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Solar cars might be impressive. But vegan diets are better for the planet
As a professional race car driver, I’m all too aware of the impact driving has on the planet. That’s why I don’t work with any fossil fuel companies and, since 2007, I have adopted an acre of rainforest for every race I run in order to offset the unavoidable emissions of my race Read More...
Urban farming utopia in India produces more energy than it uses
Designed in collaboration with agroecologist Amlankusum, Hyperions was created to achieve two major objectives: energy decentralization and food deindustrialization. The result combines urban agriculture, bio-based materials, and dense mixed-use planning into a self-sufficient development. The Read More...
Rural Africa’s solar energy success story
Seventy percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lives “off the grid”, with no easy access to electricity. Without a reliable power grid, individuals and families rely on kerosene, candles and batteries to shed light on their studies and all other daily activities. Here, in Read More...
Gene test spots all known inherited heart conditions
You or someone close to you could be living with a heart condition passed along through the family without even knowing it. But you may never have to worry about that thanks to a new development from a team of international researchers. The research group has developed a blood test that that can Read More...
China to build ventilation 'corridors' in Beijing to help tackle air pollution
Air pollution is a sensitive topic in China, spurring public protests every year about environmental degradation, particularly from factories. Now, plans have been announced by the Xinhua state news agency that authorities in Beijing are developing a network of ventilation “corridors” to help Read More...
This small community in Canada will be solar-powered in summer
Colville Lake, high in a corner of the Northwest Territories in Caada, is a tiny town that is leading the way in getting rid of fossil fuels. Colville Lake, a community of about 150, has successfully tested a system of batteries and solar panels. When the town needed to replace its aging diesel Read More...
New scientific proof that meditation helps make you less stressed
For years, meditation has been associated with all kinds of benefits, such as increased happiness, more self-control and better social skills. But so far, it’s been hard to quantify exactly how those benefits are linked with the act of sitting still and focusing your thoughts. New research, Read More...
3 specific ways that helping others benefits your brain
Supporting others socially does more than just benefit the receiver, it also helps the giver of that support on a neurobiological level, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UCLA found that social support, like being “someone to lean on” or “looking for ways Read More...
6 ways to give your activism a much-needed global spin
To do truly responsible advocacy work, you have to go global. Adding a global sensibility to your activism means reaching outside of your own community to get a broader view of the inequalities at hand. By hearing and acknowledging global perspectives, rather than listening to the single story that Read More...
Wilderness as a therapy. ‘Be wild’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) state that 1 in 4 people in the world will be affected by mental health issues at some point in their lives. This in theory means that if we ourselves are not affected someone close to us will be. In the past 5 years particularly, I have seen a rise in people, Read More...