7 Reasons Bamboo is Better
Get to Know Your Musika Brands, Liz McCutheon
Get to Know Your Musika Brands, Liz McCutheonĀ Learn a little more about the people behind the products you are buying. In this interview Liz McCutheon will share with you how she started her company and her goals for it.
5 Things you Didn’t Know About Bamboo
Worldās First All-Female Spacewalk Makes History for NASA
Humans have been walking out in space for half a centuryābut this historic mission marked the first time that women have embarked on a spacewalk without the assistance of a male crewmate.
How food scraps are going to fuel Toronto’s garbage trucks
Making sure food scraps end up in the compost and not the garbage just got more important as the City of Toronto is turning your organic waste into a gas that can be used to fuel trucks and even heat your home.Ā
Architect Appalled by āHorribleā Homes Planned for Village Buys Land Herself to Design Attractive Eco-Houses
This architect was so appalled by the plans for two new homes in her English village, she bought the land for herself so she could design and build better houses for her neighbors.
Drought-Proof āCooling Housesā Use Saltwater and Cardboard to Grow Tons of Healthy Produce in the Desert
The idea behind the process is simple. It combines two unlimited resources – sunlight and seawater – to provide ideal growing conditions for crops in hot, arid environments.
Village in India Plants 111 Trees Whenever a Girl is Born
Typically in Asian cultures, the birth of a girl is considered an unfortunate responsibility because of the dowry system that puts a financial burden on the parents. For this reason, daughters were never as celebrated as sons. But in one village in India, the residents honor the birth of a daughter with a unique ritual of planting one hundred and eleven fruit trees.
Teen wins a $25,000 award for inventing a solution to eliminate blind spots for cars
A 14-year-old from West Grove, Pennsylvania, won a $25,000 prize for creating a prototype designed to eliminate a car’s blind spots.
Latin America pledges 70% renewable energy, surpassing EU: Colombia minister
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Latin American countries have set a collective target of 70% renewable energy use by 2030, more than double what the European Union is planning, Colombiaās energy minister said, ahead of her countryās October renewables tender.
