Classic WHO—Seaweed as Fuel
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Ground-breaking’ scientific research could unleash the huge potential of aquatic biomass in creating a sustainable energy supply. (This first appeared on our site in February, 2012.)
Under Obama II, Five More Years…of Widespread Government Surveillance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sorry to spoil the inaugural festivities, but there’s this small matter of ongoing and rather alarming civil liberties threats….
Classics: The Moral City
Reading Time: 2 minutes A WhoWhatWhy Classic: Some “nutty” ideas tried years ago by “wild and crazy” Latin American mayors might offer inspiration for a world seeking urban reinvention. Watch this documentary.
WHO Favorites: Creative Environmental Ideas
Reading Time: 4 minutes From living bridges, to the world’s cheapest light bulb – bright ideas to rethink our environment.
Words the Government Uses to Spy on You
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps you’ve seen the list of words that trigger government electronic snooping. But have you ever seen what happens when you use them all?
Energy Solution Leaves Us Glowing
Reading Time: 2 minutes How we can learn from leaves: Artificial photosynthesis could be the key to unlocking the sun’s full energy potential.
WhoWhatWhy Ideas Dept: Flying Windmills
Reading Time: < 1 minute Holy flying windmills, Batman! Can airborne wind generators, flying over rural areas, be a major source of clean energy?
Burn This: Biofuel Farmed From Seaweed
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Ground-breaking’ scientific research could unleash the huge potential of aquatic biomass in creating a sustainable energy supply.
Capturing Carbon Dioxide to Create a Cleaner Environment
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scientists reveal new method of dealing with ‘one of the most challenging issues of our century’
‘Syria’s Torture Machine’: British Documentary Offers Cause For Concern In More Ways Than One
Reading Time: 3 minutes British documentary offers cause for concern in more ways than one.
When Innovation Meets Irrigation
Reading Time: 2 minutes The recent winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award offers a low-tech and original solution to one of the world’s major problems.
Worth Watching: Videos From Around the World This Week
Reading Time: 2 minutes How to turn junk mail into a form of protest, what it’s like to be clinically dead for an hour, and bizarre beach creatures.
From Liberation to Occupation- ‘Secret Iraq: Insurgence’
Reading Time: < 1 minute The documentary that brought a new perspective on the Iraq fiasco, told from the point of view of both the invaders and the insurgents.
Scientists Saving The World
Reading Time: < 1 minute Video explains how the answer to some of the world’s biggest problems can be found in the smallest of places.
Worth Watching: Videos From Around the World This Week
Reading Time: 3 minutes Protests Then and Now, Space-Age Science, And Stone-Age Art.
Media Manipulation: Are Conflict Photos Staged?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Video offers new perspective on photojournalism in areas of conflict, notably in Israel/Palestine.
Worth Watching: Social Networking The Old-Fashioned Way, Around The World In 60 Seconds, And Kanellos The Protesting Dog
Reading Time: < 1 minute A few videos offering you an alternative to Facebook, an orbit over the auroras, and a dog fed up with Greek austerity measures.
Re-Envisioning Our Environment
Reading Time: 4 minutes From Living Bridges, to the World’s Cheapest Light bulb – Bright Ideas to Rethink our Environment
Worth Noting: September 11th From Space, Supercomputer Predicts The Future, And A Unique Solution To Homelessness
Reading Time: 2 minutes Who has the most far-out view of terrorist attacks, an astronaut or a State Representative? Plus a computer that actually believes what it reads in the newspapers….and making the most of a bad situation
Radical Thinking To Recreate And Reimagine Our Cities
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some “nutty” ideas tried years ago by “wild and crazy” Latin American mayors might offer inspiration for a world seeking urban reinvention. Watch this documentary.