POSSIBILITIES
For decades, fat has been blamed for everything from heart disease to obesity to cancer. But new research shows that fat can be good for you.
How a new kind of home which produces more energy than it consumes, can drastically reduce fuel bills and CO2 emissions.
Passive houses are leading the way toward a carbon-neutral future by producing more energy than they use and drastically reducing fuel bills and C02 emmissions. To find out more about passive houses, architect Rolf Disch and how to make your house a passive house take a look at our passive house resources.
PEOPLE
Pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown has a plan to stop climate change, and save civilization in the process.
PASSION
Canadian physician James Maskalyk on why he left a comfortable teaching job to work for Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan.
Major brands and young, globally minded designers alike are asking the question: How do you come up with a garment that is sustainable, that can stand on its own and not rob from the future? Here are six trends that eco-designers are currently following.
COMMENTARIES
Why economic nationalism is unpatriotic.
COLUMNS
Taking action against predatory credit card practices.
By concentrating on asking the question "how", not "why", we become less judgmental on ourselves.
The art of finding your friends, and letting your friends find you.
FOOD
The pleasures of gazpacho, Spain’s powerhouse summer soup.
TURNING WORDS
An aphorism by James Geary, author of The World in a Phrase and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists.
ONE LAST THING...
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence, says we need to work on our collective relationship with the planet. In his new book, Ecological Intelligence, he argues we can do that in part by making smarter shopping choices.
The United States presidential elections are tomorrow. more
