It can be done. That is the message of Seattle’s Bullitt Center, billed as “one of the nation’s first mid-rise commercial buildings to achieve ‘living building’ status, a new benchmark for environmental sustainability.” Located on the northern edge of the…
They started with an old computer. With no manual and no idea how to go about repairing it, they tinkered until they got it right. That encouraged them to try fixing some other laptops. Parts were a problem, but a…
OK, I’ve decided to come clean about one of my embarrassing habits. I chew gum. Not just from time to time but pretty much every day, when I sit down at the computer to write. I swear it helps me…
When a 16-year-old from Plano, Texas has her research published in a peer-reviewed journal, I take notice. When the research supports my bias toward organic produce, I pay special attention. But her giving me a new appreciation of fruit flies…
Even the greenest among us is surrounded by plastic. Sitting at my desk, I count 20 items made primarily from plastic. And that’s only items within arm’s reach. Oops. I see I missed 3 by not turning my head to…
It didn’t matter if the tears were real or faked. It didn’t matter if the weeping person was a stranger or the owner. When dogs saw someone who appeared to be in distress, they sniffed, nuzzled and licked, offering canine…
A small robot rolls along the street, in a straight line and at a constant speed, heading for a destination printed on a flag. Not only are people intrigued, they stop and gently reorient the little machine. No one kicks,…
Seriously, they want me to spray cow poo around my house after I’ve cooked something particularly malodorous? According to a post on Treehugger, that is exactly what Dwi Nailul Izzah and Rintya Aprianti Miki have in mind. The two bright…
Lions were killing the Turere family’s cattle. Richard began looking after the livestock when he was only 9. Each day he would take them out to the field for grazing. In the evening he would pen them in the small…
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have a dream: to clean up our plastic-strewn environment. They envision a world where a plastic carton biodegrades as quickly as an apple core. Their inspiration came from a dump, the South Vancouver Transfer Station.…
