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San Francisco looks to startups to solve city’s problems
“We have the brightest minds to solve our biggest challenges,” said President Barack Obama in a White House address regarding the new management agenda on July 8, 2013. The city of San Francisco is now thinking about using the bright minds of tech-entrepreneurs to help solve the city’s Read More...
Uncovered water sources bring hope to Kenyans
Five water reserves have been discovered in Turkana, one of the driest and poorest regions in Kenya, giving new hope to its nomadic herder population and the rest of the country. A France-based firm, Radar Technologies International (RTI), used satellite imagery and radar technology that is Read More...
Uncovered water sources bring hope to Kenyans
Five water reserves have been discovered in Turkana, one of the driest and poorest regions in Kenya, giving new hope to its nomadic herder population and the rest of the country. A France-based firm, Radar Technologies International (RTI), used satellite imagery and radar technology that is Read More...
National groundwater day
Photo: flickr.com/photos/eyesore9/ Groundwater accounts for 97% of all the unfrozen water in the world, and more than 1.5 billion people across the globe rely on groundwater as their source for fresh drinking water. Constantly threatened by pollution, understanding the importance groundwater Read More...
National groundwater day
Groundwater accounts for 97% of all the unfrozen water in the world, and more than 1.5 billion people across the globe rely on groundwater as their source for fresh drinking water. Constantly threatened by pollution, understanding the importance groundwater plays in our lives is vital for the Read More...
Do the seasons really change our moods?
Photo: Matt Brittaine Rain and snow prevent us from participating in certain outdoor activities, but even though poor weather is attributed to an increase in depression, a new study suggests otherwise. Clinically diagnosed seasonal affective disorder, commonly known as SAD, is weather-related Read More...
Empower Tools
Tradeworks Training Society is a non-profit that teaches carpentry and helps at-risk youth and inner city women develop useful skills for the growing trades industry in Vancouver, Canada. These marginalized populations often have several barriers to employment, like lack of training and emotional Read More...
Grass roots, grass bikes
The first step to making a Semester bike at Hero Bike is to walk down Main Street in Greensboro, AL to a bamboo stand and harvest a large section of the tall grass. Hero Bike is using an abundant local material, bamboo, to produce bicycles, create jobs, and spur economic growth. Hero Bike has been Read More...
Entwined in the Internet
Photo: flickr.com/photos/jacobfg/ An inability to control behavior, dishonesty, changes in sleeping patterns, and withdrawing from pleasurable activities. These may seem like symptoms of depression, but they’re actually also characteristics of Internet addiction. Once not believed to be a Read More...
Walking in the developing world
In 2006 Blake Mycoskie travelled to Argentina and found many children in the country walking around in bare feet. To fix this Mycoskie decided to start Toms, a buy 1 give 1 company that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair they sell in retail. A fairly simple solution to a Read More...