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This is why meditation makes you feel better
Usually, “do nothing” is poor advice to follow if you want to feel better. Yet a strong body of literature now shows that meditation—the mindful art of doing nothing but sitting still—effectively relieves pain. Now, a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that meditation Read More...
China to more than triple solar power capacity in five years
China plans to more than triple solar power capacity by 2020 to as much as 143 gigawatts to help reduce carbon emissions. The country will add 15 to 20 gigawatts of photovoltaic power annually in the next five years, Nur Bekri, head of the National Energy Administration, said in a conference in Read More...
93 percent of Apple's facilities run on renewable energy
Apple today announced that 93 percent of its facilities run on renewable energy, including 100 percent of its facilities in the US, China, and 21 other countries. Lisa Jackson, Apple's VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Issues, made the announcement at Monday's event in Cupertino, California, Read More...
These Startups Want To Bring Surplus Food To Those In Need
"We sell ugly fruit and vegetables," says Ben Simon, CEO of Imperfect Produce. "Or as we like to call it, cosmetically challenged." Semantics aside, mountains of food go to waste each year because it's a bit lumpy or misshapen. Meanwhile, public health officials have found that more than 14% of Read More...
Australia drops Tasmanian wilderness logging campaign
The Australian and Tasmanian authorities are abandoning their bid to have logging permitted in the Tasmanian Wilderness, a World Heritage site. The decision comes after a report by the UN cultural agency Unesco said the area "should be off-limits to commercial logging in its entirety". Read More...
Remote reefs thrive despite climate change
Remote coral reefs continue to thrive despite warming oceans. That’s the outcome of a decade-long study of remote islands in the Central Pacific. The report from University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides reason for optimism by highlighting the potential Read More...
Starwood Hotels first U.S. company to do business with Cuba since 1959
President Obama’s visit to Cuba is not only restoring the political relationship between the United States and the island in the Caribbean. Only hours after Obama’s arrival in Havana the first business deal with the Cuban authorities since the revolution of 1959 was announced: US hotel company Read More...
EU: Energy efficiency will replace oil as “fuel”
Renewable energy guru, Amory Lovins, famously said: “We'd find more energy in the attics of American homes than in all the oil buried in Alaska.” A new report by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission proves his point. The sum of energy savings plus the renewable energy power of Read More...
Create your personal mantra and change your life
Mantras are ancient Sanskrit sacred texts that support meditation. But some argue that you can create a—modern—personal mantra that may work just as well to quiet and focus your mind. Here are five steps to design your own Read More...
Cows, rejoice! We don’t need your milk anymore!
Together with environmental engineer Perumal Gandhi and CEO of New Harvest Isha Datar, Ryan set out to create “a real dairy product that relies in no way on animal husbandry.” Muufri (pronounced Moo-free, get it?) is not meant to undercut small farmers, rather it serves as a much-needed Read More...