Farmers markets are popping up in the unlikeliest of places these days. In the heart of Tokyo’s Aoyama/Omotesando high-end fashion district, the Farmers Market at the United Nations University has ...

Social media is transforming traditional media and influencing how we share news and information. Recent data shows that 300 million people spend more than 5 hours each day on social networks. About ...

“If the present trends in world population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will be reached sometime ...

We are increasingly attentive to what goes on in our environment, particularly that which is tangible and obvious to our eyes. But what about the greenness of nanoscale particles — those 10,000 times ...

ローズ・ビンセント博士は、スイス連邦工科大学チューリッヒ校のポスドク研究者です。

In the last 60 years almost every corner of the globe has seen major demographic changes, like population increase and urbanization, in hand with rapid economic development. These processes have ...

The distinct geography of every part of the Earth provides each local community with its own set of renewable energy options to harness: some places get ample solar input, others wind, hydro, or ...

Waste not, want not. Unfortunately, this old adage has been overshadowed by a growing torrent of global demand for the latest and greatest consumer gadgets. Rapid technological advances, expanding ...

The desire for self-sufficiency has always been a common trait of human society. After all, no one likes to be dependent upon others, especially for vital commodities and services. From a geopolitical ...

Women’s participation in decision-making is highly beneficial and their role in designing and applying public policies has a positive impact on people’s lives, women leaders and experts from around ...

Illegal wildlife trade worth up to $213 billion dollars a year is funding organized crime, including global terror groups and militias, according to a report by the ...

Jared Diamond famously stated that “the biggest problems facing the world today are not at all beyond our control, rather they are all of our own making, and entirely in our power to deal with” when ...