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Vienna's boutique hotel offers view over refugees’ lives
The plight of thousands of people drowning in the Mediterranean in a desperate attempt to find asylum in Europe is currently on everybody’s mind. While the European Union is struggling to find the delicate balance between providing humanitarian aid to populations fleeing hell while not appearing Read More...
US judge briefly extends human rights to chimpanzees
The cause of animal rights may be moving forward. Activists were given a historic victory yesterday when a judge at the New York Supreme Court of Justice briefly decreed that chimpanzees held at Stony Brook University for research purposes are covered by a writ of habeas corpus, effectively Read More...
How home gardeners can eliminate food waste and provide for those in need
Gardeners are a happier bunch than the average population, according to Gardeners' World magazine. Explanations abound, such as connecting with nature, spending quiet time contemplating soil and plants, and growing flowers or food for the enjoyment of oneself and one’s loved ones. How about Read More...
When creative thinking wins over a repressive government
How do you fight a massive dam project that would destroy ecosystems and ruin whole communities, when you live under a brutal regime like Myanmar’s? You allow your anger to embolden you, you take little steps, and you use offline storytelling and communication tools and strategies such as art. Read More...
Lima is relying on an ancient civilization’s technology to alleviate drought
With its 9 million inhabitants, the city of Lima, Peru, is exposed to water shortages during its seven-month long dry season. Rather than building a desalination plant, the city's water utility company, Sedapal, is to invest in conservation projects to keep the rivers flowing more reliably Read More...
Pee-power toilet to improve safety for women in disaster areas
Oxfam’s technology challenge to the University of the West of England in Bristol is about to pay off. The global aid agency has been looking for a technology to turn pee into power in order to light toilets and bathrooms in refugee camps and other places, in order to improve safety for women. Read More...
Community labor creates an oasis in the Ethiopian desert
Moving mountains is not just a biblical image when political will is present and the community rallies around a common goal. Some 20 years after a severe drought and political turmoil caused a devastating famine that claimed more than a million victims in Ethiopia, a village has successfully Read More...
Happiness in 10 delicious, affordable, science-based nuggets of wisdom
Don’t roll your eyes and prick up your ears. The secret to happiness that so many of us are lusting for is that there’s no secret. There are rather tiny habits to incorporate into our lifestyle in order to maximize those 40% of happiness potential that we do have control over, according to Read More...
Bald eagle returns to New York City after a 100-year absence
Rebounding wildlife makes for uplifting news, these days, especially when species that were on the verge of extinction are at stake. The most awaited new-born in New York City these days is a bald eagle offspring. The first active nest to be spotted locally in a century is located in Staten Read More...
Holding Dow Chemical accountable to its 2025 Sustainability Goals
It is easily tempting to dismiss corporate sustainability goals out of hand as greenwashing. And with good reason, if history is to teach us anything. The fact is that businesses yield tremendous resources and power to impact our world, for better and for worse. When Dow Chemical spells out Read More...