"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." - Fred Rogers While 2020 has felt like a long, strange “fever dream”, to quote one of our staff members, there were lots of positive solutions to be found. Whether it was advances … [Read more...] about The Optimist View: Best of 2020
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Thought Leader Series: Damon Gameau and the world in 2040
If it was up to you, what would our world look like in 2040? Would there be more trees? More sustainable development? Less meat-eating? This is the exact question Damon Gameau set out to answer in making his film 2040. Inspired by his young daughter, Velvet, he set out to scour … [Read more...] about Thought Leader Series: Damon Gameau and the world in 2040
Instead of corrosive salt, researchers are using grape skins to de-ice roads
Sodium chloride (or as you might know it: salt) is an important ingredient for helping get around in the winter. Spread on roads, it lowers the freezing point of ice, making it melt faster and making roads safer. But all that salt can also be harmful—not only is it corrosive to … [Read more...] about Instead of corrosive salt, researchers are using grape skins to de-ice roads