Top 6 U.S. cities for living a green lifestyle
Living a green lifestyle means managing your waste, recycling efficiently, making environmentally-friendly transportation choices, buying local and organic goods, utilizing alternative forms of energy and reducing your overall carbon footprint. Going green becomes easier when you’re Read More...
UK hits clean energy milestone: 50% of electricity from low carbon sources
Half of the UK’s electricity came from wind turbines, solar panels, wood burning and nuclear reactors between July and September, in a milestone first. Official figures published on Thursday show low carbon power, which has been supported by the government to meet climate change targets, Read More...
The radically simple design that's changing African architecture
When constructing a building in Africa, the one thing it must be able to do is withstand the African climate. By combining the sophistication of European architecture along with the needs of African buildings, Berlin-based architecture Francis Kéré has started an architectural revolution in Read More...
Why digital nomads are ditching mainstream banking for better options
For the digital nomads traveling the world and working at the same time, banking can be a giant headache. Moving money between international accounts costs money, withdrawing money costs money, and exchanging foreign currencies costs money. With all these fees, what’s even the point of banking? Read More...
Republican governors pass major clean energy bills
Both Illinois and Michigan have passed major clean energy bills in the last hours of their lame duck sessions, encouraged by the state’s Republican governors. Now eyes are on Ohio, where Gov. Kasich may veto a bill that would extend a freeze on the state’s renewable standards, which would leave Read More...
Plastic or real? Which Christmas tree is the most environmentally friendly option
Is it more sustainable to buy a natural tree every year from a local store, or pick up an artificial one that requires very little maintenance and can be used over and over? The answer lies in the specific tree you opt for. Producing and shipping fake trees across the world causes emissions, Read More...
The key to success: Setting aside 10 hours a week for thinking
What’s the best way to reach success? Is it sacrificing everything in your life just to achieve career success? It doesn’t necessarily need to be. Some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, including Warren Buffet, contribute success to the time they give themselves just to think. By Read More...
New power plant generates clean energy through wind, solar and geothermal
A newly designed futuristic power plant complex, EXOSPHERE, pioneers a unique paradigm for sustainable buildings in the Dominican Republic. Four wind turbines connect a pair of net-zero towers in the “largest building-integrated wind energy system in the Americas,” according to Read More...
A water-abundant vision of 2017
I believe we are at an inflection point regarding how the public and private sectors view water as a resource. This is not to say that there is a groundswell of private sector commitment to invest in mitigating water risks, or that the public sector has completely addressed policy and governance Read More...
How leadership turned an Israeli city into a model for water efficiency
Rishon LeZion, five miles south of Tel Aviv, was founded in the 1880s by Jewish immigrants who fled the poverty and pogroms of Russia. Now the fourth-largest city in Israel, what was once a small farming community has become one of the most prosperous cities in the country. Drive along the Read More...