Tag: Environment

Black Protester Shows Nazi That Love Really Does Trump Hate

Aaron Courtney, an African-American man and high school football coach probably didn't plan on hugging a white supremacist last weekend - however, that's exactly what happened. Last week, hundreds of white nationalists and counter-protesters faced off in Gainesville, Florida during a speech by alt-right leader, Richard Spencer (Spencer's speech was quickly drowned out by chants of "Go home!"). At one point during the protest, a...

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy. America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions A recent article published in the New...
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Why We Should be Excited About, Not Scared of, Robot Bees

In a new development that sounds like a plot line from a futuristic sci-fi film, researchers have created a robotic, bee-imitating drone in the...

Sweden’s Recycling is so Revolutionary, the Country is Running Out of Trash

When it comes to recycling, Sweden sets an example for the rest of the world. Thanks to a government prioritization on sustainability, the Nordic country recycles...

Banning Plastic: France Just Did It, Are We Next?

It’s no surprise that the world has a plastic problem. The ubiquitous material is everywhere, from our grocery stores and our homes, to our oceans...

A Teenager Has a Genius Plan to Clean up the Oceans

Young people these days, a bunch of privileged slackers who want everything handed to them, right? Well, not Boyan Slat. The 20-year-old began developing...

Life Gave Her Lemons: She Made Lemonade and a Million Dollars

You probably don't associate a little girl's lemonade stand with generating fistfuls of cash, potentially millions. Then again, you probably haven't heard of Mikaila...

Would You Rather be Buried in a Grave or Those Pods? Choice May be Yours Soon

A new project in Italy is rethinking the way you spend eternity and hoping to redefine the way we define death and purpose. Capsula Mundi wants...

Sea Walls Festival: Striking Murals are an SOS About the State of our Seas

In March this year, a team of 50 volunteers including 30 international street artists gathered in the small seaport town of Napier, New Zealand...

We Can Now Turn Ocean Waves into Electricity and Fresh Water

An Australian company is on the brink of revolutionizing the green power movement with the latest version of its wave energy technology that harnesses...

China’s Latest Answer to Pollution: Buying Fresh Air From Australia

You know your air quality has hit an all-time low when canned fresh air has become a better alternative. That is what it has...

From Nature to Nature: Environmental Sculptures Evoke Cycle of Life

''We are constantly dealing with variables and have to be resourceful. The conditions such as wind, tides, cloud, the angle of the sun all...

Seaweed-Based Material Could Replace Plastic in the Near Future

Plastic has become an omnipresent and practically unavoidable material, used to build or package the majority of products in modern society. Its invasive and...

International Street Artists Send a Major SOS About the State of our Seas

“By 2050 our oceans will be commercially extinct if we don’t change now. Life on the land exists only because of life in the...