'Blended burger' allows a simple shift to more sustainable eating
Burgers are possibly the most ubiquitous meal on Americans' dinner plates, but they're also among the most resource-intensive: Beef accounts for nearly half of the land use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with the food Americans Read More...
The Bandung tech startup aiming to use mushrooms to help grow houses
A simple farm in the misty hills above the Indonesian city of Bandung is not the place one might expect to find a budding technology startup. This is farming land and it always has been. But the team at Mycotech is growing much more than vegetables. Their dream is to grow Read More...
How blockchain and batteries flipped a power-line developer to microgrids
Ed Krapels is a curious sort of electrical-transmission developer who thinks we don't need to develop more transmission. "We need less transmission in the future, but we need better-located and better-sited transmission,” the founder and CEO of Boston-based Anbaric Development Partners told me Read More...
Scientists are only now "discovering" what the Indigenous have known for years
Traditional or Indigenous knowledge on anything from the medicinal properties of plants to the migration patterns of caribou is valued by scientists when they support or supplement other scientific evience. But when the situation is reversed—when Traditional knowledge is seen to challenge Read More...
World's first all-hours solar fuel reactor could soon lead us to clean hydrogen
In a traditional solar fuel reactor, the process depends upon the solar thermal heat provided by the sun. When the sun disappears at night, so too does its energy. That’s why scientists have developed the world’s first solar fuel reactor that is able to function at night by relying on solar and Read More...
Why fighting against inequality starts with mothers
Dealing with stress of poverty makes it hard for many mothers to establish critical bonds with their babies—bonds that lay the foundations for learning, emotional regulation, and relationships. This vast gap in development between poor kids and wealthier peers is a major reason why inequality Read More...
Heal yourself with the natural benefits of Japanese "forest medicine"
There are many types of therapies you can try in order to heal yourself, but nothing compares to the natural healing powers of trees. There’s an overwhelming amount of research that shows how being amongst trees reduces blood pressure, heart rate, stress, anxiety, and confusion while improving Read More...
Parkland shooting survivors just proved only teens should interview politicians
“People buy into my agenda,” Marco Rubio blustered, repeatedly, during last night’s #StudentsStandUp event on CNN. Nobody in the live audience was buying into Rubio’s agenda, though. Rather, the crowd was becoming increasingly hostile, with moderator Jake Tapper having to repeatedly ask Read More...
These 35 cities have local plans to solve global problems
In June 2017, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched a $200 million effort called the American Cities Initiative with the goal of funding new ways for city leaders to collaborate with each other and improve their residents’ Read More...
A single question can cut useless meetings from your schedule forever
Meetings are a serious drain on an organization’s time and resources, consuming up to 17 percent of the workweek and an estimated $37 billion per year. Some confabs are inarguably essential to business operations, and others . . . aren’t. Vague or nonexistent agendas, rooms full of people who Read More...