This company is helping the homeless find jobs that also provide a home
A real estate company based out of Washington DC is helping homeless people find work and a home in one fell swoop. How? By hiring homeless candidates to work as property managers for apartment complexes and allowing them to live on-site for cheap. This not only helps those without a home, but also Read More...
Losing motivation? This practice will give you the drive you need to stay fit
Anyone who’s ever tried making a fitness a priority will tell you that staying “on track” is the most difficult part. Finding the initial motivation is easy, but working out on a consistent basis is where it gets challenging. According to researchers, however, there is a simple way to keep Read More...
Solving the carbon problem one blockchain at a time
Climate change is one of the most challenging collective problems the world has faced to date. Whether we will be able to curb our carbon emissions quickly enough to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change is still very much in Read More...
New battery gobbles up carbon dioxide
A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide into specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, which is currently highly challenging, this battery could continuously Read More...
Ten years since Occupy Wall Street, the cooperative movement is surging
Last week marked the seventh anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and 10 years since the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, which triggered the onset of the global financial crisis. The crisis also sparked massive global anti-capitalist movements, including Occupy Wall Read More...
How Nordic marine forests can help fight climate change
Research suggests that there are many reasons to fall in love with marine forests, even the seaweed that gets wrapped around your feet when taking a dip in the sea. In our previous article, we explored how marine forests such as kelp and eelgrass provide a two-pronged approach to help combat Read More...
Most Americans think we can save the planet and create jobs at the same time
Our current politics around climate change and the policies to address it are deeply screwed up. At a time when we need more ambition, the intransigent Republican Congress and the galoot in the Oval Office are doing Read More...
Co-op is going to replace all of its single-use plastic bags
Co-op, a popular supermarket chain in the UK, has announced plans to replace old single-use plastic bags with compostable shopping bags. The company estimates the new bags will save around 60 million plastic bags from ending up in landfills. The compostable shopping bags, which also double as Read More...
The doughnut may hold the key to a sustainable economy
For economists, the biggest economic conundrum in the world right now is the following: how do we fast-track economic development while leaving a livable planet for future generations? According to Oxford University economist Kate Raworth, the answer may lie in the humble Read More...
These apps are trying to get more people out to the polls
The numbers show that voter turnout in the U.S. was way down in 2016 compared to previous elections. As we head into the 2018 midterms, a few social canvassing apps are finding ways to locate and activate new voters in order to increase voter turnout. Have a look at the apps Read More...