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Earth has higher terrestrial plant capacity than previously believed
Our planet can grow more plant life than previous calculations have predicted—but with a little help from humans. Researchers re-analyzed data that calculated the theoretical biomass limit, but this time took into account human intervention. As it turns out few plants in the natural world Read More...
IKEA takes strategic approach to green technology
IKEA has announced it will abandon all non-energy efficient lighting by 2015. The Swedish furniture giant has partnered with Scottish lighting company Design LED Products to create the lighting fixtures of the future. IKEA will fund DLP’s production in return for access to their technology. Of Read More...
Increasing global compassion
Below is an excerpt from author and researcher Dr. Paul Ekman's new book 'Moving Toward Global Compassion' which was published in March by the Paul Ekman Group. Dr. Ekman’s research, among many things, has laid the foundation for our understanding of microexpressions—involuntary facial Read More...
Largest private bank predicts major shift toward renewables in next 20 years
Could power plants become obsolete in the next two decades? That seems like a far off idea to some, but is exactly what UBS bank, the world’s largest private bank, has suggested in a recent briefing paper it sent to clients and investors. The German bank believes that current centralized energy Read More...
This app is designed to minimize food waste
In the US we waste about 133 billion pounds of food each year. A new app called PareUp connects frugal grocery shoppers with food that is about to be thrown in the trash. Businesses post on the PareUp app foods that are discounted because they are approaching their sell-by date. Then consumers look Read More...
This process keeps the food you have to throw away out of the landfill
If you are unable to eat all the vegetables you buy on PareUp before they go bad, but don’t want to throw them away, there might be a solution coming. Italian scientists are developing a process the will make plastic out of biowaste. The process creates a cellophane-like material out of Read More...
Sub-Saharan Africa will add more renewables in 2014 than in last 14 years combined
Clean energy technology is becoming more efficient, and affordable—two must-haves for widespread adoption. Because of this the sub-Saharan Africa is planning to roll out green energy sources, and in record numbers. The region will add about 1.8 gigawatts of capacity generated from renewable Read More...
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group takes hardline to minimize waste
So far the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has met and exceeded all the recycling targets it has set. But now the soft drink company is looking to push waste reduction even lower. DPS has announced initiatives that will reduce fuel use by 20 percent per gallon, conserve and protect water sources by Read More...
Bibliotherapy: Read and write to heal
Reading and healing have an age-old association. In ancient Egypt, libraries were known as psyches iatreion, “sanatoriums of the soul.” During the Renaissance, the poetry of the Psalms was thought to “banish vexations of both the soul and the body,” according to Italian humanist philosopher Read More...
Reaping the health benefits of gardening
While stress is abundant, the solution may be close-by. According to a new study gardening can have overtly beneficial therapeutic effects. Just 5 minutes in the garden will give your mind a chance to unwind, and focus on things that aren’t causing you stress. To avoid turning your garden into Read More...