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How Colorado is turning food waste into electricity
Americans throw away about a third of our available food. But what some see as trash, others are seeing as a business opportunity. A new facility known as the Heartland Biogas Project is taking wasted food from Colorado's most populous areas and turning it into electricity. Through a technology Read More...
IKEA's plans to become a solar energy powerhouse
For years now IKEA has had a strong commitment to environmental responsibility and last week the organisation’s green credentials received yet another boost with it announcing that it plans to expand its solar sales. Already the world’s biggest furniture seller, IKEA has announced plans Read More...
The greener side of fashion: Sustainable style a growing trend
A delicate gown crafted from strips of silk and lace hangs on a rack filled with similarly refined pieces. From wide-legged, snowy white trousers featuring hand-beaded embellishments, to a collarless cocoon coat made of plush jacquard fabric in contrasting tones of blue and bronze, the H&M Read More...
This device could seriously change the lives of people with type-1diabetes
People living with type-1 diabetes are constantly tracking and adjusting their blood sugar with insulin or food, but that could all change soon with a new invention developed by a professor at Boston University. Named the iLet, the invention is a bionic pancreas that automatically takes blood sugar Read More...
Ex-Uber driver launches ride sharing for women
There was a time when concerned mothers would tell their teen children: Don't walk alone at night. Take a cab. It's safer. Then “a cab” became "an Uber”. Now parents and riders concerned about safety have another option: Chariot for Women, a ride-sharing service launching on April 19 Read More...
From 3-D printed eggs to drones: How technology is shaping the future of wildlife conservation
Wildlife conservationists rely heavily on data in their efforts to protect animals, but gathering that data without disturbing the wildlife it’s intended to protect can prove to be a difficult task. In an effort to revitalize the endangered vulture population through captivated breeding, Read More...
A renewable energy boom in developing countries as solar beats coals
Some world leaders have long said it’s hard to reduce the emissions that are warming the planet because they need to use cheap, dirty coal to keep energy affordable. That argument is quickly losing its salience as the cost of renewable energy sources like wind and solar continue to fall. Last Read More...
6 tips to master your internal dialogue
Your internal dialogue is the conversation your ego is having with itself. It’s the sub-textual voice that applies logic, reasoning, and beliefs to situations, people, and events. The internal dialogue plays a vital role in deriving meaning from our life and reality. When your internal dialogue Read More...
If you struggle to meditate, try this
Meditation can be difficult for some people to achieve Simple breathing exercises can be a gateway to relaxation and a form of meditation I was on vacation last week, and I spent a few days in Cape Cod. In March, it's a gray place. Most of the things that make it "the Cape" in the eyes of folks who Read More...
Vitamin D 'heals damaged hearts'
Vitamin D supplements may help people with diseased hearts, a study suggests. A trial on 163 heart failure patients found supplements of the vitamin, which is made in the skin when exposed to sunlight, improved their hearts' ability to pump blood around the body. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals team, Read More...