With the rising rates of homelessness and housing costs in the United States, one startup is making beautifully-designed, energy-efficient homes more affordable for everyone. NODE, often referred to as the “IKEA of houses,” believes that access to affordable housing should be a fundamental right.1 They have set out to achieve ambitious objectives of building a […]
There is no question that globally we are facing both an energy crisis and a climate crisis. Fuel prices and global temperatures are rising at an alarming rate. According to some researchers at Stanford University, we can actually solve both of these problems with the same solution: Switching fully over to renewable energy. Though the […]
There’s no way around it: Our planet has a plastic problem. Nowhere is this more evident than in our lakes and oceans, and no one is suffering from it more than marine animals. With images of turtles, fish, and other animals ensnared in plastic, a Florida beer company decided enough was enough. They created the […]
Paul Battenally and Clara Trindall love traveling. Although they are from Australia, they met in Japan, where both of them were working at the time. But they always dreamed of exploring their home country together. So they began to research vans and motorhomes, but they all looked too cramped for the tall Battenally. Instead, they […]
Van life was once thought to be for the young and carefree. For the people divorced from responsibilities and 9-5 work. However, in recent times, the concept is becoming more and more welcomed. They have found a way to earn money while on the move, and they are taking to the horizons in their vans, […]