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Writing a journal makes you more productive
Whatever your goal, journaling is a powerful tool to help you achieve success. Journaling is a great roadmap to help guide you to where you want to be. Journaling increases your sense of awareness and this can even make you more productive. When you take the time to write your thoughts down, you Read More...
Why having more women on boards is good for the environment
In celebration of Earth Day, numerous companies will be promoting their "green" products and their efforts around sustainability and climate mitigation. The most meaningful and impactful initiative these same companies could pursue to promote sustainability, however, would be to ensure they have Read More...
Volvo to electrify its entire fleet, will release battery-electric vehicle in 2019
Gas is nice and cheap right now, but it's not going to stay that way forever. That's why, despite the continuation of strong truck and SUV sales, automakers are still working to add electricity into the mix. Volvo's just announced a very ambitious goal of selling one million electrified cars by Read More...
Economic reality shifts Republican perspective on renewables
It's not the first time that new economic realities change political perspectives. Most Republicans in the U.S. reject any role of humans in global warming. However, a small and growing number of once-skeptical Republicans are embracing wind and solar as these clean energy sources begin to deliver Read More...
Supergrid connecting Europe and Africa will enable 100% renewable energy
A ‘supergrid’ connecting Europe to northern Africa will help both regions reach near 100 percent renewable energy capacity, the German Frauhofer Institute states in a report. The grid connection would allow countries to share electricity to balance over or under production. For instance, Read More...
French startup powers street lighting with bacteria
French startup Glowee works on a new concept for the future smart city: It aims to provide street lighting through synthetic biology. It uses the bioluminescent genetics of bacteria living in squids, inserts them in common, non-pathogenic bacteria, which are capsuled in a transparent shell. The Read More...
Costco provides farmers with loans to increase organic production
Demand for organic produce rises fast in the U.S. In response, warehouse chain Costco has started to provide farmers with loans to upscale their organic produce. Costco explains the move saying that “it cannot get enough organics to stay in business day in and day out.” Loans will be used for Read More...
Breaking these 13 habits will make you happier
We all have a happiness “set point”. When extremely positive or negative events happen – such as buying a house or losing a job – they temporarily increase or decrease our happiness, but we eventually drift back to our set point. Researchers have found that our genetic set point is Read More...
Filtering drinking water with nanofibers
Liquidity, an Alameda, California-based startup, has developed a low-cost water filter made from nanofibers that it hopes will reduce water-borne diseases in poor countries. Naked Filter, a version designed for the developed world, attaches to a plastic water bottle. Its membrane of electrospun Read More...
Best electric cars 2016
Love them or loathe them, the electric car is a hot topic in the motor industry. Manufacturers are investing heavily in the technology and most major car-makers now have a model on sale or one in the pipeline. Governments are equally keen for electric cars to become a legitimate choice for Read More...