- Culture
Chihuly Collection: ...
posted by Louis Julien Fruchier
The Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg hosts a stunning, permanent collection by world-renowned Chihuly in a magnificent 10,000 square foot setting designed by award-winning LEED architect Albert Alfonso. The Collection...
- Home
E-Cube: Solar-Powere...
posted by Viator Garcia
A team from the Ghent University of Belgium has designed a do-it-yourself building kit for a solar-powered house that is pre-engineered, factory-built, and easily assembled without special skills. Much like putting together a piece of furniture from IKEA, you can now put together your own...
- Culture
PaperFlops – S...
posted by Viator Garcia
A company based in Indonesia has now started to produce environmentally friendly sandals made from old newspapers. PaperFlops are made from all-natural materials including newspapers, coconut shells, palm tree roots and natural rubber. Each pair of PaperFlops uses 1Kg of old newspaper, and...
- Leisure
Growing is Forever &...
posted by Louis Julien Fruchier
Growing is Forever is a beautiful and inspiring short filmed by Jesse Rosten and written and read by Kallie Markle in their deep appreciation and reverence felt when in the presence of the giant Redwoods of Northern California. The score is “Window” The Album Leaf. Watch video...
- Community
Meetup.com: The 911 ...
posted by Sarah Evans
On this decade anniversary of the loss and tragedy of 10 years ago, Scott Heiferman, Founder and CEO of Meetup.com offers an example of enduring leadership and inspiration. In response to crisis, people often naturally seek to come together and attempt to strengthen community bonds. A few days...
- Leisure
Tubohotel: Redefinin...
posted by Viator Garcia
Tubohotel reshapes ecotourism in Mexico – literally! Ecotourism has been a growing trend for a number of years, and right on cue is Tubohotel in the beautiful town of Tepoztlan – 45 mins from Mexico city. Tubohotel has taken waste materials for construction, and made hotel rooms...
- Technology
Toyota EV sets Nürbu...
posted by Louis Julien Fruchier
Toyota Motorsport knocked over a minute off the previous electric vehicle (EV) record at Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschleife on August 29. Considered by many to be the world’s most challenging track, the Toyota TMG EV P001 set a time of 7 minutes, 47.794 seconds on street-legal...
- Health
The China Study Auth...
posted by Louis Julien Fruchier
For those who haven’t seen Forks Over Knives, the film discussed in CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: The Last Heart Attack – Mission Possible, this is a brief interview with Dr. T Colin Campbell whose research forms the basis of the film. He is also the author of The China Study....
- Health
Watch it Here: The L...
posted by Louis Julien Fruchier
If you missed CNN’s long awaited documentary “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: The Last Heart Attack – Mission Possible” you can watch it here. The film explores heart disease and seeks to discover if we can become “heart-attack-proof”. ...