03/15 2010


The skyscraper in the photo above, which looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another, got a special mention in the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper competition for designers

03/12 2010


The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed an environmentally friendly public transport system that uses a “recharging road” to power up vehicles….

03/11 2010

Following my previous post about Prem Rawat speaking in Santa Monica, you can now watch the talk on live stream today and tomorrow (March 11th & 12th).

Prem Rawat spoke in Santa Monica,…

03/09 2010

Since the earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has provided food assistance to close to 4 million people in Port-au-Prince and beyond. Here are four women in the…

03/08 2010

International Women's Day 2010

“People often ask: What can be done to defeat hunger? My answer is simple: empower women, because women are the secret weapon to fight hunger.” - World Food Programme Executive…

03/07 2010

Video competition

I previously posted about the World Food Programme hunger bytes video competition, which is part of the ”A Billion for a Billion” campaign.

The winners have been…

03/06 2010


Abandoned electric train ruins in Lima, Peru have been converted into a green amusement park by the Spanish group Basurama. The train ruins had been there since 1986, with the…

03/05 2010

Image: shrff14 via Flickr

Dan Nocera, a chemist from M.I.T. and founder of the company Sun Catalytix claims that one bottle of drinking water is capable of providing…

03/05 2010

World Water Day 2010

The UN World Water Day is later this month on March 22. This year World Water Day is dedicated to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the resource…

09/28 2009
Portrait by William Caxton


Royalties from Bob Dylan’s forthcoming Christmas album will be donated to the World Food Programme (WFP) at a time when a growing hunger crisis…

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