Uniti electric car: interview with Lewis Horne.
Electric cars are becoming more and more common on our roads each year. With current technology, it is fairly easy to install batteries on larger cars like sedans or SUVs; however, it remains a challenge to make electric city cars.
Badala: Eradicating Poverty through employment
20.9 million. That’s the estimated number of victims of human trafficking worldwide according to the International Labour Organization. Of those, over 55% are believed to be women and girls, and 4.5 million are believed to have been forced into sexual
The Tipping Point
Six Elements for a Paradigm Shift in Development Cooperation Once farmers realize, they do not need to wait for external parties to provide development, a tipping point is reached. The moment they take development in their hands by hard work
Reaping What’s Sown: An Interview with Full Harvest
Recall the last time you went to the produce section of your local grocery store. You were probably greeted by fruits and vegetables that were appealing to the eye, completely (or at worst, mostly) blemish-free and without any obvious deformities.
Jeweler’s Art Meets Neuroscience
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual conference in Washington, D.C., impressed me with the variety of seminars, workshops, symposiums and amazing people from around the globe with impactful ideas and projects in the neuroscience field. Running from one lecture to another one, I sensed a beauty and inspiration in the
How to Move Towards Fair Tourism
In 2015, 193 countries signed the AGENDA 2030, a compendium of 17 goals for sustainable development. The Agenda 2030 also mentions tourism explicitly within goals 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 14 (Life Below
GoodLight: Clean-Burning Candles
For candle aficionados, a good candle can be used for many different things. Elegant lighting for a dinner, a relaxing added touch to a bath, a soothing aromatheraphy tool. So it comes as a bit of a surprise when the
Bitcoin World: What Next?
ICOs: The Risks and How to Address Them Following the 2017 craze, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are currently experiencing a crash that has many wondering whether cryptocurrencies have a future. They are facing existential threats to their role as means of exchange
Giving Back Calories: An Interview with Troy Hickerson
In a time when food production has never been higher, it’s a surprising and sobering fact that many children in the world today suffer from malnutrition. A recent joint report issued by UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank Group estimated
Trust or bust: The UN must put its house in order to attract finance for development
This article is the first of a series "Pipe dream or achievable vision: How can we deliver on the 2030 Agenda?" The 2030 Agenda foresees a bright future for humanity, one in which everyone enjoys peace and prosperity on a bountiful
WORLD OF WONDER, WORLD OF REASON
BOOK REVIEWS: The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf, Knopf: New York, 2015, 496 pages; The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How they Communicate by Peter Wohlleben, translated by Jane Billinghurst, Greystone Books: Vancouver, 2016; Water Is…The Meaning of
Miakoda: Ecology and comfort delivered sustainably
While many companies struggle with finding and maintaining a clear and defined vision, apparel-maker Miakoda hasn’t had to worry about such things ever since its formation. Guided by its two foundational principles of sustainability and ethics, the company produces multiple