Category: News

For eleven years, the search engine Ecosia has used most of the revenue from advertising on its website and app towards planting trees—and this month they planted their 100-millionth tree. The German nonprofit, which became the first ‘B Corporation’ in that country because it was established for social good, has earned its founder Christian Kroll […]

Solugen’s mission is to decarbonize the chemicals industry—and their secret weapon comes from nature’s own biology. For several years now, the Houston-based chemical engineering startup has been making hydrogen peroxide out of a yeast enzyme, and have used this eco-friendly product to create cost-competitive replacements for heavy-duty chemicals used in treating oil-drilling wastewater, spas, pools, […]

A little boy in Britain has raised over $1 million for the National Health Service hospital to thank them for saving his life when he was a baby. For the fundraiser, 5-year-old Tony Hudgell propelled himself around the local park on his prosthetic legs using crutches. Originally meant to drum up a modest £500 ($550), […]

Todd Burkemper has worked hard since graduating college in 2011—and luck has followed him throughout his career as an app designer and senior software developer at Buildium. But while golden job opportunities propelled him forward, he never stopped looking back, watching over his younger brother. Todd had a home built in Wentzville, Missouri, two years […]

A relative of the iconic beast that roams the American Great Plains is going to be released in an ancient forest in Kent, England—where they haven’t resided for 6,000 years. But the four animals won’t be arriving by way of South Dakota or Wyoming because Europe has their own subspecies—the European wood bison. The project […]

An adorable seven-year-old boy created a word-search puzzle and sent it to the Queen the keep her entertained during lockdown—and was delighted to receive a letter back from royal staff. Little Timothy Madders, from Billericay, Essex, was worried that the Queen may be bored or sad during lockdown, so created a happiness-themed puzzle to keep […]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of protecting grizzly bears last week restoring their status under the Endangered Species Act in the wake of hunts planned in Idaho and Wyoming. Conservationists and tribes that see the bears as sacred called it a “tremendous victory.” The decision spares the grizzlies from previous plans […]