of a tall unit with the name "The Storage" on the side. It is a thermal battery/sand battery.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

📰 NASA engineers create ingenious way to save homes from wildfires using noise 🗒 "The technology works by targeting oxygen molecules using low-frequency sound waves that vibrate them, stopping the fire from growing." […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Firefighter puts out a small fire using sound. He is holding a tube and pointing it at a plant.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026

📰 "EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes marks a turning point for fashion waste" 👕✨️ 🗒 "The EU ban on the destruction of unsold clothes and footwear is now law, pushing the fashion industry toward a cleaner, more responsible future and holding large […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two women looking at clothes. One woman is lifting a orange sweater.

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026

📰 "Seeds Can ‘Hear’ the Rain–And the Sound Waves Make Them Grow Faster Shows MIT Study" 🌱🌧 🗒 "The sound of falling droplets effectively shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate at a faster rate compared with seeds that were not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Diagram showing a seedling emerging and rain hitting the soil

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Sprig 🌱 @spr1g.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

📰 "Transparent Window Insulation Could Dramatically Reduce Building Energy Loss" 🗒 "Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created a transparent window insulation material that allows 99% of light through while dramatically reducing heat […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Window with curtains that has the sun streaming in

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