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The best way to measure a household's resilience? Ask those who live there
The concept of “resilience” is taking development and humanitarian sectors by storm. Huge amounts of finance are being channelled into “resilience-building” activities, aimed at supporting people and communities to deal more effectively with climate extremes, financial Read More...
How to grow your soil with mycorrhizae and beneficial bacteria
Get dirty, have fun and grow more food with great gardening tips from real-life gardeners. Tags: healthy soil, beneficial bacteria, fungi, permaculture, food forestry, California, Joshua Burman Thayer What is the difference between dirt and soil? To me, “dirt” evokes an image of a dead Read More...
Los Angeles plan to reshape the streetscape in favor of bikes, buses and pedestrians
This city of fast cars and endless freeways is preparing to do what not long ago would have been unthinkable: sacrificing car lanes to make way for bikes and buses. The City Council has approved a far-reaching transportation plan that would reshape the streetscape over the next 20 years, adding Read More...
The inevitable solar-powered march of the hydrogen fuel cell
Researchers at Rice University are on to a relatively simple, low-cost way to get pry hydrogen loose from water, using the sun as an energy source. The new system involves channeling high-energy “hot” electrons into a useful purpose before they get a chance to cool down. If the research Read More...
University for refugees launches crowdfunding campaign
Kiron University looking to raise money to offer free education to refugees An online university for refugees has launched a crowdfunding campaign to provide free higher education for individuals who have suffered persecution in their home countries. Kiron University, a social enterprise company Read More...
Greetings From Bitcoin Island
The Isle of Man is a strange place. Home to four-horned sheep, cats without tails, and perfectly preserved Victorian-era steam locomotives, this rock in the middle of the Irish Sea is perhaps best known for hosting the world’s most dangerous motorcycle race, the Manx TT. Read More...
Toyota presents world’s first mass produced hydrogen-powered car
After two decades of research, the Toyota Mirai—which means future in Japanese—has arrived. It’s the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen-powered car and it has the potential to propel the automotive industry into a new direction. Like Tesla and many other new models, the Mirai has an Read More...
India demands coal power plants to subsidize solar energy
India has found a way to help the distribution of more solar power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered some of India's oldest coal-fired power plants to help make solar farms more competitive. This way, the dirty coal industry is forced to subsidize the clean energy sector. You could see it Read More...
Retirement is not the beginning of the end; it's good for your health, says study
We may think of retirement as the first stage in a person’s declining health. However, a new study from Germany has found that retirement improves people’s health because they take more exercise, sleep longer and have more time to recover from work-related strain. Retirees enjoy their time Read More...
These Belgian streets became car-free zones this summer, and people loved it
The city of Ghent in Belgium became one big urban laboratory this summer when 16 streets closed down for car traffic. The city residents from these streets were free to decide what they wanted to do with the newly freed up space. Their streets turned into parks, with plenty of playground for Read More...