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Ode to Jetara Séhart
Dances with Horses Wild horses galloping through the vast expanses of the American landscape make for a powerful and iconic metaphor for freedom. For more than four years, visual artist and dancer Jetara Séhart has joined the ranks of wild horse activists, devoting her life to educating the public Read More...
Farming for the Future
Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser are not your typical farmers. They turned their plot of land into an unusual field experiment, leading to much higher yields and much higher earnings. What are their secrets? One afternoon in March, on Singing Frogs Farm, a small vegetable operation that Paul and Read More...
The Path of the Altruist
Selfless love is the best guarantee of a fulfilled and meaningful life. An essay in five acts. By Guus van Holland I I am passing a flower stall when I think, Why not? My wife and I have had a terrible row. Although the dust has settled, I can still feel the pain that I put her through. I can Read More...
Free Money!
Free money! Digital currencies are bringing money back to the people—without interest. Money is a problem. You know that: you never seem to have enough of it. But money isn’t just your problem. Money is the problem. The current monetary system causes poverty, pollution and inequality. As a Read More...
Bitcoin's Shared Ledger Technology: Money's New Operating System
On July 31, 2014 Adam Ludwin, Devon Gundry and Ryan Smith–no-names in the world of finance–walked into a windowless conference room in a Los Angeles office building near LAX and sat down on black leather executive chairs at a mahogany table that could seat 12. A dual-screen Read More...
Radical ideas to tackle income inequality
Income inequality is one of the most urgent issues of our time. Pope Francis has called it "the root of all social evil." President Obama called it the "defining challenge of our time." As the top 1% continues to get richer and wages for lower classes remain stagnant, it's time to ask, What can be Read More...
Smart, green cities could save the world $22 trillion, study shows
Every day, some 200,000 people move into cities across the globe. It doesn't seem that anything will halt or slow the trend of urbanization. To keep cities sustainable, it's essential for urban planners to adopt smart solutions to put cities on a greener, low-carbon path. That is not only possible, Read More...
Top chefs find ways to use food waste for delicious meals
Some call for food waste to head for compost bins, others show it's better off in your mouth. To curb food waste and to spark creative thinking, chefs are championing "trash cooking," using wasted ingredients into delicious meals. Ingredients like coffee grounds, leftover steamed milk and fish Read More...
Lightweight solar cells draw inspiration from Japanese art and move with the sun
When solar cells converge with the Japanese paper art form of kirigami, the result is something beautiful. The combination of the two creates light-weight state-of-the-art solar cells that can track the sun, capturing up to 40 percent more energy than conventional solar cells. While solar panels Read More...
One-on-one tutoring helps improve math scores and reduce anxiety
Children who struggle with math may benefit in more than one way from working with a tutor. Not only will one-on-one tutoring teach kids better, improving their scores, but it also reduces anxiety. A study of 8-year-olds, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that tutoring calms the Read More...