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Berlin joins the growing list of cities that will not invest in fossil fuels
On Thursday, as the U.K. was taking its big Brexit vote, German legislators in Berlin voted on a very different kind of exit. The city became the latest in Europe to decide to divest its resources from the fossil fuel industry. Berlin’s $825 million pension fund will no longer invest in coal, Read More...
Largest U.S. organization of doctors urges hospitals to offer plant-based foods
The ancient Greeks already knew that food = medicine. That’s why it is so strange that the food that patients receive in hospitals—when they need the best—is often mediocre. But that may change. The largest organization of doctors in the U.S., the American Medical Association (AMA), is urging Read More...
Maybe we should not fight forest fires and let nature take its course
Biologists insist that wildfires have a necessary place in the evolution of nature. They argue that the century-old practice of suppressing wildfires has been nothing less than a calamity and are calling for a new approach that basically involves letting backcountry fires burn across millions of Read More...
Renewable energy progress in 3 numbers: 7, 43 and 50
The renewable energy revolution is in full swing. Here are three key numbers that illustrate the progress of wind and solar energy and the U.S. states that are making it happen: 7, 43 and Read More...
France leads the world in providing nutrition and handling food waste
France leads the countries of the G20, which maintain the largest economies and contain two-thirds of the global population, when it comes to food waste and nutrition, according to the The Food Sustainability Index. French supermarkets are required to donate excess food and tax incentives are in Read More...
Your brain shows that being generous makes you happy
Research has shown that people who spend money on others are happier. Now scientists have discovered why that is the case. A new study reveals the neural mechanism for why these generosity and happiness are Read More...
Green energy will overtake fossil fuels by 2020, Morgan Stanley analyst states
Many concerned citizens and institutions around the world were disheartened when President Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement. According to leading global investment firm Morgan Stanley, it doesn’t matter much. The continuous drop in costs and the benefits surrounding green Read More...
New mindfulness approach can help athletes get ‘in the zone’
Sports psychologists have developed a multi-step program based on the practice of mindfulness to increase coaches’ and athletes’ mental readiness for the game. Mindfulness involves being aware of the present moment and accepting things as they are without judgment. When it comes to sports, Read More...
Researchers create instant hydrogen from water and aluminum
Hydrogen power seemed all the rage for awhile, until we had to face the practical considerations of using it. Yes, it's clean and abundant, but it's also incredibly difficult to transport. One team may have accidentally found the key to jump starting this struggling economy, though; researchers at Read More...
Report: The world invested $264 billion in new renewables in 2016
In Brief REN21's latest Renewables Global Status Report it claims that more solar energy technology was installed worldwide in 2016 than any other form of renewable energy. Overall, renewable energy is growing much faster than fossil fuels, with the former receiving double the investment dollars Read More...