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Finding a new career through your relationships when you are not sure what to do
Many people have jobs they are not happy with. To prove the point: A Google search for “jobs that make you happy” gives 225 million results… Yet, people don’t leave their jobs fearing insecurity. So, how do you successfully transition to a career that suits you better? Here’s a story of a Read More...
The electric car revolution is making these investors very optimistic
Electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf may look no different from the standard family runaround. But the new materials that go into them could revolutionize the market for metals used in the industry, opening up a new field for commodities investors. “We identified electric vehicles as an area Read More...
Can we design an on-demand economy that will work for everyone?
On weekends, LaNeisha, a 33-year-old in San Francisco, borrows a friend's car to drive for Uber. When she discovered that she could rent out her closet for $290 through a startup called Roost, she turned it into a storage unit. She finds other gigs on Craiglist. For LaNeisha, who struggled to find Read More...
A huge carbon capture scheme is reviving hope for “clean coal”
The plant will harvest 90 percent of the carbon dioxide it produces. by Jamie Condliffe October 5, 2016 When it reopens later this year, the W.A. Parish Generating Station in Texas will be the largest coal power plant in the world with a retrofitted carbon-capture system. But the scheme is perhaps Read More...
Is jazz school the next great innovation incubator?
Two musicians stood before the audience, each watching the other’s eyes. With a nod of the head their performance began. They moved effortlessly through their cues, gesturing subtly to indicate who had the lead and who should follow. In less than five minutes, an audience journey that began Read More...
To effectively combat climate change, involve women
Africa, Climate Change, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Gender, Global, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations, Women & Climate Change | Opinion Esther Ngumbi is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University in Alabama. She serves as a 2015 Read More...
The future belongs to clean energy
As we close out a summer marked by uncertainty in news and events, one trend for which analysts voice increasing certainty is the accelerating pace of the clean-energy transformation reshaping how the world generates electricity. With increasing speed, global energy markets are turning away from Read More...
New 'smart textiles' can produce and store solar energy
Why lug around a portable battery pack when you could generate that power with your own clothing? That's the idea behind new "smart" fibers that can be tailored and woven like cotton — but also produce and store solar energy, like tiny clean power plants. The early-stage textile device could Read More...
No red and blue divide when it comes to renewable energy innovation and CO2 rules
Regular readers may recall my 2013 post describing how “energy agreement” is often “hidden by climate disputes” — drawing on data from a sustained survey by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Read More...
11,000 migrants saved in journey to Europe this week alone
The refugees in Europe are no longer creating the headlines every day. But they are still coming. In the past week alone, more than 11,000 migrants have been rescued as they attempted the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. The number says it all about the state of affairs in Northern Read More...