Do More Democracies Mean More Wars?
Democracy is a beautiful ideal, but how would it really play out if all of the countries in the world became democracies? According Professor Mark Harrison from the University of Warwick, it might mean...
View ArticleMorocco Takes Big Step Towards Democracy
Reality is starting to encroach on the heady optimism of the Arab Spring. To be sure, the Tunisian and Egyptian regimes have fallen and Yemen looks like it is rid of its presidential dictator....
View ArticleRecyclable Cardboard Disaster-Relief Shelters Are Fully Customizable
Cardboard is proving to be an ever-so-versatile material: several months ago I profiled a Japanese architect who used tubes made of the stuff to create privacy for those forced by the tsunami to live...
View ArticleThe Truth About Plastic … (Infographic)
… Is that it’s damn near invincible, it’s made from oil, and lingers in landfills and oceans until it gets buried or eaten up by some poor unsuspecting wildlife. It’s also inextricably tethered to...
View ArticleWhy Finland’s Schools Are Among The Best in the World
Finland! It’s the land Americans think of when they think of … the country that’s located next to Sweden. But did you know it has one the best education systems in the world? When its students took the...
View ArticleSubmit Your 30 Second Video on How To Change the World
Calling all Utopianists! A contest perfectly suited to the optimistic, open minded reader such as yourself is currently halfway through its running: the UN Citizen Ambassador contest. All you need to...
View ArticleDigital Word Cloud Reveals What Inspires People to Care About Earth
On Tuesday, National Geographic posed a question to its Facebook followers — or more precisely, a fill-in-the-blank. You can see in the world cloud above which words were repeated more than others in...
View ArticleWIll Lab-Grown Meat Revolutionize Global Food Production?
It’s long been an electrifying possibility: Red meat without the environmental drawbacks. Meat without animal cruelty. Meat without industrial scale cattle ranches, without the vast drain on resources...
View ArticleWould You Donate Your Facebook Account to Al Gore For a Day?
On September 14, Al Gore will launch the Climate Reality Project, or “24 Hours of Reality” — this most recent project will have 24 presentations, done by 24 presenters in 13 languages, each broadcast...
View ArticleVisualized: Over 4 Million Micro-Loans Fly Around the Globe
Kiva is a company that facilitates micro-loans between people from all over the world; incidentally, nothing to do with the Finnish KiVA. With the help of this non-profit, anyone can donate as little...
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