The world’s first fully electric, emission-free and potentially crewless container barges are to operate from the ports of Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam from this summer. The vessels, designed to fit beneath bridges as they transport their goods around the inland waterways of Belgium and the Netherlands, are expected to vastly reduce the...
The British market that is confusingly called Iceland has become the first major retailer to commit to eliminate plastic packaging for all its own-brand products. The supermarket chain, which specialises in frozen food, said it would go plastic-free within five years to help end the “scourge” of plastic pollution. The current plastic packaging...
We may not be living in the age of asteroid mining (yet), but asteroid prospecting has come a step closer with news that Planetary Resources' Arkyd-6 satellite has successfully reached orbit. The six-unit CubeSat lifted off on Friday from the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Center in Southern India atop a Polar...
While greywater (from showers, sinks and washing machines) is relatively inexpensive to clean and reuse because of the lack of contaminants, blackwater (from toilets, garbage grinders and dishwashers) takes a lot more effort to make reusable. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects made the assumption that such recycling and cleaning was integral to the...
Russians are drinking less than at any point since the fall of the Soviet Union, figures show, as a raft of government measures bear fruit and healthy living becomes ever more fashionable. Vodka might still serve as a national symbol but last year Russians drank less alcohol per capita than the French or Germans, according to World Health...
The Public Health Agency of Canada is working with artificial intelligence (AI) experts Advanced Symbolics Inc. to test the efficacy of suicide prevention through social media monitoring. The Ontario, Canada-based company provides custom AI services to businesses and agencies, and in this project, will be examining the expressed thoughts and...
Richard Branson was cut the ribbon at the world’s first permanent visitor centre dedicated to climate change in County Wicklow, Ireland. The Cool Planet Experience at Powerscourt House aims to encourage people to take action to prevent global warming. It is an interactive experience which connects science, gaming, engineering and drama and is...
Soul Sabbatical is typical of a burgeoning approach to mindful travel retreats that focus on mental wellness. With the high speed and frequency of information technology, bombarding our minds from every angle, we are never really focused on the present, constantly preoccupied with a plethora of concerns, tasks and activities at any given moment...
Environmental sustainability is at the forefront of many minds in the retail industry at the moment, and logistics companies are no exception. Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, DHL Global Forwarding, has teamed up with the Good Shipping Program — described by DHL as “the world’s first initiative to decarbonize the...
Stockholm debuted the world’s first ambulance dedicated solely to mental health services in an effort to tackle the large suicide rate in Sweden. Apolitical reported that the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team, aka PAM, was introduced as a way to prevent the 1,500 suicides and 15,000 suicide attempts that occur in Sweden annually. Inside the...