How Good Design Helped Bring Light to a Remote Area of Indonesia

Source: magazine.good.is Published: April 1, 2015 The Cut Out the Darkness donation ceremony in Sone, Indonesia. Photo courtesy Panasonic 1.3 billion people around the world live without electricity. Here’s how a design challenge is starting to change that. Amie...

89 Year Old Man Develops Bladeless Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine

Source: offgridquest.com Published: March 25, 2015 © Catching Wind Power The potential damage to bird and bat populations by large wind turbines is often used as an argument against more wind power installations, and serves as great fodder for comments here when we...

How to Make A Difference with Used Shoes

Source: youtube.com Published: March 20, 2015 Waterstep train people in developing countries how to use safe water solutions like water purification, health education, and well repair, empowering communities to take care of their own water needs for years. They...

Salt Water Flow Cell Car Gets European Approval

Source: intelligentliving.co Published: August 28, 2014 by Aaron Jackson A car which uses an electrolyte flow cell power system is now certified for use on European roads. The car is called the Quant e-Sportlimousine, which made its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor...

L.A. City Council Signs Off on Permit-Free Curbside Gardening

Source: mnn.com Published: March 17, 2015 The start of Ron Finley’s famed parkway ‘food forest’ in South Los Angeles, 2011. (Photo: LAGreenGrounds/flickr) Once an act of guerrilla gardening, residents can now grow curbside veggie plots without...