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This U.S. town plans to disconnect from the grid and go 100% renewables
Nassau, New York, a town of 5,000 people just outside of Albany, New York, plans to disconnect from the electrical grid. Last week, the town board voted to get 100 percent of its power from renewables by 2020. The town is making the move both as a way to "increase its reliance on renewable sources Read More...
Italy adopts new law to slash food waste
Italy has passed into law a raft of new measures to try to reduce the mountain of food wasted in the country each year. The bill - backed by 181 Senators, with two against and 16 abstaining - aims to cut waste one million tonnes from the estimated five million it wastes each year. It has been Read More...
The young entrepreneurs trying to help South Africa's townships
Lance Petersen sits in his radio studio and chats into his microphone. While most DJs of his age let the music do the talking, the 25-year-old very much likes to converse with his listeners. Lance is the founder and owner of Vibe Radio SA, an internet radio station based in the Cape Town township Read More...
Canna-butter, astro eggs and other costly superfood trends
Farmers are turning to moon almanacs to breed healthier chickens Cannabis is being infused into coconut oil, teas, canna-butter You're down with acai, take echinacea on the reg, and consider coconut oil a mainstay in your home. But a new class of high-powered superfoods is pushing the envelope even Read More...
'No one leaves anymore'. How Ethiopia's restored drylands offer hope
Kahsay Gebretsadik was arrested at 5am in Saudi Arabia. As an illegal immigrant with no papers he knew this was the end of his stay. After 15 days in prison, police placed him on a plane to Addis Ababa, one of 160,000 Ethiopian migrants expelled from Saudi Arabia in recent years. A perilous trek Read More...
Sri Lanka success whets international appetite for mangrove conservation
Sri Lanka's pioneering nationwide program to save its damaged mangrove forests is bearing fruit a year on, prompting the U.S. conservation group backing it to look for another island country to launch a similar effort. Duane Silverstein, executive director at California-based Seacology, a Read More...
Could the building block of the future be compressed recycled plastic?
A new startup by the name of ByFusion has a novel solution for tackling the growing problem of ocean plastic: turn it into construction material. The U.S-based startup has a patented process where they collect plastic trash from the ocean and compress it into sturdy, construction-quality bricks. Read More...
Blockchain technology is slowly changing the way business works
Blockchain is best known as the technology that sits behind bitcoin, recording all of the transactions made with the virtual currency. The technology allows for much more data storage than just the financial transactions. That’s why more and more entrepreneurs are finding ways to use the Read More...
One of the main arguments against windfarms has been proven false
Opponents of wind farms have long argued that the sight of turbines on the horizon damages tourism. If this sounds like nonsense, that’s because it is, according to a new study. This argument has actually succeeded in halting the construction of wind farms in the past, but a new study finds that Read More...
Protein from vegetable sources linked to longer life expectancy
A new study suggests people should aim to get more protein from vegetable sources rather than meat, to boost life expectancy. Researchers looked at 30 years’ of diet data for 130,000 people and found a reduced risk of early death in people who ate more plant-based protein, and an increased risk Read More...