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Cleaner air saves lives in Chinese city
Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is a major center in China for energy production and metallurgical industries, and one of the world’s most air polluted cities. To combat air pollution, the Shanxi Provincial Government implemented many new environmental policies and regulations in the Read More...
Don’t burn the straw!
Minh Vu, a Vietnamese farmer, has the same problem after every harvest of her rice paddy: What to do with the stems of the rice plants after the threshing of the rice? Usually she chooses to burn them. And because that’s what most of her colleagues do as well, it means in Vietnam about 20 million Read More...
Green job openings more than double in the second quarter of 2014
While the economy is struggling and employment rates remain high, there appears to be a demand for green job. More than 12,500 green jobs were announced in the second quarter of 2014. That is more than double the number of jobs announced in the first quarter, according to a new report from Read More...
No more animal testing with human organs-on-a-chip
A small, clear plastic chip with red and blue 'veins' could end, or at least drastically decrease, drug testing on animals. The chips mimic human organs, and allow researchers to experiment with drugs. With the chip, researchers can introduce diseases and treatments, and observe how the blood and Read More...
Fat doesn’t make you fat
For decades, fat has been blamed for everything from heart disease to obesity to cancer. But new research shows that fat can be good for you. A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that after a year on their respective diets, study participants following a low-carb regimen had Read More...
Suffering is optional
Byron Katie cured herself from a severe depression with a simple, but profound insight: “I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that Read More...
Sustainable palm oil sales skyrocket
Most of the world’s oil palm trees are grown on a couple of islands in Malaysia and Indonesia – islands with the most biodiverse tropical forests found on Earth. The problem is that palm oil companies are clearing out ancient forests like these, to plant the highly lucrative oil palm trees. Read More...
Building designed to produce more energy that it takes to construct
How ecologically conscious can you get? Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a single-family residence that produces a massive surplus of energy. To achieve this, the house has large windows that minimize the need for artificial lighting and solar panels along its roof to maximize Read More...
Finding answers in your sleep
We usually can only tell the difference between dreams and reality when we’re awake—yet every so often, we may find it possible to distinguish between the two while asleep. This occurrence is known as a lucid dream, and happens when a dreamer separates part of their awareness from the context Read More...
Renewables account for 22% of global energy production
Green energy is being adopted at an unprecedented rate—and that’s official. Solar, wind, and other renewable power sources now produce 22% of the world's electricity, says the IEA, a Paris-based agency established to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries. Read More...