German cities to offer free transit to cut air pollution
The air quality in Germany is not up to European Union standards, so the German government is considering free public transit as a way of getting people out of their cars. Germans drive a lot of diesels, so it would reduce particulate and Nitrogen dioxide emissions. They are also considering "low Read More...
To handle increased stress, build your resilience
Wherever you live or work, stress is on the rise. According to the International Labour Organization, workers in developed and developing countries are facing increasing strain at work. The onslaught of mounting stressors include global challenges, such as climate change, terrorism, and political Read More...
What the rest of the world can learn from the flying cows of Switzerland
Even today, in the face of imminent climate change, we continue to function as though there’s more atmosphere somewhere, ready to whisk off our waste to someplace else. It is time, though, to think of the world as a closed system in which we operate with the full understanding of how one thing Read More...
The world’s first floating wind farm is generating more energy than expected
The world’s first floating wind farm, which is located off the coast of Scotland, is showing that generating great amounts of energy is possible in places with deep seabeds. Although Scotland’s floating wind farm only switched on three months ago, it’s already performing far better than Read More...
This company achieved a breakthrough on the way to the “hydrogen economy”
Hydrogen is an all-purpose element that can be produced without greenhouse gases and used to create anything from fertilizers to fuel. The only problem is extracting it from water is both expensive in terms of money and energy. Attempts at producing hydrogen at a lesser cost haven’t been all too Read More...
The future of transportation could be this drone-like electric jet
A startup is developing a five-seat electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically. The startup, which recently won a prestigious award for sustainability innovation, envisions using the aircraft like an Uber, hailing it from your phone to take you around the city, avoiding traffic. The Read More...
How to live a happier life, according to Yale’s most popular class
The most popular class at Yale goes by the title “Psychology and the Good Life.” The class teaches students how to live a happier life based on research. So what are some of the key habits that Yale students learn to develop in the class? Find out Read More...
One day without plastic. Can you do it?
Like it or not, plastic is everywhere. We sit on it, store our food in it, drink from it, text with it, type with it, wear it, and carry our groceries home from the store in it. Yet we know that plastic is harsh on the environment in its production and even harsher when it winds up in our Read More...
Ocean wind farms are becoming artificial reefs
Offshore wind proponents are touting new undersea footage that suggests a vibrant marine habitat is growing around the nation's first offshore wind farm — a five-turbine operation off Rhode Island's Read More...
In rural India, wild honey farmers are using bees to fight terrorism
Much of the world's honey is contaminated with pesticides. In a recent study, 200 honey samples from around the world were examined for neonicotinoid insecticides; 75 per cent of them tested positive. For Amit Hooda, co-founder of Heavenly Organics, this isn't new information. His belief? That Read More...