Rock, paper, progress
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 A new “stone” paper devised in Taiwan uses calcium carbonate instead of wood pulp. It could save the forests, but is the world ready for the ultimate paper-vs.-plastic question? By Karin Klein The first thing I notice about my new notebook is Read More...
The fight for GMO Labeling
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 Are GMOs safe? The debate rages on as anti-GMO activists push the United States to join more than five dozens countries around the world in ordering mandatory food package labeling. By Mary MacVean Supermarket shopping can be a dizzying Read More...
Can a plant heal cancer patients?
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 The research of Mirko Beljanski, the “father of environmental medicine,” is getting the respect it deserves, 18 years after his death. By Janet Rae-Dupree When French officials order troops from the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, or Read More...