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Renewable energy to hit 9 percent of U.S. total in 2017
U.S. renewable-energy generating capacity is not only growing, but it is beginning to erode coal's share of the electricity-generating mix, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The agency predicts renewable energy—particularly solar power—to continue growing. Read More...
Take a peek into one French woman's zero-waste, minimalist home
The average American family of four sends upward of 4,000 pounds of trash to landfill each year. Bea Johnson sends a Mason jar's worth. Since coining the term "zero-waste home" nearly a decade ago, Bea has become an easy-breezy face of sustainable living. Safe to say, she'll leave you green with Read More...
Sustainable business will drive the new economy, not Trump
Like most of you, I’m still trying to get my head around Donald Trump’s victory. While his rise may have been predictable and should have been foreseeable after years of economic and cultural stagnation in the heartland, it doesn’t sting any less. And now we all have to Read More...
Renault plans to produce a $8,000 mass market electric car by 2018
Within the next two years, Renault-Nissan plans to produce an electric car costing $8,000 or less. The car would be one of the cheapest electric cars on the market and would help to make electric vehicles available to anyone. The company hopes the car will help to capture the lucrative Chinese Read More...
This device can reconnect the brain with the muscles of paralyzed people
People who break their backs or suffer a spinal trauma are unable to stand or move even though their legs still work, because the signal which connects their brain to their muscles is disconnected. An international team of scientists may have found a way to bypass the injury and reconnect the brain Read More...
Trump cannot halt the market forces driving the clean energy revolution
The fact that Donald Trump will soon take over as president of the U.S. doesn’t mean the country will start burning more coal. Yes, the new president has made promises to revive coal industry. However, ultimately market forces will drive to the cheapest energy sources. And as of now, solar and Read More...
Donald Trump, Brexit and what's happening with democracy
Many Americans have woken up questioning how the polls could be so wrong. And wondering why a man who, according to 60 percent of the population doesn't have the qualities to be a president, nonetheless was elected. They feel like many Brits did after Brexit. At that time the Belgium author David Read More...
5 science-backed practices to build resilience in times of setbacks
One in two Americans feels frustrated after an election that sharply divided the country. So how do you deal with frustrations and setbacks. Even for the relatively self-aware and emotionally adept, struggles can take us by surprise. We all face adversity from time to time, but what’s most Read More...
Faraday Future just shared a glimpse of its first real electric car
Faraday Future released another video Wednesday of the electric car it will show at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The most recent video focuses on the car's wheels and includes a tagline that reads "who said don't reinvent the wheel?" Faraday Future released another video in late Read More...
Regenerative Agriculture Will Feed the World and Cool the Planet
"World governments spend $486 billion a year to subsidize an industrial food and farming model that the United Nations estimates, contributes 43-57 percent of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions," said Ronnie Cummins, international director of the Organic Consumers Association. "It's time to Read More...