Tag: Humanitarianism

If You Think You’re Getting Ripped Off On Almond Milk, You’re Probably Right

In the past two years, a lot of people have gone from reaching past the almond milk at the grocery store to now having it in their fridge near constantly. It hasn't replaced regular old dairy milk entirely, but people are more and more often opting for this alternative. An excellent piece appeared on MotherJones last year pointing out that for all the hype almond...

Kenguru: The Tiny Car That Can Change Lives in a Big Way

Customizing a car for the disabled is an incredibly expensive process, and until 2013 was the only option for the 1.7 million wheelchair drivers in the U.S. and over 25 million across the world. Stacy Zoern, a former intellectual property lawyer in Austin, Texas, set out to change all of that with “Kenguru” a car designed specifically for those in wheelchairs. Unlike regular-sized cars that...
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Paris is Auctioning Its ‘Love Locks’ to Help a Noble Cause

In the past 18 months, Paris City Council has removed a whopping 65 tonnes of  'love locks' from the city's historic bridges. The fate...

Nobody is Paying Attention to the Crisis That Affects 18 Million People in Yemen

Yemen is in the grip of a humanitarian crisis with 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian help, and over 14 million people facing starvation...