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Emerging research is turning up solid evidence that nature may be as important to good mental and physical health as diet, exercise and sleep. Even looking at trees from a hospital window has been shown to help. The Fourth Pillar of Health: Nature Time https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2024/07/03/diet-exercise-nature-prescription Related Reading
Upside Foods, which produces “delicious meat” grown in labs, was planning to sell its products in Miami starting in December, but then Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a ban on the meats, telling Upside to “take your fake lab-grown meat elsewhere.” Now it’s up to the courts to decide. Upside Foods files lawsuit against Florida…
Cement production injects a significant amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so a California company has invented a solution: cement-free concrete that exceeds trade standards for strength and durability, emits close to zero CO₂ during its manufacture, and over time can even absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere. It could be a game-changer for construction…
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Recycling plastic is not working. It helps a little, but not nearly enough. Plastic permeates the oceans, the clouds, our food, or water, our bodies – everything. So a strong new movement is developing that seeks either to ban plastic production outright or regulate it out of existence. The Movement to Ban Plastic Production https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2024/07/22/texas-plastic-production-pollution…
Climate change is reducing areas where coffee can grow, and the change is happening so rapidly that experts say that by 2050 the price of coffee will be so high that only the very richest among us will be able to afford a cup. But not to worry. Startups are betting that substitutes made of…
Even though Virgin Atlantic garnered headlines last year by staging the first transatlantic flight using corn-based fuels that are far cleaner than traditional kerosene-based jet fuel, a new report warns that developing those fuels would cause more problems than they would solve. The effort to find a solution continues, but success may be years away. ‘Magical thinking’:…
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Singapore has approved 16 species of insects for human consumption. Among them are honeybees, mealworms, grasshoppers and crickets, and restaurants are devising recipes for their menus. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization promotes insects as alternative protein sources, and notes that farming them is much better for the environment than raising cattle. Locusts in your…
Young people around the world are demanding their governments take significant action on the climate crisis, but few governments are listening. To remedy that, Bloomberg Philanthropies has created the Youth Climate Action Fund in 100 cities worldwide that is designed to increase the voice of youth in shaping their future. Bloomberg funds youth-led climate action…
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Sweden has come up with an imaginative way to comply with the European Union’s landmark legislation that requires all new cars sold from 2035 to have zero CO2 emissions: an electrified highway. The first-in-the-world plan will allow cars and trucks to recharge while driving, and Sweden says it will be and running in 2025. Sweden…
Ships, planes, trains and automobiles are responsible for about a quarter of our planet’s energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, so the search is on for a green energy source that is cheap, powerful, lightweight and safe enough to be carried around. The problem is that each type of transportation has its own peculiarities, so there is no…