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This is what Tibetan monks and Navy SEALs have in common
Abraham Maslow once famously said, “When all you’ve got is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” What he meant was, when it comes to problem-solving, we tend to get locked into using familiar tools in expected ways. The technical term for this is the Law of the Instrument. Give someone Read More...
Colombia's FARC rebels begin disarming under peace deal
Colombia's leftist FARC rebels are due to to begin surrendering their weapons under a landmark peace deal, marking the delicate transition from an armed group to a political party following more than half a century at war. After weeks of mustering its troops at designated disarmament zones, Read More...
San Francisco to require that new buildings be ‘100 percent electric vehicle ready’
The city of San Francisco has not been shy to use its building codes to try to accelerate the deployment of sustainable energy. Last year, it required new buildings to have solar panels installed on the roof and this year, it will try to accommodate electric vehicles by using a similar Read More...
Five years on equity crowdfunding has become the new normal
How Crowdfunding Took On Private Equity And Won was the headline on Forbes following the latest edition of The Deal, Beauhurst’s recent report on equity investments in private UK companies. Yet, when I recently took part in a World Economic Forum roundtable on financial innovation, the host Read More...
Apple's new campus partially built with green bonds
A year after Apple issued the largest green bond by any U.S. corporation, the tech giant is providing a closer peek at the projects the $1.5 billion issue has helped fund so far. Its first Green Bond Impact Report (PDF), which highlights the projects funded in the 2016 fiscal year, shows that Apple Read More...
How one of the world's densest cities has gone green
Singapore calls itself the Garden City, and it’s making good on that promise. Singapore’s meteoric rise launched a landscape of towering architecture in the compact city-state, and it’s now a case study in urban density. But as the metropolis continues to grow, urban planners are Read More...
The vitamins that help to treat schizophrenia
Schizophrenia can cause delusions, hallucinations, confused thinking and dramatic changes in behaviour. High doses of B vitamins can help reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia, new research finds. B vitamins, including B6, B8 and B12 were added to the normal treatment of people with schizophrenia. Read More...
The worst thing about electric cars might not be an issue for much longer
Doug Hines, CEO of a software company in Decatur, GA, has logged hundreds of miles in his Tesla. In addition to the obvious perks of owning an all-electric car—little maintenance, no exhaust, and just downright fun to drive — there was one he hadn’t expected: the Read More...
The largest coal plant of Western U.S. will shut down in 2019
A few weeks ago we reported that decision was coming: The Navajo Generating Station in Arizona, the seventh largest individual source of climate pollution in the U.S. will close in 2019, decades before it was originally planned to close. By some estimates, shutting it down will save more than Read More...
These solar panels are both efficient and aesthetically pleasing
An MIT startup has come up with a way to blend the efficiency of solar panels with aesthetics of beautiful rooftops. The startup, Sistine Solar, creates panel systems that can be customized to visually match a shingled rooftop, an ad, or any other image you can image. That’s because their solar Read More...