Ontario seeks to put a cap on water bottle industry with two-year ban
The Ontario government has proposed a two-year moratorium on the creation or expansion of bottled water operations fed by groundwater in the Canadian province, in a bid to strike a balance between a burgeoning bottled water industry, a growing population and the effects of climate change. The Read More...
How do you hail a tractor in India? All it takes is a few taps on your phone
Hailing a ride with your smartphone? That’s old news — ask any Uber, Lyft or Careem customer. But how about hailing a tractor? Just as urbanites may find it impractical to own a car but still need a ride once in a while, so, too, in the Indian countryside: To get the most from their land, Read More...
How Zipcar is reducing car congestion on college campuses
"Car sharing" sounds like it should reduce the number of cars of the road, but until recently that claim was more conjecture than fact. Without hard data, we didn't know what impact car sharing is having. Now the data is starting to appear. Recently, we saw how the service car2Go was enabling Read More...
Study suggests gut bacteria can aid recovery from spinal cord injury
Researchers from The Ohio State University have discovered that spinal cord injury alters the type of bacteria living in the gut and that these changes can exacerbate the extent of neurological damage and impair recovery of function. The study, "Gut dysbiosis impairs recovery after spinal cord Read More...
Mediterranean diet cuts macular degeneration risk by more than a third
People who closely follow the Mediterranean diet -- especially by eating fruit -- may be more than a third less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness, according to a study presented at AAO 2016, the 120th annual meeting of the American Academy of Read More...
10 smart food solutions for the future
Hunger and food waste are the defining characteristics of our global food system, both of which are exacerbated by a climate changing planet. By 2050 there will be more than nine billion people to feed, in a hotter and less predictable world. Rather than be daunted by the scale of the problem, and Read More...
Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them
Sometimes it’s pink, sometimes greeny-brown. But whatever the colour, whale dung could be the unlikely catalyst for ending whaling. The role of whale faeces in regenerating fish stocks will occupy centre-stage this week and next at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission Read More...
Can environmentally focused activist shareholders transform animal-based agriculture?
When Tyson Foods invested this week in a company that makes veggie burgers, it shocked industry observers. After all, Tyson isn’t just a company that dabbles in meat — it’s America’s largest processor and seller of all things carnivorous. Indeed, there seemed to be Read More...
Bringing more women entrepreneurs into clean renewable energy revolution
October 17th, 2016 by Carolyn Fortuna Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Decentralized sustainable energy technologies—both at the individual systems level, such as solar home systems, and at the mini-grid level servicing 50 to 100 households—are the cheapest solutions for Read More...
Indigenous land rights bring economic, not just environmental benefits
Secure indigenous land rights not only bring environmental benefits, they can also foster economic development, according to a new report released by the World Resources Institute. The report, Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, describes how Read More...