U.S. can realize 50 percent CO2 emission reduction with trading beef for beans
Could Americans ever give up beef all together? With more than 30% of Americans now purchasing faux meat products, this growing trend suggests it may just be possible. And what a difference to the planet it would make! In fact, new research suggests that if Americans turned to beans instead of Read More...
It’s never too late to start a new career
If you are itching for a change in career well into midlife, you shouldn’t see that as a bad thing. Starting over with a new goal in mind can bring you new energy and can help you shape a new vision for the future. See here why it’s never too late to start a new Read More...
Uber is further improving ridesharing by making you walk more
In the wake of its terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 2017 (yup, and it's only just May), Uber has been doing a lot of work to improve its service. As an extension of the "smart pickup points" trial from London and other cities last year, the ride-hailing company is augmenting the Uber Pool Read More...
Bitcoin could be a model for making environmentalism more efficient
Magic internet money—also known as cryptocurrency—is at an all-time high. The experts who watch this stuff predict that one bitcoin (the most famous cryptocurrency) will soon be worth $2,000. The big selling point of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is their use of Read More...
How taking care of your gut bacteria could improve your anxiety
In the past 30 years, there has been a massive decline in the development of strategies to treat anxiety and mood disorders. Focusing less narrowly on the brain itself and more on gut bacteria could redefine the way we approach mental health. The stall in conventional treatments has happened Read More...
Is mindfulness meditation good for kids? Here’s what the science actually says
First period, 8:45 am, a circle of high school students sits so quietly that all you can hear is the whirl of computer fans. Today’s lesson: attention to breathing. “Just notice your breath,” says the instructor, Satyani McPherson, “where it manifests in the body and the abdomen. ... And Read More...
Social housing is good. But let’s make it beautiful too
Ostentatious parsimony was the phrase used by Kate Macintosh, the woman responsible for some of the most ambitious local authority housing of the 1960s and 70s, to describe the spending environment for the social architect. Housing ministers would speak with pride of stripping out unnecessary Read More...
Home energy system produces electricity, heating, cooling, hot water, and more
This is not an easily understandable new technology, but it has game-changing potential as it shows how stand-alone systems can revolutionize the centralized energy world as we know it today. Imagine a fridge-sized box in your home that not only generates and stores electricity on-site but heats Read More...
Solar-powered MP3 player supports a top priority: Educating third world women
As we noted recently girls’ education and family planning are the most important elements of a successful climate change strategy and poverty alleviation. However, educating people in very poor countries that don’t have electricity is a challenge—especially when the majority of the population Read More...
India plans to leapfrog western car ownership and goes straight to car-sharing
Developing countries have the opportunity to bypass stages of development that don’t make sense anymore given the current status of technology. And that can make a big difference for the health of their societies and the planet. Why would all people in India buy their own cars when car-sharing Read More...