An ingenious way to bring clean water to a slum
Gangs control the water supply in much of Nairobi's Kibera slum. This is how one man used an innovative idea to take them on and bring clean water to the Read More...
Why the cooperative model needs to be at the heart of our new economy
In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th century, the company expanded, adding more facilities in Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska, and encompassing Read More...
At West Bank factories, keeping the peace is a mutual interest
An Israeli-run factory in the West Bank asks its Jewish employees on military reserve duty not to drop by in uniform so the Palestinian workers won’t feel occupied, according to one Israeli manager. In the Barkan Industrial Park, one of several Israeli-run commercial zones near Jewish settlements Read More...
How to tap into our collective empathy
Buddhist Roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of Read More...
Malaysia is getting set to abolish capital punishment
The country’s new government declared it will move on to deliver their campaign promise of abolishing the death penalty and terminate more than 1200 pending executions. Capital punishment is assigned to crimes of murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror. Human rights Read More...
The color spectrum of autumn’s foliage in one map
As we get deeper into autumn, trees are losing their verdant leafage and are putting on a more vibrant, fiery coat. Light, temperature, and many other variables make it difficult to estimate precisely when fall colors will peak, but this interactive map makes an admirable effort to predict when the Read More...
Hawaii is on course to achieve its carbon neutrality goal
In 2015 the Aloha state expressed its commitment to going completely renewable and carbon neutral by 2045, the most ambitious goal in the US. Hawaii is expected to reach those goals as the state’s main utility company is reaching the final steps of a deal to add seven new solar-plus-storage Read More...
Study: Automation makes the three-day weekend more common
A new study conducted in Britain suggest that employees in the UK could enjoy shorter work weeks thanks to automated machines and their ability to make work more efficient. Currently, workers in the UK are laboring longer hours on average than in most other European countries. New technologies Read More...
How to improve your concentration skills in today’s digitalized world
In our modern world, digital devices have become so ubiquitous that they have given rise to an unhealthy over-reliance on technology. This dependency has made us so easily distractible and interruptible that it has eroded our ability to concentrate. To prevent yourself from losing your focus, give Read More...
How a Middle East startup took on Uber—and won
Uber was supposed to take over the world. Investors dueled to stake billions in the company on the assumption it would become the global market leader—the Google- or Facebook-style winner-take-all of the ride-hailing Read More...