by Claire | Aug 10, 2019 | Green Living
Rent the Backyard will get a tiny house into your backyard in a matter of weeks—and hopes it can add some cheaper apartments in cities to help alleviate the housing crisis. In cities with housing shortages, little room to build, and opposition to new construction,...
by Claire | May 24, 2019 | Green Food, Green Health
A low-fat diet that prioritizes eating healthier foods like fruits and vegetables each day could lower a woman’s risk of dying from breast cancer, according to a multi-decade study published this month. The federally funded study, which involved almost...
by Claire | May 17, 2019 | Green Business, Women
CryptoChicks founded in Toronto in 2017 with the goal of bringing women into the world of blockchain and AI through hackathons, workshops and educational conferences. Since then, it has expanded to countries all over the world. Written by Andrew Seale Elena...
by Claire | Apr 27, 2019 | Green Cars
German automaker hopeful Sono Motors announced last week that it intends to assemble its solar-assisted electric car, the Sion, at the former home of Saab Automobile in Trollhättan, Sweden. The now defunct automaker Saab nearly always could be counted on to take the...
by Claire | Apr 25, 2019 | Pets
September 2018’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia killed 1000s of animals and left many more injured, abandoned and without food or water. Thanks to your generous funding and support soon after the disaster hit we were able to travel to central Sulawesi...
by Claire | Apr 22, 2019 | Green Food, Green Living
Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature. They can tantalize the taste buds, help cure what ails you, oil the body, perfume the air, and attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. “People are getting more into herbs, with herb sales definitely on the rise,”...
by Claire | Apr 20, 2019 | Climate Change, Green & Global News
Americans are consuming more and more stuff. Now that other countries won’t take our papers and plastics, they’re ending up in the trash. After decades of earnest public-information campaigns, Americans are finally recycling. Airports, malls,...
by Claire | Apr 17, 2019 | Green & Global News
In its latest environmental impact statement, Tesla announced that it will open its own battery recycling facility. Tesla has been recycling batteries made at the factory using third-party recyclers. Now, as the earliest Model Ses reach 7 years old, and the company is...
by Claire | Apr 11, 2019 | Green Business, Green Living
Hutong Filter is a studio added to a house in one of Beijing’s traditional hutongsby architecture office Zai with pixel-style shingles and timber frames connecting to a communal courtyard. Beijing studio Zai, founded in 2018...
by Claire | Apr 11, 2019 | Green & Global News
Traditional Thai desserts wrapped in very environmentally friendly banana leaf packaging. Thailand and Vietnam are two of the five countries that account for 60 percent of the plastic in the world’s oceans, according to a 2015 study....
