Online start-up Crowd Cow wants to sell meat from small independent farmers
It is good for your health and for the environment to eat less meat. But if you do eat meat, it makes sense to eat meat to support small ranches and producers who adopt environmentally friendly farming practices. That’s what the online start-up Crowd Cow aims to facilitate. Crowd Cow promises Read More...
Activists plan to plant 10bn trees to offset CO2 released by Trump policies
Activists want to plant a “Trump Forest” of 10 billion trees between now and December 24th with the last one being a Christmas tree planted in front of the White House. They are asking people to donate trees to make up for the 650 million tons of CO2 that will be released into the atmosphere by Read More...
Amazon announces price cuts for Whole Foods to attract more customers
Amazon, the new owner of Whole Foods Market, has announced that it will begin lowering prices of the health food chain starting today. Amazon aims to help the grocer shed its “Whole Paycheck” reputation for high prices that are generally 15 to 25 percent above rivals. Amazon is also planning to Read More...
What about a park and a healthy river instead of a wall for the US-Mexico border?
President Trump wants to spend billions to build a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Here’s a much better plan for that border that will cost far less money and will produce multiple benefits for both countries. Half of the border is formed by the Rio Grande. That river is in bad shape; Read More...
Try these exercises to combat digital eye strain
Today, almost everyone spends a lot of time staring at screens. That is not good for your eyes. Studies show that 7 out of 10 people experience impaired vision due to digital eye strain. These daily routines work by engaging the muscles that support eye movement and help improve flexibility and Read More...
Dalai Lama explores neuroscience in new documentary
Twenty-five years ago, director Mickey Lemle came out with “Compassion in Exile,” the documentary that helped introduce much of the Western world to the Dalai Lama and to the plight of Tibetan Buddhists under the yoke of the Chinese government. Read More...
Coal-fired power just reached a 135-year low in Britain
Coal-fired power has slumped to its lowest level in the UK for 135 years, analysts have said. The fossil fuel contributed to just two percent of total power generated in July, according to Aurora Read More...
Loss of microbial gut diversity a threat to health?
The human gut is home to bacteria, viruses, fungi, and small worms in some parts of the world. While the average person's body contains 30 to 40 trillion human cells, bacteria add another 38 million to this Read More...
Danish energy cooperative lets consumers collectively build wind turbines
Wolfgang Hoeschele: The establishment of a carbon-neutral energy system requires massive investments in infrastructure such as wind turbines. Because distributed energy systems do not fit the business models of the old energy utilities, they Read More...
India is embracing mobile cashless payments in a big way
In a move to tackle corruption, India demonetized the country’s high-value banknotes last year. The measure forced Indians to embrace mobile-based cashless payment systems in a big way. As a result, India now has the opportunity to leapfrog to a modern digital payment society. To succeed India Read More...