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Kathmandu’s earthquake wreckage reveals signs of shift toward safer construction
While rescue efforts continue in the Kathmandu region, a much-needed conversation about local building codes and practices is beginning to emerge through the rubbles into the light. Volunteer experts who traveled to Nepal to assess the situation speak of positive signs that seismic-proof building Read More...
Consumers more likely to buy from companies with a conscience, new study finds
Those consumer-facing companies who have no vision beyond growing revenue, no true sense of corporate responsibility and no interest in investing in making a positive impact in the world, ought to think again. Today’s consumers are more likely to spend money on goods and services from Read More...
Stringent sustainability standard for textile industry launched in Virginia
The textile and clothing industry is riddled with unsustainable practices, including exploitation of human labor and severe environmental degradation. MetaWear, a T-shirt manufacturer in Fairfax, Virginia, has decided to lead by example, launching the first American-based Global Organic Textile Read More...
Pencils collection to increase color psychology literacy
The impact of color on mood and behavior is a well established fact. Although the science has yet to investigate ancient healing traditions based on color, the interest in color psychology has been growing. The School of Life, an international organization dedicated to helping people develop Read More...
3 Stoic principles for a joyful life
Stoics have a bad rap, as austere people who refuse to complain and keep their feelings under wrap. Don’t feel bad if your ability to appreciate what you have and your wise insight into what you actually have control over, are often misunderstood. Take heart in three principles borrowed from Read More...
Getting Old
“I’m trying to save the lives of 100,000 people a day” Call him crazy, but Aubrey de Grey believes that people can live for hundreds of years: it’s just a technological leap we haven’t made yet. We hate to bring this up, but the odds are that you’ll get old and sick one day and then Read More...
Health Aging
Kris Verburgh knows how you can age well and lose weight, but don’t call him a diet guru. Many pages into writing his new book, Kris Verburgh realized the truth. Darn it, he was writing a diet book! This from someone who dislikes diet books. “I don’t believe in diets,” he says. “I’m not Read More...
Turn up the stress
Even as we anxiously try to avoid and suppress it, more and more research shows that stress is actually beneficial. It results in better performance, keeps us alert and is even good for our health. One morning in 2007, Arianna Huffington awoke in a pool of blood on the floor of her office. She had Read More...
Anti-corruption stance of Nigeria’s president-elect causes regional ripple effect
Corruption has long been regarded as a crime against development, and rightly so. Sub-Saharan African nations are overly represented among the worst affected. In Nigeria, rich oil reserves and prolonged armed conflicts have made the country a hotbed for corruption. This week’s pledge by Read More...
Hyundai’s hydrogen-powered SUV to run on sewage in South California
For all the recent advance on the electric car market, it is good to see that other alternatives to fossil fuel transportation are also making progress. Low-emission-car pioneer Hyundai is soon to introduce a fuel cell version of its 2015 Tucson in Orange County that will run on biogas produced Read More...