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Healthy fast-food restaurants are thriving
Just years ago, a fast food restaurant would only serve meals that were too fat and drinks that were too sugary. Not anymore. New fast food chains have popped up, serving fresh veggies and healthy snacks. Using local food and sustainably-sourced meat, these restaurants attract a growing group of Read More...
A change of heart changes everything
All you need is love, sang John Lennon. The only challenge: How do you create love? A startlingly simple answer was found in the redwood forests of Boulder Creek, California. Since 1991, the Institute of HeartMath has generated a body of scientific evidence that shows it is possible to create love. Read More...
India cleans waterways to increase food production
80,000 waterways in India aren’t usable because of pollution. That pollution stands in the way of a very necessary increase of food production. That’s why the Indian government has just announced $1 billion in funding to help clean the country’s waterways by 2017. The initiative will clean Read More...
UK posts record high renewable energy production
The United Kingdom posted a record for renewable energy production in the last quarter. UK renewable energy sources, particularly wind and hydropower, produced 18.1n terawatt-hours (TWh) of energy, or 43% more power than the same time period last year. The UK record comes on the heels of reports Read More...
Women and millennial leaders expedite corporate growth
If your business isn’t growing as quickly or dramatically as you’d like it to, perhaps it’s time to reevaluate who should receive the next promotion. A recent study reveals that those we do not stereotypically see in positions of power are actually the ones who should be given those Read More...
Innovative farming method increases crop and plant yields without wasting energy
The well-known doomsday scenario: Global food production can’t keep up with the rapid growth of the world. But never discount human ingenuity. Joe Breskin, scientist and farmer from Washington state, has formulated a new way of growing food that increase both crop and plant yields without wasting Read More...
Germany leads in sustainability and reliability
The story is that dependence of renewable energy makes power less reliable and stable as solar and wind energy are less predictable than conventional sources. But Germany is proving that all wrong. The country is leading the renewable energy charts while at the same time showing that it’s one of Read More...
Retirement from work? Or from life?
Insurance companies paint a rosy picture about retirement in their ads and brochures. We see happy smiling people next to a golf cart. Their message: Life and freedom really begins when you turn 65. But is that so? Retirement from work more often means retirement from life. When you love your work Read More...
Stacked solar cells make solar power cheaper than natural gas
New designs and approaches to solar are coming out weekly, but scientists have yet to attain the holy grail of 50 percent efficiency. Solar cells typically convert about 15 to 25 percent of the energy from sunlight into electricity—though 44.7 percent efficiency has been achieved in labs. A Read More...
Food and farm waste could open a multi billion dollar energy market
Tapping into the energy potential of food and farm waste is just being realized. The US department of agriculture has recently released the Biogas Opportunities Roadmap, an explanation of how the waste currently adding to greenhouse gas emissions could be repurposed as a major resource for energy Read More...