Both companies yanked ads from The Learning Channel’s "All-American Muslim." That's when the trouble started. But all is not lost--companies and brands that want to avoid losing customers because of a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease can find their way back again.READ»
Chances are, you've thrown out some plastic already today. And you're going to throw out a lot more. In fact, Americans generated 30 million tons of plastic waste in 2009. That's more than 12% of our total waste. Try as you might to ...READ»
Photographers have long trained their lenses on the atrocities of war, and even influenced the outcomes of few major battles. J Henry Fair is a member of that politically motivated tribe, though his focus is on the war we seem to be ...READ»
When we come across a compelling architectural project, we think about how to frame the story. Will it be about sustainability? About overcoming building regulations? Meeting the needs of a specific set of clients? Or just plain ...READ»
No trees were used in these wall-coverings. And no, they’re not made from toxic, off-gassing vinyl, either. Rather, these patterns were printed on a breakthrough material manufactured from eco-friendly powdered stone.
Last ...READ»
When Harley-Davidson shuttered Buell Motorcycles, it meant the end not only of a 26-year-old company but one of the most ingenious packaging concepts we’ve ever seen. The Crateable, a shipping crate that turns into a worktable, ...READ»
Cute animals are the first things any beginner learns to make. Japanese artist Takayuki Hori takes his origami menagerie one step further, by imagining his paper animals as victims of urban pollution and exposing their garbage-tainted ...READ»
Boy, do I remember my first car.
Like the vast majority of Americans, it was used and it was crap. Reliable it was not; in fact, I can assure you that my first car was made out of metal, plastic, and betrayal.
I was reminded ...READ»
Enzymes locked away in the stomachs of cows might help us manufacture biofuels more quickly and cheaply. That's according to a new paper in Science, published online today.
I spoke to Dr. Eddy Rubin, one of the authors of ...READ»
The farmer-engineers of Open Source Ecology are bringing high-tech savvy to the age-old pastoral dream. Their Global Village Construction Set project is an ongoing sustainable design experiment that aims to develop plans for the forty ...READ»
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned in early 2011 that California would inevitably experience a winter megastorm--a big one. It might not happen this year, or next. But, based on California's history of storms in the past, another winter megastorm will happen sometime, these scientists say.READ»
We take the stuff that makes up our world for granted. Plastic is plastic, right? And wood is wood? Absolutely not: Materials are still a hotbed of innovation, often involving ideas to help save the planet in imperceptible ways that ...READ»
Perhaps one of the most bedeviling things in the fight against carbon dioxide pollution is the fact that the gas is odorless and invisible. Everyday, we belch millions of tons of it into the air, but it doesn't feel like we're doing ...READ»
This month inaugurates a new Fast Company column. The Big Idea is that it'll be about change
and innovation, both the kind we initiate from within and the kind from without that we must adapt to. This is a little bit Ethonomics-y and ...READ»
A universal flu vaccine – a vaccine that could last decades and offer protection against many different flu virus strains--is being developed. EarthSky spoke with Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute ...READ»
Why do we love music so? A new study suggests it is because listening to music releases dopamine, the same brain chemical associated with food, drugs, and sex.READ»
Is bottled water slightly better if you're foregoing funneling remote mountain springs into plastic containers, and bottling recycled wastewater instead?READ»
This is the first in our new “Future of Design” series featuring interviews with and columns by the architecture firm Perkins+Will. Below, we have a Q&A with Paul Eagle, managing director of Perkins+Will, New York; and Janice ...READ»
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