The World Health Organization recommends to implement a tax on sugary drinks to fight the growing obesity. The price for those drinks would raise 20 ...
Abstract: 35 food education organizations
35 organizations work around the globe with the aim to show children how to eat healthy and explain the environmental, social and health consequences of ...
Census of wastewater treatment facilities in the USA
Nutrient pollution is a huge challenge to water quality in the U.S. This kind of pollution has reached an alarming intensity in many waterways which is a ...
Habitat III: Focus on health for sustainable development
As a part of the adoption of the New Urban Agenda the UN member states have to commit to a vision of sustainable and health-centred urbanisation. Health ...
Urban farming in Singapore
The enterprise Edible Garden City has used under-utilized spaces and grew gardens on rooftops for farming purposes in Singapore. Edible Garden City ...
More universally accessible urban areas are required
Ahead of Habitat III persons with disabilities express why they feel like second-class citizens. citiscope …
A foldable biking helmet on fundraising
A Manhattan-based startup developed a biking helmet that can collapse and therefore conveniently be stored in your bag upon arrival. Fend, as it is called ...
Groundbreaking progress in green chemistry
The substition of petroleum based products through bio-based feedstocks is one of the most influental progresses that has been made throughout the past 25 ...
Smart alarm clock helps to regularize your sleeping patterns
Unlike most smart alarm clocks which track you time asleep, Kello can actually help you regularize your sleeping patterns. It has recently been launched on ...
How Dell’s cloud client-computing enhances healthcare sector
Dell aims to make healthcare more efficient by streamlining various process with the help of cloud client-computing. By accelerating several time-intensive ...
