Ease your pain naturally with essential oils
If medications aren't easing your pain, you might be interested in alternative remedies for relief. Essential oils may be one natural way to relieve pain. Essential oils are highly fragrant substances found within the petals, stems, roots, and other parts of plants. They’re typically removed from Read More...
Women in East Africa made a business out of leaves mostly chewed by men
“It really changed my life,” Karanja recalls. Since then, she has been able to invest in property and farms, send her children to school and university, and convinced her husband to join the business, too. “Khat was really profitable. I got in, and never looked back,” she Read More...
Tesla powers the island of Kauai with solar panels and batteries
Yes, Tesla is a car manufacturer. However, electric cars need batteries. That's why Tesla's CEO Elon Musk is also in the business of generating and storing solar electricity for entire islands as he continues on his mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. This week Read More...
If not for your own health, you should buy organic for the farmers—here’s why
Maybe you doubt whether organic food would serve your health. However, a new U.N. report shows 'catastrophic impacts' of pesticides on human health and environment. An average of about 200,000 people die from the toxic exposure of pesticides per year across the world, the report says, calling for Read More...
With this simple device reforesting the planet becomes easy
We urgently need to repair the soil of our planet. Here’s a simple invention that protects seedlings from harsh arid climates and reduces the amount of water they need to thrive—and boosts their survival rate by as much as 80 Read More...
You can train your brain to become a super memorizer—and what that means
New research shows that we can train our brains to become memory champions. You may not get to the world record of Alex Mullen, who was able to memorize more than 550 digits in under five minutes. But the more important message of this new study seems to be that our bodies can do amazing things Read More...
Pssst…wanna get a cheap solar energy loan?
If the US Department of Energy goes down, it will go down swinging. The agency is facing massive budget cuts but this week it still managed to push out funding for a seed grant that will enable the San Francisco-based solar organization RE-volv to bring its unique crowdfunded solar financing Read More...
Platform makes it easier to donate essentials to local homeless people
A new crowdfunding application, StreetChange, provides homeless people in the streets of Philadelphia with a bluetooth beacon which allows app users to donate basic necessities to them. Those with the bluetooth beacons make a wish list of basic necessities, and as soon as a StreetChange client Read More...
Vegans are making wine that's organic and gluten free
If you think wine is just made of some crushed up grapes fermented in a barrel, think again. Fish bladder protein, crushed crustacean shells, egg whites, gelatin, and casein milk protein are all commonly-used in wine-making process, from your bottom-shelf rose to a vintage Read More...
7 free ways to relieve stress
Every day it seems there's no shortage of things to worry about, whether it's politics, your own well-being and that of your loved ones, the predicaments of strangers around the world or countless other troubles. All that worry can affect your peace of Read More...