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Grant Brown

Grant Brown

ABOUT Grant

Happy Eco News' Founder. Grant is a passionate environmentalist, driven by a need to “leave it better than he found it”. This drive, combined with a capacity to understand power solutions of all types, helped him in his previous life as VP Marketing at a start up clean technology company. His goal, personally as well as professionally, is to help and inspire others to become a part of the green shift and to leave a positive legacy in the world.

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The XPRIZE carbon innovation winners represent four different approaches to carbon removal: air, rocks, ocean, and land-based solutions.

North America

XPRIZE Carbon Innovation Winners Secure $100M for Climate Solutions

The new school air quality monitoring program from IQAir will provide valuable education opportunities and details of air quality to be used by science.

Pollution

Global School Air Quality Monitoring Initiative Aims to Protect 7 Billion People

The student's sustainable fashion show features innovative designs made entirely from recycled materials collected by Vancouver teens.

Design

Vancouver Student’s Sustainable Fashion Show Transforms Trash into Runway Treasures

The 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize winners include activists from six continents who protected rivers, stopped pollution, and preserved wildlife habitats.

Society

2025 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners: Seven Activists Fighting for Our Planet

The future of manufacturing takes shape as hydrogen powered aluminum recycling reduces emissions by 90%.

Climate

Hydrogen Powered Aluminum Recycling Breakthrough: Industry Giant Cuts Emissions

Scientists have developed a tree growth acceleration method that uses natural fungi to boost forest growth by 30%.

Nature

Nature-Based Tree Growth Acceleration to Help Fight Climate Change

Finland launches its largest sustainable hydrogen production facility to create clean aviation fuel in the Arctic Circle.

Europe

A New Era of Sustainable Hydrogen Production for Aviation

The Foundation's community tree planting program has targeted areas that need trees the most.

Nature

Community Tree Planting Program Reaches 95% of US Neighborhoods

Clark's Dumpster & Hauling Services in Elmira, New York, provides more eco-friendly waste disposal options than national chains.

Happy Eco News

Eco-Friendly Dumpster Rental Options: Why Local Providers Beat National Chains

Electric cargo airship project could reduce infrastructure development costs in remote areas.

Europe

Electric Cargo Airship Project Promises to Transform Heavy Transport by 2027

Direct air carbon capture technology is transforming from a $4.1 million market to an $11 billion industry by 2034.

Business

Direct Air Carbon Capture Technology Market Soars to $11 Billion

Global Water Crisis Meets Solution: Students Perfect Atmospheric Water Harvesting Technology. Image Cambridge University Press and Assessment

Asia

Atmospheric Water Harvesting Technology: Thai Students Win Global Prize for Innovation

The Amazon rainforest conservation blockchain, backed by a major development bank, covers 750 million hectares over 30 years.

Nature

Amazon Rainforest Conservation Blockchain Initiative Launched by CAF and O.N.E. Amazon

The ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025 allows youth to contribute to policy discussions on global issues.

Policy

ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025: Empowering Young Leaders for Global Change

Global Youth Climate Summit 2025

Policy

Global Youth Climate Summit 2025: Empowering Young Leaders for Climate Action

Global urban micro forest trends demonstrate habitat restoration and cooler temperatures in unlikely spaces. Licensed under the Unsplash+ License

Nature

Urban Micro Forest Trends: From Parking Lots to Living Ecosystems

New campus solar charging stations provide students with free device charging. Image, Bluebolt

Energy

Campus Solar Charging Stations: Zero Cost to Schools and Students

A new Canadian emissions reduction report shows greenhouse gas emissions have fallen to their lowest level in 27 years.

North America

Canadian Emissions Reduction Progress: 27-Year Low for GHG

Researchers from the College of Design and Engineering at NUS have developed a novel water from air technology that does not require external energy sources. Image NUS News

Asia

Water From Air Technology uses Aerogel for New Solution to Global Water Crisis

Roxana Landfill facility demonstrates the viability of landfill gas to renewable natural gas conversion while reducing carbon emissions.

Energy

New Facility Sets Benchmark in Landfill Gas to Renewable Natural Gas Conversion

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