So you can’t afford an iconic Herman Miller Eames lounge chair . The good news is you can treat yourself to the esteemed mid-century modern furniture company’s new face masks for a good cause. Herman Miller has launched a limited-edition face mask called “ Design for Freedom ” in […]
The last four years have been devastating for environmental regulation. The Trump administration dismantled the Clean Power Plan, opened Arctic wilderness for drilling, and, as part of a spree of rollbacks in his last days in office, shrank the protected habitat of the northern spotted owl. Those are just […]
I hear a movie theater. A Coke commercial. An Ed Sheeran song. A theme from Avatar . But I’m not listening to any of those things. It’s actually the new sonic identity for the Virgin Hyperloop. The Hyperloop is, as everyone affiliated with the Hyperloop likes to mention, the […]
Used clothes, it turns out, are worth a lot of money. Poshmark, which had a hotly-anticipated IPO last week, ended its first day of trading with a valuation of $7.4 billion. It’s a sign that the secondhand market is booming and that investors see continued potential for growth. But […]
Around half of the habitable land on the planet is now used for agriculture. A millennium ago—or more recently, in the case of many countries—it was mostly wilderness. Soon, technology could reshape that balance again, bringing back acres of trees as tools to fight climate change. A new project […]
During the protests for racial justice this past summer and over the past few years, Black Lives Matter became a movement and rallying cry, a message of optimism and hope, and a simple statement of affirmation: the lives of Black people matter as much as anyone else’s. [Image: courtesy […]
Most people have a vision of what being professional is, the attire, and the image that accompanies the designation. Once upon a time, it meant skirts only for women, and tailored suits and ties for men. Interoffice relations included the unspoken but enforced in-office rule was to always smile […]
Even if you who live a relatively environmentally friendly life, with sustainable diets and low-impact travel habits, you probably could do more to counterbalance the emissions that stem from unavoidable necessities of modern life. That’s the underlying philosophy for the creators of newly launched startup, Treepoints . “The only […]
There’s a distinct lack of common sense in our world. What once was “common” has mysteriously vanished, with an impact on every minute of our lives. But there’s encouraging news, too: a solution to the problem. As a global consultant, I am ostensibly hired by organizations to create or […]
Inside a sprawling new indoor farm near the small eastern Kentucky town of Morehead, the first harvest of tomatoes is being readied to ship to grocery stores across the country. For AppHarvest , the startup running the farm, it’s the next step in proving a new model for making […]
