Stop Worrying About Being Clean, Just be
We are obsessed with cleanliness in he developed world and it is likely killing us. The over use of cleaners in the built environment and the use of biochemical cleansers…
Adam Clare
Underwater Balloons Function as Batteries
One criticism of renewable energy systems is that they do not function on demand. You need the sun to shine, the wind to blow, or another natural system to kick…
A Delivery Service Which Improves Traffic Flow in Gothenburg
Gothenburg has a delivery service that pools together deliveries for businesses and it’s making a huge difference on the streets. The streets of Gothenburg used to be clogged with vehicle…
Australian Library Puts its Collection Outside
Story Wall is an art project running at the State Library of South Australia with the goal of getting more people to read. Even if people don’t read they can…
Kickstarter CEO Wants You to Have a New Job
Yancey Strickler is the CEO and cofounder of Kickstarter he sees the future of work and the economy different than most CEOs. Strickler sees a future with people working jobs…
Ontario Slaps SLAPPs
A strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) is a lawsuit that has the goal of shutting down opponents. They tend to be used as a strategy to shut down poor…
Vertical Kelp Farming
Farming the Sea: why eating kelp is good for you and good for the environment from Patrick Mustain on Vimeo. GreenWave is a new non-profit that wants to improve our…
Grow Diamonds Instead of Buying Blood Diamonds
Blood diamonds are a problem for a multitude of reasons and they really shouldn’t be since we can create diamonds from scratch. A company called Pure Grown Diamonds sell diamonds…
Keystone XL is Done, COP 21 Set to Start
You probably already heard the good news about the end of Keystone XL with Obama killing the proposal. This is a good symbolic step in ending the exploitation of the…
Cuba Shows Off Its Biotech Industry
Cuba has an amazing farming system which is impressive from farm to fork. The way they grow crops to how they ensure that food distribution is effective is impressive to…
Detroit to Have the Largest Urban Farm in the USA
Detroit was once a great city, then the economic collapse of car-dominated industry in the city happened. Because of the prescence of Ford and GM in Detroit the city’s urban…
Human Waste as an Energy Source
Human waste is a problem for every place humans live and throughout history it has been dealt with in various ways. Instead of treating human waste as a problem that…
Improve Your Soil to Fight Climate Change
Suburbanization and poor land policy have done incredible damage to soil and food systems. It turns out that the damage down to the soil itself is a contributing factor to…
Cut Out Sugar and Improve Everything
Some new research points out by simply cutting out sugar one can improve basically all that ails them. In a recent research study children gave up sugar for nine days…
Europe Meets 2020 Emissions Targets Early
Europe has already beat its 202 gas emissions target and it’s only 2015! This is good news because we need to reduce our energy consumption and our global output of…
The Optimistic Environmentalist
David Boyd is sick of hearing doom and gloom when we talk about the climate and the environment. Sure, we’ve basically ruined this planet but there’s still good news out…
More Cities Ditching Cars to Increase Transportation Speed
Cities that are designed for cars now have the problem of switching from the traffic-causing polluting machines. Most places can’t build more roads so they need to use what they…
A Refrigerator That Doesn’t Need Energy
Refrigerators are a massive drain on our power grids because our modern world needs them to function. Without refrigeration our food networks wouldn’t be viable nor would we be able…
Groovy Bike Helmet Lights Up
The Lumos helmet is designed to make riding a bicycle even safer. In the majority of collisions between automobile drivers and cyclists the car driver is at fault, so to…
Stephen Harper No Longer Prime Minister of Canada
Finally Canadians have vote out the Conservative party led by Stephen Harper. Their nine year rule saw Canada lose respect from around the world. Canada has earned a reputation of…