In a story released this week, Keurig K-cup inventor John Sylvan, who sold his shares of the company for $50,000 back in 1997, admits he regrets ever creating the disposable plastic coffee pods that built what is today a $4.7 billion business. With an estimated nine to 13 billion plastic K-cups hitting landfills last year, Sylvan admits, […]
Bowing to pressure from Quaker environmentalists, PNC Bank announced yesterday that it will be restricting financing of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The shift outlined in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report means PNC Bank will effectively cease its investment in this controversial practice. Members of Earth Quaker Action Team protested outside a PNC Bank in 2012 […]
If you need a vacation and lack funds and resources for the traditional trip, consider becoming a WWOOFer. The WWOOF movement originally started in 1971 so workers in London could spend weekends in the country while learning about growing food. WWOOF refers to farms participating in the World Wide Organic Organization of Farming, a network […]
Traveling around the world just got a little easier for Model S drivers. In a company milestone, Tesla Motors announced it has now installed more than 2,000 Superchargers in nearly 400 locations across four continents. There are now more than 2,000 Tesla superchargers worldwide, saving 3.9 million gallons of gas. Photo Credit: Tesla Motors These fast-charging, […]
Good news for those of you whose phone is always running low on juice, leaving you running around looking for your charger and a place to use it. Dutch-based furniture giant IKEA has announced it will soon be incorporating a wireless charger into a line of furniture called Home Spot. The Qi wireless technology, to be built into a […]
A new government report shows that 1 in 9 children in the U.S. (11.6 percent) are using complimentary therapy to stay healthy, an amount that has not changed in five years. Most of those who practiced yoga in 2012—more than 900,000 children—included meditation, deep-breathing exercises, or both. Photo credit: Shutterstock What has changed since the report […]
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