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Why Japanese golf courses are turned into solar energy farms
Japan is known for its expensive, upper-crust golf clubs. But golf participation is down more than 40 percent from its high in the early 1990s. Now, the country is facing a severe over-development of golf courses. One solution: turning them into solar power plants. And so the multinational Kyocera Read More...
First plant-based culinary academy in Asia offers courses for preparing healthy and nutritious foods
With the overwhelming health and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet, there’s a growing need for education. Vegan chef Matthew Kenney is opening Asia’s first-ever plant-based culinary academy. The academy offers month-long courses. The curriculum is based on the use of whole, organic, Read More...
Diversify your diet and improve your gut health
To function optimally, our microbiome needs a diverse diet. However, modern agriculture has contributed to a loss of diversity, with about 75 percent of the world's population consuming only five animal species and 12 plant species. Of those 12, rice, maize and wheat contribute 60 percent of all Read More...
Self-driving cars won’t violate traffic rules; that’s a problem for cities
We have written before that the self-driven electric car will deeply transform transportation as we know it. But there are interesting side-effects that will not be good for everyone. Think about cities and states that depend on traffic fines for their revenue. Once the car is in charge, it’s a Read More...
Business opportunity: remove carbon from the air. Who wants to pay for it?
The problem of too much CO2 in the air is an interesting challenge for innovative businesses. There’s no more effective force to solve problems than business. So more and more startups are placing bold bets on technology designed to directly capture the greenhouse gas. Their technologies work. Read More...
Implementing wishes to bring peace to those near death
Many people spend their last days on earth in isolated circumstances. They die alone. The Three Wishes Project was developed to bring peace to the final days of critically ill patients and to ease the grieving process. The project is focused on eliciting three wishes to best honor the dying Read More...
Help Greece and go there on a vacation
To help the Greeks go through their economic and political crisis, some have suggested to go there on a holiday. This will boost the Greek tourism industry. You won’t be alone. In the first three months of this year, more than 800,000 international arrivals, which is up 30% from the previous Read More...
Yes, it’s possible to live in a city without a car. Here’s how
Add up all the costs for gas, insurance, maintenance and parking, and it appears that a car can be something much more expensive than you may think. That's what Kati and Kurt Woock of Denver learned, too. They ditched their car and turned to bikes, buses, Uber and taxis instead. For them, that Read More...
Even The Wall Street Journal raises the question: Can organic agriculture feed the world?
It’s a sign of the increasing strength of the organic movement that The Wall Street Journal—a reliable stalwart of the establishment and the status quo—joins the debate about whether organic agriculture can feed the world. Yes it can, says Catherine Badgley, an associate professor in the Read More...
Medical marijuana decreases painkiller abuse and drug overdoses
The legalization of marijuana gets closer and closer in the US. A new study shows that in states where marijuana is available for medical purposes, the number of admissions to rehabilitation facilities for pain medication and drug overdoses has decreased by 15 and 16 percent Read More...