upertyphoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) almost the eclipsing the entire Philippines. Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by NASA Goddard Photo and Video via Flickr. On November 8 super-typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan), bearing winds of up to 300 km/h, made […]
Just one poor harvest away. That is how far the world could be from an abrupt interruption in the global food supply if continuing trends in food security issues are left neglected, according to Earth Policy Institute President Lester Brown. […]
What if you could take “blocks” of battery, memory storage, camera, GPS, and other features and put them together into one customizable and repairable mobile phone? The idea sounds like the farthest thing from short-lived iPhones and Samsung smartphones the […]
via Coca Cola Life With its earth tone saturated logo and green, outdoorsy background accentuated with the occasional bunch of flowers and grass, the all new Coca Cola product screams “natural” to consumers. But what does the beverage company’s consumers […]
Some rights reserved by SCA Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget via Flickr. Toilet paper is one of those little things we often don’t think about…until we notice we’ve run out, of course. In fact, people on loos without toilet paper have gone […]
Photo Credit: Greengirl24 via Flickr. As promised, here is my take on our local International Coastal Cleanup last Saturday. Let the photos tell the story of the challenge of a coast under attack of pollution, the volunteers who made their […]
Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by news.nationalgeographic.com A lot of effort and investment are going right now into making drop-in biofuels the next star of environmentally friendly fuels. Very similar to petroleum in structure, these next-generation biofuels can be ‘dropped […]