In Hunt For Clean Jet Fuel, South Africa Swaps Tobacco for Weeds
When a South African Airways Boeing 737 took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg two years ago, headed for Cape Town, it was powered by an unusual fuel: tobacco. South Africa hasn’t yet repeated the jet biofuel feat, but in an effort to cut its climate-changing emissions and promote greener power the country’s […]
The Barcelona Restaurant That Tells Refugee Tales
Tucked away in a mediaeval Spanish square, an unconventional restaurant is training refugees and telling their stories, hoping to change the lives of migrants and how people see them. Espai Mescladis is both a restaurant and culinary school – and part publishing house. It trains migrants from as far afield as Venezuela, Senegal and Pakistan […]
Meet The Virtual Vigilantes Busting Human Traffickers From Their Laptops
When not detecting intelligence threats to oil rigs and dams, Sergio Caltagirone spends his spare time hunting a different kind of predator – traffickers trading in human beings, from war-torn Syria to sleepy U.S. suburbs. The Seattle-based computer scientist, who previously worked for the U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft and NASA, is one of a […]
As World Cup Kicks Off, FIFA Urged to Fight Iran’s Ban on Women in Stadiums
An Iranian football fan demanded that FIFA’s president put pressure on her home country to overturn a ban on women attending stadium matches as the World Cup kicks off in Russia. Maryam Qashqaei hopes the world’s biggest single-event sporting competition will galvanise support for an online petition she plans to present to FIFA President Gianni […]
Lawmaker Urges More U.S. Support For Businesses That do Good
A lack of U.S. government support is holding back businesses that seek to do good as well as making a profit, according to a Republican congressman who says the private sector often does a better job of solving society’s problems. Tom MacArthur introduced a bill to Congress in 2016 seeking to establish a commission to […]
Experts Question Wisdom That More Food Means Less Hunger
Increasing food production through intensive farming will not necessarily end world hunger, experts said on Thursday in a finding that flies in the face of established policy. The United Nations has said countries must double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers by 2030 to eliminate hunger and ensure all people have access to […]
Sundance Wants Women to Swap Casting Couch For Director’s Chair
Women must get off the casting couch and into the director’s chair if Hollywood is to move on from the #MeToo sexual harassment scandal, filmmakers said at the British opening of the Sundance Film Festival. Most films showcased at the British offshoot of the U.S. festival are directed by women, in a selection that champions female […]
Rebooting Food: Finding New Ways to Feed The Future
Banana trees that fit inside a test tube. Burgers made without a cow in sight. Fish farmed in the desert. Robots picking fruit. Welcome to the brave new world of food, where scientists are battling a global time-bomb of climate change, water scarcity, population growth and soaring obesity rates to find new ways to feed […]
Fashionably Late: Saudi Arabia Hosts First-ever Fashion Week
Fashionable women, dark-haired Saudis and blonde Eastern Europeans alike, fill the gold-trimmed halls of Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, marking the start of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever fashion week. Models and makeup artists preparing for the inaugural Saudi episode of Arab Fashion Week that took play in early April said they were surprised the event was taking place […]
Versace And Furla Join Designer Labels Ditching Fur
Italian fashion house Versace and handbag and accessories maker Furla said they would stop using real fur in their creations, joining a growing list of luxury labels turning their backs on the fur industry. Fashion houses around the world are bowing to pressure and using alternatives to real fur amid pressure from animal rights groups […]
