This is the world's first carbon negative country
As companies, researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs work to make industries and systems carbon-neutral, one tiny nation in the Eastern Himalayas has them all beat: Bhutan is world's first – and only – carbon-negative Read More...
The largest ever tropical reforestation is planting 73 million trees
There are more habitable planets in our galaxy than humans living on planet Earth. But the nearest one is about 70 trillion miles away, which means that, for now, and for the foreseeable future, Earth is the only life-supporting rock hurtling through infinite space we’ll ever know. It’s really Read More...
Plants are becoming better at photosynthesis as carbon levels climb
Scientists have noticed a strange trend happening simultaneously with rising levels of carbon emissions: vegetation is able to use water more efficiently, leading to increased levels of photosynthesis. Apparently, plentiful levels of a particular type of carbon allows plants to adjust their Read More...
This startup is making biodegradable sanitary pads to solve big issues in India
We take sanitary napkin usage for granted in North America and Europe, but it’s a huge issue in India and other developing nations. In fact, just 16 percent of women in India use them due to poverty and other reasons, which causes health and social issues. To solve this, a startup in India is Read More...
The science of meditation explained by two experts
Meditation is popularly presented as a panacea for many of the world’s ailments. But to what extent does science support the hype? Two longtime meditators and established authors Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, explored six thousand studies conducted over the last few decades, and decided Read More...
How Iceland is regrowing forests destroyed by the Vikings
Iceland is beautiful yet barren country, but it wasn’t always like this. When the Vikings first arrived to Iceland more than a millennium ago, they found an uninhabited landscape with plentiful forests and other woodlands. So what happened? The Vikings began chopping down and burning Iceland’s Read More...
To cure affluenza, we have to be satisfied with the stuff we already own
If people maintained and repaired their possessions, the world economy and the impact of human activity on the environment would be transformed. Unfortunately, we as a society have been trained to love things not for their material function, but for the symbolic act of acquiring and possessing. If Read More...
Paris is getting a ‘white forest’ tower that will feature 2,000 plants
Construction on a greenery-covered tower, designed by the Italian firm Stefano Boeri Architetti, will soon start in the Parisian suburb of Villiers-sur-Marne in France. On the outside, 2,000 trees, plants, and shrubs will fill the building’s facade, roof, and balconies. Inside, the building Read More...
India wants to initiate clean cooking movement by tapping solar energy market
BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave a call to start-ups run by the city youth to initiate a clean cooking movement by tapping the huge market potential of solar energy, saying they would get blessings of women from the poor sections of Read More...
Is the sharing economy working?
Not long ago, I moved apartments, and beneath the weight of work and lethargy a number of small, nagging tasks remained undone. Some art work had to be hung from wall moldings, using Read More...