5 Climate Change Challenges and 5 Startups’ Solutions
The Time is Now With the Global Climate Action Summit taking place in San Francisco this week, climate change is a hot (yes, pun intended) topic these days. At the Summit, ambitious leaders from state and local governments, business, investors, and
Florence is coming. Here are the 6+1 best apps for the hurricane season
It is hurricane season, and as hurricane Florence is approaching very fast the US east coast threatening states including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia it is very useful to take a look at the best apps available for
Workplace Online Voting: An Interview with eBallot
eBallot is on the cutting edge of online voting with a focus on workplace democracy. The company provides solutions for companies and organizations that want an efficient and transparent method to make democratic decisions. We caught up with Brian Carter, Head
Art Can Win The War: Employing the Language of Humanity
There’s a vicious war underway. The battlefields are our overloaded screens, media outlets, platforms, devices, and minds. Many—on both sides of the aisle—criticise the way things have become polarised, protesting that they never wanted it all to be so black
If the world was 100 people, how would we teach?
Imagine you lived in a house with 100 people. Or, to be more precise, with 25 children, 66 mid-aged adults, 9 senior citizens
A way of life under threat: Dried wetlands lead to human displacement
This is Part 2 of the Wetlands International article series. Part 1 on the conservation of the Andean region can be accessed here. During our visit to dried wetlands, we stopped and spoke to Bonifacia Mamani, an elderly farmer of
Sterling Caviar: Changing the Game of Sustainable Aquaculture
Caviar, a rich and historically perceived decadent garnish, has become a pivotal player in the sustainable aquaculture game. This is in large thanks to Sterling Caviar, whose caviar products are changing how caviar is perceived by the public and are
Nike and Kaepernick: The Dilemma of Corporate Social Activism
Nike’s announcement that it was going to include former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for its 30th anniversary advertising for the company’s iconic “Just Do It” campaign was unsurprisingly met with waves of both supporters and detractors bitterly divided
What to Expect from Top Film Festivals?
Across the world, there are over 10000 film festivals. Some are huge and attract a lot of press, celebrity power, and money such as the Cannes International Film Festival or Sundance Film Festival. However, most of the festivals are smaller,
A Vision of Purpose: An Interview with Modo
The eyewear industry, which includes things like glasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses, is massive and global, estimated to be worth close to $109 billion worldwide. In the US over 40% of people are nearsighted and require corrective eyewear, and the
War on Migrants: Is Europe the Loser?
This Sunday 9 September, all eyes were on Sweden, where elections for a new parliament were taking place and where populists, playing on widespread and rising hostility to migrants, seemed set to win a decisive victory. And they did. Almost
Cleansing Our Oceans From Our Plastic Sins
Six years ago, Boyan Slat, at the time an 18-year-old aerospace engineering student, appeared at TEDxDelft to present his idea of what we could do to tackle one of the most demanding issues of global sustainability: plastic pollution. Merely a