The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Global wind power expected to skyrocket You might have seen more wind farms popping up over the last few years, but wind energy still only accounts for a small percentage of global electricity production. According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, wind power generates only 2.6 percent of the world’s electricity, but …
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China’s massive foreign investment, in one map By Tyler Falk | October 22, 2013, 5:32 AM PDT Living in the United States, the scale of foreign investment by Chinese companies isn’t so obvious. Much of the $57.8 billion of Chinese investment in the U.S. since 2005 has been in the finance sector. I didn’t comprehend …
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Public transit goes on-demand in Helsinki By Tyler Falk | October 17, 2013 Sure, there are many cities around the world where you can hail a taxi or hitch a ride in a private car using a smartphone with apps like Uber and Lyft. But Helsinki is taking that idea to the next level with …
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What a U.S. default means for the world By David Worthington | October 15, 2013 The United States is on the brink of defaulting on its sovereign debt for the first time since the gold standard ended. The “full faith and credit” of the United States hangs in the balance as the Republican tea party …
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Forget owning a solar panel, buy a stake in one instead Without the right roofing, if you rent, or if you can’t afford the initial investment to acquire solar panels for your home, how do you get in on the clean energy game? The solution could be community-driven solar panel leasing, which is beginning to …
Benjamin Franklin understood the truth this report discusses. In his will of 1789, Franklin left money for the building of parks to Boston and Philadelphia, because he believed that creating aesthetic public spaces created greater comity in the community. More than two centuries later we are still learning this lesson. Parks Make us Smarter – …
Forget ‘fast fashion’. How about apparel with an ethical pedigree? In Zady-land, style rules — but so does a well-edited closet, containing carefully sourced apparel. . . . . . . . What technology has wrought: the rise of the ‘rateocracy’ Technology may increase corporate transparency overnight, in a way that decades of laws and …
