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Meanwhile, the shift to clean energy is creating lots of jobs
The go-to argument for opponents against climate action is that it’s bad for the economy and kills jobs. Not true! A new report from climate advocacy organization NextGen Climate America shows that investments into clean energy, such as efficiency improvements, renewable energies and electric Read More...
For a sustainable lunch, here's how to grow edible insects at home
There are a lot of good reasons to start eating insects. First of all, they provide us with necessary nutrients: adult locusts, mealworms and grasshoppers have comparable levels of protein to raw beef. Secondly, insects release fewer greenhouse gases than traditional livestock. Did you know that Read More...
North Face launches winter jacket using synthetic spider's silk
Silk is a remarkable product of nature. For many millennia, silkworms and spiders have known how to make a fantastic fibre that's thinner than human hair, stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar. We, humans, are only catching up. Several teams of researchers around the world are exploring how Read More...
How to improve your memory and reduce your risk of getting dementia
What if you talked with your health professional about dementia and you would get a prescription for a few glasses of champagne a week? Indeed, new research from the University of Reading suggests that three glasses of champagne a week could help prevent the onset of dementia. However, we are still Read More...
Why doing good makes for good business
There are many ways of achieving social impact, and many ways that people organize themselves to do so. Sometimes this is through informal associations, like community groups; sometimes it’s through more formal ventures, such as charities and cooperatives. Increasingly, there’s a third Read More...
World’s first industrial-scale carbon capture
We recently wrote about a Belgian company converting climate change related byproducts into ethanol that is sold on as fuel. Switzerland-based Climeworks is going a step further by capturing CO2 from the air for commercial uses. Climeworks have developed a filter that binds CO2 by direct air Read More...
Balanced crop nutrition for plants and people
With each year’s planting and harvest, the essential nutrients — nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) — must be replenished for optimum plant growth and health. The natural replenishment cycle is often slow and generally unable to keep up with the annual agriculture Read More...
Renewables to overtake coal as world's largest power source
Renewable energy technologies, such as wind farms, solar panels and biomass power plants, are increasingly the default option for countries looking to add new power capacity, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report details how the transition to a global low Read More...
Alain de Botton: How philosophy can change your life
Alain de Botton is many things, but I think of him as a rare breed of practical philosopher. In 1997, he turned away from writing novels and instead wrote an extended essay titled How Proust Can Change Your Life, which became an unlikely blockbuster. His subsequent books have been described as a Read More...
The health benefits of meditation
Meditation has long been used to induce calm and physical relaxation. But research on its potential uses for treating medical problems “is still in its very early stages,” and designing trials can be challenging, said Richard J. Davidson, a neuroscientist who founded the Center for Read More...