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How cities can drive the Sustainable Development Goals
To create a framework for sustainable development beyond 2015, the United Nations recently announced a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals. Broader in scope than a preceding set of Millennium Development Goals, the new goals identify a long list of targets Read More...
The CEO and the activist: Meet the renewable energy odd couple
One wears an impeccably tailored navy blue suit. The other sports a giraffe-print dashiki shirt. Meet the renewable-energy odd couple, the environmental activist and his onetime target, the chief of Italy’s largest utility. A year ago, Kumi Naidoo, the head of Greenpeace International, and Read More...
Can Tesla deliver a self-driving electric car before 2020?
Elon Musk has been a media darling for quite some time and his stature as a real life ‘Iron Man’ is growing with each passing day. With PayPal, Tesla Motors, Solar City and Space X, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Musk has so far managed to prove many of his skeptics wrong. In Read More...
Architecture: Why old is the new green
When it comes to sustainable architecture, the focus has historically been on designing buildings to reduce emissions. In recent years though, this focus has expanded to take into account the full life-cycle impact of a building and its components. But is this enough? In this article from Read More...
Eating organic lowers pesticide levels in children, study shows
Sometimes it takes a study to state the obvious. Researchers have found that when children eat organic fruits and vegetables, the amount of pesticides in their bodies declines significantly. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, included 40 children whose urine samples were Read More...
Half of car buyers consider electric or hybrid vehicle
We are on the cusp of a major shift to hybrid and all-electric vehicles. According to a survey, 53% of drivers planning to buy or lease a new car in the next two years are considering an electric or hybrid vehicle. The survey was conducted for the British Institute of the Motor Industry. The Read More...
Elephants appear to be resistant to cancer: What can we learn from them?
Elephants hardly ever get cancer. And this knowledge could pave the way to a better understanding of the disease in humans, and possibly even inspire research into how to combat the disease in the future. Joshua Schiffman, a pediatric oncologist, led a study into the cancer fighting mechanisms in Read More...
The subway in London is recycling power
The London subway has started using a new technology that stops wasting vast amounts of energy. The quick bursts of speed and abrupt stops that trains make to get from station to station is an energy-expensive system. With “inverter” technology, the Cloudesley Road substation in London was Read More...
Get outdoors and into nature, it boosts your immune system
Have you ever wondered why being surrounded by nature feels so good? Research has long found spending time outdoors in gardens, forests and other nature is linked to strong mental and physical health, and now a researcher from the University of Illinois has found out why that is. In our daily Read More...
How cancer patients can benefit from a lifestyle of mindfulness
In a recent talk given at Dana-Farber, ABC news correspondent Dan Harris said mindfulness is the “ability to know what’s happening in your head right now without getting carried away by it.” Patricia Arcari, PhD, RN, of Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, descibes it as Read More...