“Slow biking” is the newest movement against mindless speed
Holly Richmond, grist.orgFrenchyNo need for speed.Slow food, slow fashion, slow … biking? Yes indeed. This burgeoning movement is reminding Americans that bicycling is a relaxing way to see your world up close and personal — you can enjoy biking without getting coated in…
Has the world reached peak chicken?
Kiera Butler, grist.orgShutterstockOn Wednesday, the Northern California animal sanctuary Animal Place will airlift — yes, you read that right: airlift — 1,150 elderly laying hens from Hayward, Calif., to Elmira, N.Y., in an Embraer 120 turbo-prop.The price? $50,000.Rig…
From the founder of Aptera, tiny (and stackable) ultra-efficient organic farms
Katie Fehrenbacher, gigaom.comSteve Fambro, the founder and former CEO of electric car startup Aptera, isn’t one to sugarcoat a story. He told me that shortly after he was fired from Aptera in late 2009, he was standing in the checkout line of a local natural food…
Rimac unveils greyp G12 electric bike with 75 mile range, 40mph top speed
James Trew, engadget.comRimac’s Concept One has been something of an enigma, but there’s no doubting that the EV maker has just taken the veil off its latest product — the greyp G12 electric bike. If you’re not sure if looks like a motorbike, or regular bicyc…
What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers?
fastcoexist.comWe give hurricanes such friendly, blameless names. What did Sandy ever do to anyone? An advocacy group wants to name disastrous storms after the politicians who are blocking effective climate policy.
Spare a thought for people named Ivan,…
The 59 Countries That Are Most Prepared To Handle An Uncertain Future
fastcoexist.comA new report ranks the world’s countries not on their economic indicators, but on their ability to “safeguard the needs of its future generations.” The results might surprise you.
We normally judge which countries are “doing best” by looking…
Fukushima radiation set to hit the U.S. by 2014
By Lindsay Abrams, salon.comFortunately, it should be harmless
Unless you were one of the 160,000 thousand people in the near vicinity of the Fukushima disaster who evacuated their homes in 2011, the ongoing nuclear crisis on Japan’s shore can seem awfully far…
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