28 2026 April
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein
There are people keeping ancient customs alive and their stories are in danger of being lost to the world. This is a book about how...
Read Now11 2026 March
People Are Taking Pride in Using Old Devices
You might call it the longevity flex. As more cell phone services offer constant phone upgrades as soon as you hit the one year anniversary for...
Read Now02 2026 February
Why We Should Stop Celebrating When Big Dreams Fail
The grand vision of Neom — the Saudi megacity that was going to change the future of how and where humans live– is officially a failure. The...
Read Now29 2026 January
The AI Land “Gold Rush” Is Here, But There’s a Missing Story
At multiple points this week, I came across different stories and conversations about the same thing: the so-called “gold rush” of land grabbing and real estate...
Read Now12 2025 November
Electricity Will Be Free in the Future. In Australia, It Already Is.
Solar power in Australia costs about a third of what it currently costs in the US. As a result, more than 1 in 3 homes...
Read Now16 2025 May
Why 3D Fixables Could Create an Entirely New Sustainable Industry
Philips is beta testing a new platform that allows consumers to 3D print a replacement accessory for one of their electric shavers. Right now, it’s just one...
Read Now08 2025 May
What One Man’s T-Shirt Test Says About Sustainability
For the past two years, startup founder Torleif Markussen Lunde created a quiet test of the sustainability of three comparable white t-shirts. The most expensive was...
Read Now25 2025 April
Earth Day, Environmental Hostility and The Blue Marble 50 Years Later
This past week was Earth Day and one of the efforts to commemorate the day was NASA recognizing the 50th anniversary of their iconic “blue...
Read Now06 2025 January
How 2025 Could Become The Year of Reuse
Every time I would visit India growing up, one sight would fascinate me as we traveled the roads was the number of old Ambassador black...
Read Now11 2024 October
The Rewear Chair Makes It Easier to Avoid Washing Your Clothes
You probably have a chair like this. The one where you throw those clothes that aren’t quite laundry. They still have a few wears left....
Read Now09 2024 October
The Problem with Leather
Have you ever seen a product promoted as being made with “vegan leather?” Assuming you have, do you actually know what that means? It turns...
Read Now04 2024 October
Remaking Classic Cars into the EVs of the Future
When I was a kid and we would travel to India, all the taxis looked the same. The model that dominated back then, and for...
Read Now06 2024 September
Save the World. Eat More Lionfish and Green Crabs.
Lobster is considered a luxury food today, with high prices to prove it, but it wasn’t always this way. Lobster was once cheap and plentiful, and...
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