Health
Bees doing better in the cities
The number of bees in the world has been in rapid decline for years. But urban beekeeping may help to even out their numbers again. According to a post in the Guardian, urban bees are healthier and produce better honey than do their rural counterparts. For some reason they seem to do better in cities... »
Healthy food and schools
It’s the age-old dilemma. We want our kids to eat healthy food at school but they don’t like it so we accept them eating greasy fast food “because they have to eat something, right?” Wrong. With the schools’ help, we can impact the diet or our children for the better and in much easier ways... »
Vac from the sea
Electrolux is starting a bold new environmental awareness program that will be used to produce a number of concept vacuum cleaners. What they are about to do is to collect plastic from a number of marine habitats around the world that they then sort, clean and recycle into their new vacuums. They are doing this for... »
Are vegetarians happier?
Since vegetarians are missing out on certain forms of omega-acids that can only be gotten from fish and these omega acids are considered to be a significant factor in physical and mental health, nutritional researchers expected vegetarians to be less happy on average than a meat-eater. Rodale reports on research done on 138 Seventh Day... »
Take back your lunch!
The Energy Project has started a movement called Take back your lunch! The name says it all. They are opposed to how many of us grab a quick bite at our desk every day instead of going out for a full and proper lunch. Going out for lunch and keeping our minds of work for a... »
Electric car field-tests in U.S. cities
The manufacturer Smart will be testing 250 electric cars in at least 8 different US cities as a part of their effort to better tailor an electric car to the urban commuter. The car is 95% recyclable and they expect the average commuter will only need to charge it once or twice a week if used only... »
Does exercise help you get higher grades?
The American College of Sports Medicine did a study on whether vigorous exercise helps students get higher grades. In their study they took into account things like gender, study time, participation in college sports and even field of study. If they wouldn’t have done this, their results would have just shown that some people exercise and have... »
Cindy Abbot, a 51 year old and half-blind mother climbs Mt. Everest
Cindy Abbot is a 51 year old wife and mother. Just after she started training to climb Mt. Everest she got diagnosed with a rare disease where her immune system attacks her bloodvessels. Not deterred by this she finished her training and has now successfully climbed the peak. She used the climb to bring attention to... »
“Brain Bacteria” in the soil?
A recent study shows that as little as 5 minutes in a natural park can raise our moods and sense of well-being. But it seems it could to more than that. Microbiologists have found that when we spend time in a leafy park we breathe soil bacteria called mycobacterium vaccae. Through experiments on mice the... »
Water desalination facility that creates its own power
According to a recent press release by Independent Natural Resources, Inc. (INRI®) they now have facilities that harness wave power and use a part of that power on-location to desalinate sea water, creating fresh drinking water. They have just received permission to set such a facility up out of the coast of Mexico, where they... »
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