[ad_1] By putting recycling costs on the producer rather than the consumer, Maine becomes the first state in the US to hold businesses accountable for the waste they create. By putting what is essentially an import duty on packaging, Maine is telling companies that there is a limit to the amount of trust they can…

[ad_1] From Sweden to Sierra Leone, cities are turning the climate crisis into an opportunity for a happier and healthier life, reports Martin Wright “Hot city! Summer in the city…! “ A recent headline, citing the hymn to hedonism from the 1960s, summed up the hopes of many people that the world would come out…

[ad_1] Surgeons at Duke University successfully implanted a next-generation artificial heart in a man with heart failure, a first for any hospital in North America. The artificial heart was developed by a French company, CARMAT, and has been approved for use and sale in Europe. Last year, the company received approval from the US FDA…

[ad_1] It is not every day that you see a man and his owl climbing a mountain. Photograph by Joann Randles But this is not just any owl. Louie is an emotional support animal. Jaylo Miles and his beautiful Barn Owl with PTSD have the most incredible bond. Together they have a mission to help…

[ad_1] Whether you’re from the US and you call it “Beltway” or Europe and call it “Ring road”, Madrid will soon call it the “greenway” as the Spanish capital aims to combat the heat island of his city. surrounding itself by a green sea. Gran Via in Madrid by Felipe Gabaldón, CC license His urban…

[ad_1] The Hyundai driver whose car fell on a Florida road into the Indian River in the middle of the night has some good Samaritans to thank for saving his life. A passerby called 911 while speeding across the street to alert a Melbourne police officer that he was making a traffic stop nearby. “Help!…

[ad_1] Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to illuminate our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free will astrology, is a weekly syndicated column that appears in more than a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia is the antidote to paranoia: how all of creation is conspiring to shower you…

[ad_1] A realtor in Missouri is determined to make her hometown “a city where no one sleeps outside.” Courtesy of Linda Brown For nine years, Linda Brown and her husband David organized an overnight shelter where the homeless in Springfield could eat, shower, do laundry, use a computer, and socialize during bingo and karaoke games,…