Turn your food scraps into clean gas for your stove with this home biodigester
Turning food scraps into compost is a great idea, but what if you could turn them into clean cooking gas that you can use in your kitchen? An Israeli company has come up with a home biodigester system that converts kitchen scraps into fuel and fertilizer. All you have to do is simply throw your Read More...
Europe wants carmakers to cut emissions by nearly a third by 2030
Under a new proposal from the European Commission, emissions from fleets of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles will have to be 30 percent lower in 2030 compared to 2021. The proposal may sound good, but it means that European car makers can continue to produce high-end Read More...
This conservationist believes nature is thriving in the age of extinction
As humans have progressed, the stability of the animal kingdom has deteriorated. Animals that were once thriving, like the great ape, now have alarmingly low populations. There is no doubt that humans have left a bad mark on the earth, but one conservationist believes that only tells half of the Read More...
Uber wants to pick you up with autonomous flying cars by 2020
Uber has always been ambitious, but the company’s latest plans are taking their aspirations to new heights. The ride-hailing company wants to have a “flying car” service up and running in three years’ time in Los Angeles. Although the electric, autonomous, vertical-takeoff-and-landing Read More...
To unlock your creative potential, start thinking like Leonardo da Vinci
Using Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, inventions, and artwork, an author came up with seven da Vincian principles that can help us uncover our hidden abilities and maximize our potential. Take a look here to see what you can learn about yourself by looking into the mind of da Read More...
Ecological restoration success higher with natural measures than active measures
Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests. Restoration of deforested and degraded forest areas can be accomplished through a wide range of activities. At one end of the Read More...
WeWork’s grand plan to disrupt schools assumes kids want to be startup founders
WeWork, a co-working company valued at $20 billion, started by creating hip co-working spaces to allow entrepreneurs to flourish in a community setting. Now, it’s trying to transfer that philosophy to education, opening a “conscious, Read More...
California wants to store carbon in the soil
To produce a bumper crop of tomatoes, or lettuce, a farmer hopes for enough sunshine and rain. But those are not the only critical Read More...
I’m an environmental journalist, but I never write about overpopulation
I did an event with environmental journalist (and personal hero) Elizabeth Kolbert late last week, in which we discussed various matters related to journalism and climate change. Subsequently, one of the attendees wrote and asked why I hadn’t Read More...
Let bee-friendly bulbs transform your spring
It’s bulb-planting time. Fill every container, plant every spare inch of soil so that when spring comes everyone will be pleased (even the hard-hearted are softened by the sheer exuberance that bulbs bring on a grey Read More...