The Prince of Wales and design guru Sir Jony Ive have joined forces to encourage students to create high-impact, low-cost solutions to help the world transition to a sustainable future.
Students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) have been set the challenge of designing projects, under the Terra Carta Design Lab initiative, that tackle the environmental damage being done to the planet.
Charles, who has an official role with the RCA as a Royal Visitor, said: “Small ideas can have a big impact if they are supported with the right design, science and engineering and that is the key idea behind today’s Terra Carta Design Lab.
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A new strategic partnership aims to tackle methane emissions in the dairy industry – through the use of methane-reducing “masks” for cows.
With a claimed emission reduction potential of 53%, this mask device “neutralises methane as cows exhale” – and is expected to be launched for sale to farmers from 2022 onward.
Cargill and ZELP (Zero Emission Livestock Project) have partnered to bring European dairy farmers what they describe as an “innovative solution to reduce methane emissions”.
This, they say, combines technology in methane oxidation and data processing to minimise the environmental impact of dairy production while improving animal welfare.
Enteric methane is a natural by-product of cattle digesting feed, which is then released from the mouth and nose. Using smart technology, ZELP says it developed a cattle wearable device that neutralises part of this methane as it is exhaled.
Scientists are tracking cows methane emissions. They want to see if there are any advantages to breeding cattle that have lower emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas.