The Ecocapsule is an egg-shaped, mobile dwelling that utilises solar and wind energy. It was developed by Nice Architects, a firm based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Shaped like an egg to minimize its surface-area-to-volume ratio, its walls are made of two layers of fiberglass with Read more »
Germany Turns Coal Pits Into Sparkling Lakes
In the 1980s, a satellite passing over central Germany would have seen vast open‑pit mines carved into the landscape, each one devoted to extracting lignite—also known as brown coal—for electricity production. Today, many of those once‑industrial sites look entirely different, Read more »
Companion Planting: 7 Vegetable Pairs that Grow Perfectly Together
Source; by Saffyre Falkenberg Bringing a wide variety of plants into your vegetable garden can have many benefits. Planting certain vegetables next to each other can encourage both plants to thrive. This unique process is known as companion planting. Companion plants have Read more »
Greening Cities, One Wall at a Time
A Dutch startup is reimagining what concrete can be. Respyre, a spin‑off from research at TU Delft, has developed a bio‑receptive concrete system that allows moss to grow directly on building façades—no soil, irrigation, or maintenance required. With just rain and ambient Read more »
The Road to Appreciation
Pass It On®… The Road to Appreciation Mick is a big man with long hair and beard that would place him naturally onstage with the Grateful Dead. Today he is looking at motorcycles, the kind that move easily from asphalt to dirt to unmarked desert. Broad stretches of desert are Read more »
Keep it simple
From the Blog Becoming Minimalist (see www.becomingminimalist.com/the-10-most-important-things-to-simplify-in-your-life/) “Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.” —Thomas à Kempis Simplifying your life Read more »
Good news that will make you smile
Listen to the best good news for the month of December where AI Detects Global Animal-Welfare Violations, Brazil Invests $1B to Protects Its Forests and A Student Just Changed Childhood Cancer Care among other great discoveries! Read more »
Healing Sounds and Floating Calm: How Music and Jellyfish Ease Modern Stress
In a fast-paced world where stress has become a near-constant companion, more people are turning to unlikely sources of relief: healing music and jellyfish. Studies have shown that slow, ambient music—particularly pieces featuring soft piano, gentle strings, or nature Read more »
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