Alamy Climate change is a global problem that requires global solutions. That means every sector of society — citizens, local and national governments, corporations and businesses — has a role to play in limiting global temperature rise. But there is good news: More than 20 percent of the world’s largest corporations have set a 2050 target of going “net zero,” …
Pursuing a different approach, PlasticRoad in the Netherlands avoids traditional asphalt altogether. In 2018, the company completed a 100-foot pilot project in Zwolle, billed as the world’s first recycled plastic bike path. A second one followed in Giethoorn. Cheap to produce and easy to install, these paths are built with hollow modules made of single-use discarded plastics. In Ghana, Nelplast mixes shredded plastic waste with sand …
Stocksy If you’ve seen Seaspiracy — the buzzy Netflix documentary that explores the harmful impacts of the commercial fishing industry — you might be rethinking your maritime menu choices. And while many experts have criticized the film for making misleading claims, it does raise an important question: Is it possible to eat seafood sustainably? Consider this: Today roughly one-third of the …
Angus Greig This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Boundaries are a process. There’s no magic pill that ensures a perfect execution — but the tools and scripts that follow will help you create a …
Alamy Earlier this year, lithium-ion battery company StoreDot announced it can mass-produce electric vehicle batteries that can be fully charged in just five minutes — the same amount of time it takes to fill up a traditional gas tank with fossil fuel. Could this fast-charging battery be the game changer needed to transition to a cleaner transportation industry? Electric vehicle …
Dominic Chavez/World Bank Humans are visual creatures: our understanding of the world is dominated by what we see, and how this makes us feel. But climate change — a long-term, cumulative process that often cannot be directly observed — isn’t easy to visualize. In the 1980s, activists made a decision to associate climate change with the polar bear to provide …
Stocksy The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power, which is the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon — the raw material for the semiconductors from which solar cells are made — and never short of sunlight. In fact, the 10 …
Stocksy As parents, many of us have had challenging conversations with our children over the last year. In the US, we’ve confronted a pandemic that shut down schools, a divisive election and a renewed call to address the pervasive racial injustices that have plagued our country for centuries. These are all urgent and important. And there’s one more to add …
Stocksy With so many different milk options at our fingertips, making eco-conscious choices at the grocery store can be challenging. From plant and nut-based milks to dairy, we — sustainability researchers at Curtin University in Australia — have gathered the evidence and crunched the numbers to help you choose more planet-friendly options. Any plant-based milk — whether it’s made from …
Stocksy There are many ways that sleep problems can set you on a path toward a rocky relationship. Making sound decisions, being in a good mood most of the time, reining in some of your bad moods or irritability, problem solving, communicating effectively, tolerating frustration, practicing empathy — these are all important skills for cultivating and maintaining a healthy relationship. …
