How cattle can save the world
In Nouakchott, a town on the edge of the Sahara in the North African country of Mauritania, lives a woman named Nancy Abeiderrahmane. In 1989 she founded an organization called Tvivski (PDF) (spring in Arabic) to connects local milk producers in Mauritania with the consumers. Abeiderrahmane created Read More...
Oil and gas leases canceled on Blackfeet sacred land in Montana
Wednesday morning, as John Murray drove north from his home on the Badger-Two Medicine River to his job as the historic preservation officer for the Blackfeet Tribe, the mountains glowed red. His wife, who drove with him, commented on their beauty. Murray, 69, noted with deep satisfaction that for Read More...
A natural solution to water security
When you turn on the tap in Quito, Ecuador, the water that emerges does so after a long journey. It starts high in the Andes, in springs and streams that merge into rivers, and flows downhill into the watersheds of the Condor Reserve. There, the water filters through cloud forests and grasslands, Read More...
Three-mile-high futuristic skyscraper has a smog-eating, self-cleaning coating
What will the world look like in 2062? Manufacturing company Arconic gives us a preview with their latest campaign called “The Jetsons“. The firm’s engineers teamed up with futurists to update the world of the Jetsons with new design marvels like flying cars and three-mile-high Read More...
Hey tech sector, this is how you save the climate
When Greenpeace released its annual report ranking tech companies for their efforts to protect the environment, it wasn’t Google or Apple standing atop the list. Instead, taking the crown as environmental leader was Switch, a tech company operating some of the largest data centers in the world. Read More...
Breathe well with this scarf that doubles as a smog filter
As people in cities around the world attempt to cope with dangerous smog levels, many are turning to surgical masks to prevent inhaling the toxic fumes. Unfortunately, these are neither comfortable nor aesthetically pleasing, which is why a fashion designer has created a scarf that doubles as a Read More...
World's largest peatland with vast carbon-storage capacity found in Congo
Peatland its extremely beneficial for the environment, locking in carbon emissions that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. Now scientists in the central Congo basin have discovered the world’s largest tropic peatland, a massive swamp larger than the size of England. The swamps could Read More...
This 20 cent device can help developing countries detect diseases
Testing for diseases in developing countries may become a lot easier and cheaper thanks to a new invention called the “paperfuge”. Using a piece of paper, some twine and plastic, an assistant professor at Stanford created a simple centrifuge that can spin rapidly to separate the different Read More...
8 ways art can benefit your health
If you don’t think of yourself as an artist, it might feel intimidating to create your own piece of expression. However, creating art can bring real healing benefits if you open your mind, body and spirit to the process. Give self-expression a chance, and experience these 8 healing Read More...
China's anti-Teslas: cheap models drive electric car boom
More electric cars are sold in China than in the rest of the world combined, but are mainly locally-branded models that are cheaper and have a shorter range than those offered by foreign automakers such as Tesla and Nissan. The Chinese-branded electric vehicle (EV) market is propped up by huge Read More...