Scottish Heritage Attracts Millions
Scotland’s heritage attractions have hit a record milestone, welcoming more than 5 million people for the first ever time in a single year and boosting economic growth. Historic Environment Scotland (HES), who manage over 300 Historic Scotland visitor attractions across the country representing more than 5,000 years of Scottish history, are celebrating a 17% increase in footfall from the […]
Pope Francis Puts His Faith in Electric Racing Cars
His Holiness Pope Francis welcomed Formula E drivers to the Eternal City for the first-ever E-Prix in Rome on April 14. Pope Francis welcomed the drivers competing in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship to his residence in Santa Marta ahead of the first-ever E-Prix on the streets of Rome. Alongside Founder & CEO of […]
U.S. Entrepreneur Wins Award For Making Government ‘Less Insulting’
Jennifer Pahlka believes that coding can help deliver a better U.S. government that works to help reformed felons earn an honest living and public servants frustrated by poor technology. After seeing the challenges working in child welfare, she founded San Francisco-based non profit Code for America in 2009 to create user-friendly websites that make it easier to […]
Volvo Premiers First All-Electric Truck
Hot on the heels of Tesla, Volvo Trucks has introduced its first all-electric truck for commercial use – the Volvo FL Electric. Mainly targeted at urban areas, it’s ideally suited to cargo transport at night and early mornings, due to its low noise output. “We’re immensely proud to present the first in a range of fully electrically-powered Volvo trucks ready for regular traffic. […]
Soup, Beer & Soap From Food Waste? Dutch Shoppers Say Yes
“We sold about 700 items in one week. It’s double what we sell for organic products” First it was a supermarket aisle free of plastics, now the Netherlands has notched up another novel solution in its fight against waste and pollution – products made with food that otherwise would be chucked in the bin. Soups […]
Chewed up, Spat Out, Recycled: British Inventor Turns Gum Into Gold
It costs about £56 million a year to clean up chewing gum in England. One woman has come up with a novel solution… What does the world spend about $25 billion on each year, only to throw it away? The answer is chewing gum. It is a blight on city streets, expensive for local authorities […]
Flower Power Helps Heal The Violence in Baltimore
“I’m an urban change warrior,” says Walker Marsh of Baltimore, who uses vacant lots in the inner city to grow high-quality flowers, herbs and vegetables. The tall, soft-spoken urban farmer is sitting on the floor, gluing sunflower petals to a discarded stop sign with childlike wonder. Baltimore is not known for its softness, and you […]
Building Bikes For Social Mobility
Bicycles are a manifestation of what John Dengler has been trying to do with the homeless of Tampa, Florida for years. The city suffers from the second-highest rate of homelessness after Los Angeles, mainly due to temperate winters that allow those on the streets to survive year-round. “In our society, if people don’t have monetary […]
Welcome to The Tipping Point of Capitalism
At a time defined by political scandals, nuclear threats, and turbulence on Wall Street, business is society’s unlikeliest hero. A series of watershed statements, reports, and initiatives from some of the world’s most well known capitalists is heralding a new zeitgeist, during which businesses are expected to exist to benefit society – not just shareholders. If you […]
The Man Ensuring Humanity Doesn’t Drown in its Own Garbage
Ibrahim AlHusseini is not your typical investor. A Palestinian refugee born in Jordan and raised in Saudi Arabia, he attended the University of Washington where his fascination with sustainable economics was born. He started his first company out of his college dorm room, and soon made millions. He could have stopped there, but everything changed […]
