World’s first 3D printed school in Madagascar
Nonprofit organization Thinking Huts wants to build the world’s first 3D-printed teaching institution in Madagascar, collaborating with established organizations and local workers. The school building will feature modular, honeycomb-shaped units powered by solar energy. The school’s hybrid design is said to cost half the amount of conventional construction costs by combining efficient 3D printing technology […]
[WATCH] Solar powered lighting fixture turns saltwater into freshwater
The inexpensive prototype utilizes solar energy and collects seawater to create a solar desalination skylight which emits natural diffused light. This device produces drinking water and uses leftover salt brine to create energy to be used as a light.
Pigs really can play video games
According to a new study, pigs can play video games with a clear understanding of the game’s concept. Published in Frontiers in Psychology, the study displayed an experiment in which pigs had to control a cursor on screen using a joystick and get the cursor to collide with a figure on the screen. The study […]
A pet charity that’s making caring for pets more accessible for low income homes
The charity uses donations to provide food, veterinary care, and other essentials to pets in need
[WATCH] Indigenous-operated non-profit organizations feed, shelter 1,400 people in Winnipeg; locate two missing women
Churches and hotels kept their doors closed due to COVID-19 restrictions even when more than 1,400 people needed protection from freezing cold
[WATCH] Music video of strangers dancing in their windows connects us in a time of lockdown
The Neighbourhood Watch released a music video for their new song “20 year dream”
Africa is Planting Tens of Millions of Trees in the Desert
Africa is planting millions of trees in a project called the Great Green Wall. In 2007, African Union proposed a 4,350 mile cross-continental barrier. By 2020, the Sahelian nations had only completed 4% of the project.
Member of Ahousaht First Nation to bike 1,200 km from Vancouver to Edmonton for cancer research
NANAIMO — In August, Roy Jack, 46, a member of the Ahousaht First Nation, will cycle from Vancouver to Edmonton to raise money for childhood cancer research, as part of the Great Cycle Challenge, Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper reported. “Kids should be living life, not fighting for it,” stated Jack’s Great Cycle Challenge profile, where people can […]
“Chairman Sanders” merchandise raises US$1.8 M for charity
The Vermont senator became an online sensation following President Joe Biden’s inauguration
Colville Tribe members, biologists celebrate the first salmon spawning in Upper Columbia River in decades
“I was overcome with complete joy.”
