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‘Economics profession is obsessed with the wrong things and not helping people’
The profession of economics should guide society how best to use available resources to create an optimal outcome for people and environment. But it’s terribly failing at that, according to Jeffrey Sachs, economics professor at Columbia University. Sachs says that economics is obsessed with Read More...
The developing world can make a lot of money with toilets
Many people in developing countries don’t have access to toilets connected to sewer systems. That’s a problem from a sanitation perspective. It’s also an enormous opportunity. Human “waste” provides an economic opportunity as well. Pee and poo can be turned into energy and new Read More...
Fighting food waste with second skin for fragile fruit made from… food waste
Fresh fruit and vegetables are healthy. Yet, the fresh produce is enormously expensive and wasteful. An estimated 40 percent of all fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. ends up in the trash. What makes it to your local grocery store is often coated in layers of wax to keep it as fresh—or, Read More...
Mercedes’ Groove: from selling one car to one person, to selling cars to share
The sharing economy driven by the internet deeply changes business and society. In the past century, car makers have sold one car to one person one time and then waited for them to wear out that car and come back to buy a new one. Increasingly, car manufacturers are producing cars for people to Read More...
The most blissful places for your next meditation vacation
Next time, you consider booking a vacation that revolves around relaxation, you may want to consider these destinations. Yes, you can meditate everywhere. But a simple look at these pictures that some places certainly help in experiencing peace and Read More...
Rooftop hydroponic systems produce cheaper, healthier greens than rural farms
Rooftop farming is a promising new trend to bring healthy and cheap food to urban areas. This type of farming all but removes soil from the equation, with each plant housed in plastic containers hovering above a tank, their stringy roots dangling into a circulating pool of nutrient-boosted tap Read More...
This app lets you listen to every radio station in the world
If you want to have an inspiring one world experience, check our Radio Garden. This “Google Earth of radio” lets you listen to any station in the world. You can click on any radio station just by spinning the globe. You will find out that they play the same music in Novokuznetsk in Russia as in Read More...
After the vegan burger this fast food chain is conquering the U.S.
Vegan burgers are rising in the U.S. New York chefs are competing for the veggie burger that tastes as good—or even better—than the regular one. So, it makes sense that a vegan fast food chain is jumping on the healthy trend. Veggie Grill launched ten years ago, and it now has 28 locations on Read More...
Purify your home with these indoor plants
Our homes are filled with unhealthy chemicals—from formaldehyde, found in household products and building supplies to benzene, in plastics and resins, and trichloroethylene in adhesives. Indoor plants are incredible agents for expelling these chemical pollutants. All plants add balance to the Read More...
The future of agriculture is drip irrigation
Irrigation is terrible for the planet, requiring great quantities of water while increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Drip irrigation, a farming practice that provides a plant with whatever it needs at just the right time, provides an excellent solution. Through plastic ‘drip lines’ that lie Read More...