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Levi’s 'well-being' programs to reach 300,000 workers by 2025
Levi Strauss & Co. announced last week that it would aggressively expand its worker well-being initiatives. The expansion is set to reach factories across Levi’s entire supply chain, as well as other brands within the global garment industry. According to the San Francisco-based Read More...
Invisible solar cells: Harnessing solar energy with stone, concrete and wood
Generating “free” electricity with solar panels is attractive to many homeowners. However, there also many people who don’t like the sight of the blue panels on their roofs or in their gardens. That’s where fashion-sensitive Italians can help. Dyaqua is a new company that offers Read More...
How blockchain can help democratize the sharing economy
The sharing economy enables everyone to turn any asset (homes, cars, etc.) into a productive piece of capital. Eventually, we may get to a life without ownership. You own nothing. You rent everything. You do this because it’s cheaper: you pay pennies or fractions of pennies per day to have a bed Read More...
Technology can help make agriculture cleaner and pesticide free
On the long run pesticides create more problems than they solve. They destroy the soil and ultimately that leads to lower yields. They are not good for our bodies either. That’s why organic agriculture is best. But technology can help. Scientists are investigating the plant microbiome: the Read More...
This chart shows how the renewable energy revolution keeps beating expectation
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is the world’s most prominent energy forecaster. It was established as a watchdog of the industry in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. It’s illustrative for the exponential rise of renewable energy that the IEA keeps adjusting its outlook for wind and solar Read More...
Beat your insomnia with meditation and a few words from Thich Nhat Hanh
Sleeping problems are widespread in a hectic world where it’s not easy to find peace of mind. So, meditation helps. However, meditation is a challenge for many people exactly because they have such an anxious mind—which troubles their sleep too. Vicious circle. One woman had her "aha" moment Read More...
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...