3D Printer May Be Key to Helping Solve the World’s Housing Shortage
3D Printer May Be Key to Helping Solve the World’s Housing Shortage
-
-
Poverty Today: Is Universal Basic Income a Solution?
Over the last 15 years or so, a concept called Universal Basic Income (UBI) has taken hold in some economic circles as a way to help eliminate for the 1.2 billion people in the world who are struggling to simply exist.
-
Repurpose Old Wood to Benefit the Environment.
Reduce, reuse and recycle has become the mantra of the green movement. Many people in the craft and construction industry are taking that one step further by adding a fourth R, namely, repurpose.
-
Is Planting Seed Bombs A Good Idea?
If you’re associated with a scout troop, work with school groups or maybe even an avid gardener, chances are you have heard of seed bombs.
-
Kenya Banned Plastic Bags Making Them Illegal.
A year has passed since the African country of Kenya has banned all plastic bags and imposed stiff fines or jail time for anyone producing, selling or simply even carrying a plastic bag.
-
Rocket Stoves and How They Can Help Our Forests
The largest portion of energy requirements for an average household comes from cooking, heating water and heating the interior of a home. Rocket stoves can cover all these needs while also helping to preserve the forests of the world.
-
China Embraces Technology to Produce Rain on Demand
Weather modification sounds like a term out of a sensationalistic movie, doesn’t it? Yet, it’s something that occurs almost every day in the massive country of China.
-
Facts About Lake Baikal, the World’s Largest Body of Fresh Water
Located in southeastern Siberia north of the Mongolian border is Lake Baikal, the oldest freshwater lake in the world.
-
Warka Water Finds a Solution to Drought
Fresh water is one of the world’s most precious resources. Without water, life as we know on this planet, would not exist. Even though people can survive without food for a month, they cannot survive more than seven days without drinking water.
-
Teaching Meditation in Public Schools
Researchers and school administrators have found that instituting mindfulness meditation as a regular part of the school day is helping students and teachers alike.
-
How Eating Less Beef Can Help the Environment
You may not be ready to become a complete vegan like your neighbor or even switch to a Lacto-Ovo vegetarian lifestyle, but cutting down your food intake to one or two meatless meals per week and limited the amount of meat in your other meals can have a tremendous impact on the environment.
-
Protecting The Cultural and Intellectual Property of Indigenous Peoples
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the legal conversation about intellectual rights has expanded to include protection for the traditional knowledge systems of indigenous people.
-
How Global Warming is Making Hurricanes and Typhoons Worse
The number of storms per year and the strength of each storm are two indicators that these weather events have intensified since the beginning of the 20th century.
-
How Energy Needs Drive World Economies
Many of us don’t have full control over the types of energy we use in our daily lives, yet the cost of energy that is delivered to most consumers also has an effect on the economy of countries in which we live.
-
How to Avoid Nature Deficit Disorder in Children
Although it’s not exactly a something that can be diagnosed by a doctor, Nature Deficit Disorder is a very real condition that has started to occur in many children and youths who do not spend enough time outdoors.
-
What is So Important About Wetlands?
Wetlands are also incredibly important to protect human settlements and natural habitats from flooding. They are a sort of natural sponge and as such are able to absorb massive amounts of water.
-
Kalahari Bushman and KhoiSan Rising to Regain and Restore Culture.
Join us as we hear tales of life in the Kalahari of living with the lions and how the KhoiSan people are uniting to regain their culture, land and rights in South Africa today. Hosted by: Miriam Delicado
-
Green Cleaning: Why Clean is the New Dirty
This may sound counter-intuitive, but many of the general cleaning supplies you use around the house are actually “dirty.” This is mostly in the sense that these everyday household products contain harmful toxins
