How Green Buildings Could Save Our Cities
Source: National Geographic
When you think of nature, you probably don’t think of cities. But new building methods can help cities work as part of nature in ways that benefit everyone.
Technology
Green Energy Will Overtake Fossil Fuels by 2020, Morgan Stanley Analyst States
Source: Big Think
Although much attention is paid to how countries make laws concerning fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal, that’s not how change will be made. Instead, companies are increasingly seeing the financial sense renewable energy makes.
Hashtag activism is fleeting
Source: The Baltimore Sun
Columbia University graduate student Nick Donias argues that protest movements must move beyond slogans and hashtags in order to affect long-term change.
Hurricane Harvey shows benefits, risks of turning to social media in disaster
Source: WJLA
Social media has become a useful tool when seeking and disseminating information during a national disaster, but there are a few risks to keep in mind.
Billionaire Philanthropists Are Shaping a New Gilded Age
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Is the solution to economic inequality for billionaires to give it back? Author David Callahan talks to the University of Pennyslvania’s Knowledge@Wharton podcast host about his new book, The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age, in which he wites about this topic.
Course explores new field at intersection of genomics and society
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
As sequencing one’s genes becomes more common, the field of social genomics is growing.
We have always been modern, and it has often scared us
Source: The Guardian
Fears about the negative effects of technology are nothing new. Look back through history at how people responded to technological change.
Tech firms protest proposed changes to U.S. net neutrality rules
Source: Reuters
Tech companies such as Facebook and Google are urging customers to oppose changes to net neutrality rules. Read more about the issue in this article.
Total Failure: The World’s Worst Video Game
Source: NPR
Read how former video game designer Howard Scott Warshaw turned failure into a career in which he helps others going through the same thing. Read or listen to the other articles in the “Total Failure” series for more stories of lessons learned.
A Desk That Can Take a Ton of Earthquake Rubble
Source: NPR
Good design isn’t just nice to look at; it can also save lives. Read about a school desk designed for disaster.