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New York City Department of Sanitation adds all-electric vehicles to fleet
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) acquired their first all-electric garbage truck in September 2020, and after successful testing in Brooklyn, the city has announced plans to purchase and deploy seven more all-electric models. The trucks will be purchased from Mack Trucks, part Read More...
July 6, 2021
Today we welcome guest Jordan Calderon, founder of StratDev, to talk about ethical digital marketing. Jordan is a passionate entrepreneur who has been featured in Yahoo! Finance, and joins us to talk about his agency, the strategies behind some of your favorite marketing campaigns, and how social Read More...
July 6, 2021
Today we welcome guest Jordan Calderon, founder of StratDev, to talk about ethical digital marketing. Jordan is a passionate entrepreneur who has been featured in Yahoo! Finance, and joins us to talk about his agency, the strategies behind some of your favorite marketing campaigns, and how social Read More...
Argentina is first country to ban salmon farming over sustainability concerns
Argentina made history this past week as the first country in the world to ban salmon farming due to concerns about sustainability and its impact on natural ecosystems. Salmon farms (and fish farms in general) spread parasites such as sea lice among each other and to wild marine life. To address Read More...
This life-saving device stops bleeding from stab wounds in under 30 seconds
A stabbing victim can bleed to death in under five minutes, so stopping blood loss is extremely important. To address this, Loughborough University design and technology student Joseph Bentley created a device that can quickly stop a gash from bleeding. The device, which he calls REACT, is Read More...
Three ways to ease the transition back to the office
Many Americans are being asked to come back to the office just as abruptly as they were sent home last year. But just as work from home took a lot of getting used to, many employees are uneasy about a sudden return to in-person work. Here are three tips on how leaders can make this transition more Read More...
Los Angeles expands mental health crisis line to 24-hour service
Back in February, Los Angeles piloted a program which diverts mental crisis 911 calls from police departments to certified mental health providers. The concept was implemented on a trial, eight-hour a day basis, but after overwhelmingly positive results, the city is expanding the service to a Read More...
Beavers to be reintroduced to London in urban rewilding initiative
Rewilding and reintroducing species to their natural habitats is gaining popularity, especially in remote and rural places—but urban areas can also benefit from this practice. Citizen Zoo, a rewilding group whose goal is to bring nature to urban areas, is behind London’s initiative to Read More...
Volcanoes could become green sources of valuable tech metals
While it’s crucial that we transition to renewable energy to reverse climate change, many of these technologies require rare metals, the mining of which has worrisome environmental impacts. That, however, could soon become a problem of the past, thanks to new Oxford research which investigates a Read More...
Bacteria in cow stomachs are one solution to plastic pollution
As our world’s plastic pollution crisis intensifies, researchers are increasingly searching for new and innovative ways to address the problem. Enzymes and circular design have shown real promise, and the latest plastic waste solution comes from an even more surprising source: cow Read More...