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California universities launch experiment to go carbon-neutral 'at scale'
What does it look like when a university decides to walk the walk as well as talk the talk on climate change? The University of California system – which encompasses 10 university campuses and two national scientific research laboratories – is about to find out. Two years ago, Janet Napolitano, Read More...
New legal move to prevent Japan from whale hunting in Antarctic
Environmental campaigners in Australia have mounted a fresh attempt to prevent Japan from killing hundreds of whales in the Antarctic this winter, as officials in Tokyo indicated they would ignore an international ban on the country’s “scientific” expeditions imposed last year. Read More...
Convoy debuts, aiming to be the Uber of trucks
Trucking isn't the first thing that comes to mind when considering industries ripe for disruption. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff and EBay founder Pierre Omidyar might disagree. They, along with other investors, are backing Convoy, a Seattle-based startup that's betting Read More...
Norway gets greener with hybrid-ship plans
Norway is on a roll lately. Last week, the Scandinavian country announced it would ban cars entirely from the city center of Oslo, and now it's announcing plans to build a fleet of plug-in hybrid ships to service its marine industries. Marine shipping is a major global pollutant. In fact, one large Read More...
Here are the secrets to acting confidently in the face of adversity
Life is full of risks, decisions and uncertainties. To grow successful, both in your personal and professional life, you sometimes must face the unknown and take chances. But this is much easier said than done. Here are some secrets to help you act confidently in the face of Read More...
Adam Smith’s underappreciated wisdom on benevolence, happiness, and kindness
Brain Pickings remains free (and ad-free) and takes me hundreds of hours a month to research and write, and thousands of dollars to sustain. If you find any joy and value in what I do, please consider becoming a Member and supporting with a recurring monthly donation of your choosing, between a cup Read More...
Meditation and yoga make you less likely to need a doctor
A new study has found that relaxation techniques dramatically decreases the need for healthcare visits and interventions, which is a good reason to pull out the old yoga mat. Healthcare practitioners have known for a long time that using relaxation techniques can improve health, but it’s hard Read More...
7 things science says about how you can grow smarter
I like to think I'm a pretty smart guy--but we all do stupid things sometimes. For example, I graduated near the top of my law school class, but I sometimes question how smart it was to go to law school in the first place. And, I'm reminded of the hour or so I spent not long ago searching for my Read More...
5 things you can do tonight to reverse the U.S. food crisis
The United States of America has national policies on space, on climate change and on many other issues that affect our lives. Yet, there is no public policy on a federal level regarding food waste or food consumption (other than a flimsy food pyramid that has been redesigned many times, to its Read More...
This women's collective is using agroecology to fight India's green revolution
For the women farmers of Tamil Nadu life has long been a struggle, all the more so following the advent of 'Green Revolution' industrial agriculture. So now women's collectives are organizing to restore traditional foods and farming methods, resulting in lower costs, higher yields, improved Read More...