This sahrawi refugee is using recycled plastic bottles to build new homes Although the Sahwari refugee camps sit in Algeria’s arid south, the mudbrick homes are periodically hit with heavy rains that sweep over the Sahara Desert. In a bid to build a robust alternative, and replace some of the tens of thousands of homes…
US businesses are speeding toward a low-carbon world While Trump’s administration grapples with its position on climate change, it’s worth stepping back to see the wider picture in the US. It is vital for the US to lead on the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is, of course, the global commitment made in 2015…
This zero-waste pop-up in Brooklyn will help you live a sustainable lifestyle While we all agree that we produce too much waste (about 4.5 pounds per day per person in the United States), few of us have truly adopted a waste-free lifestyle on a daily basis. A lot of times, it’s simply because we don’t…
Student creates first synthetic retina for the visually impaired A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by a 24-year-old student could offer fresh hope to visually impaired people. Until now, all artificial retinal research has used only rigid, hard materials. The new research, conducted by Vanessa Restrepo-Schild, a researcher at Oxford University, is the first to…
This 74-year-old lady is using her time, money & energy to educate underprivileged children What do you think you will be doing in your Seventies? At 74 years of age, Snehlata Hooda is busy running and managing a school for the underprivileged children. With over four decades of experience teaching at the Delhi government school,…
Saudi women will no longer need men’s permission to seek education & health care Saudi Arabia is slowly – but surely – starting to join the modern world in terms of gender equality Though the kingdom is still one of the most gender segregated nations in the world, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al…
Teen invents bra that could detect breast cancer After almost losing his own mother to the disease, this Mexican teen has patented a bra that can detect early signs of breast cancer. 18-year-old Julian Rios Cantu is the designer of the Eva bra: a brazier with biosensors inside the lining that can moderate the temperature,…
India unveils ambitious plan to make every single car electric by 2030 In a bid against the hazardous air pollution plaguing the country, the energy minister of India has announced that they will be making sure that every car in the nation will be electrically-powered by 2030. The Indian government will be assisting the renewable automotive industry…
A major event to celebrate Montreal’s role in advancing human rights Concordia University’s Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), Amnesty International Canada, the United Committee of Armenian Organizations of Quebec and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, are joining forces to organize Rights City/Montréal, ville des droits humains, a major event…
Instagram actually helps users eat healthily, study says Instagram users post millions of food photos – whether to show off a sophisticated palate, make friends drool over chicken and waffles, or artfully arrange colorful macarons. A new study from University of Washington researchers describes how some people also turn to posting photos on Instagram to…