Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.READ»
Last year's Copenhagen climate conference failed to produce any sort of useful legislation, so they're tapping the crowd. So far? Four responses. READ»
The CEO of the electric vehicle services company Better Place has already made significant strides in Denmark, Israel, and Japan. He sits down with Fast Company to explain what it will take to make his vision work in the U.S.READ»
At last week’s “Summer Davos,” the annual World Economic Forum meeting in China, talk about innovation was everywhere. Not surprisingly, the sense of the meeting was that waiting for governments to set consistent rules and incentives for a low-carbon economy is a fool’s game.
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Plenty of people use the power of the internet to trace and reconnect with old friends. Two brothers from Denmark, however, are working to harness that power for a greater social good. Christopher and David Mikkelsen founded Refugees ...READ»
Better Place, an electric vehicle infrastructure startup that envisions a network of charging and EV battery swap stations, got a big boost this week.READ»
While visiting New York this week for the American publication of his latest book "Cities for People"--a kind of manual for making walkable cities--Jan Gehl invited me to sit with him in Bryant Park to observe the sidewalk ballet and discuss what he calls “the needs of the urban habitat of homo sapiens.”READ»
Eugene Mirman started creating original Web content back when most of us were still using dial-up. As the online world has grown, so has the comedian's career. Between stand-up performances, film, and TV gigs (he plays the bad guy ...READ»
As SpaceX completes safety tests on its potential human space capsule, and a European outfit preps its innovative rocket for a test launch, it's obvious that some of the most exciting space news at the moment is coming from folks other than NASA.READ»
There is no shortage of prognostications about what climate change will do to our planet. In reality, there are few ways to tell for sure; human beings have never been around for this kind of world-shifting event before. But an ...READ»
Several months ago, a poll by Denmark-based Red Associates concluded that Facebook users aren't the friendliest. But a new survey by Stanford's Andreas Weigend finds that Facebook is at least a far friendlier social network than ...READ»
Electric vehicle infrastructure startup Better Place has a compelling
business model: Better Place-branded EV charging stations allow
drivers to juice up at home and at work, while gas station-like battery
switch stations let ...READ»
In honor of our Fast Cities Breakfast coming up on June 22, we spoke with Portland mayor Sam Adams, who, in his first State of City address last February, vowed to make Portland "the most sustainable city in the world." And this ...READ»
There are two schools of thought about electric vehicle battery systems: one is that batteries should be bought along with the vehicle and kept as long as possible, and the other--supported by California-based EV services startup ...READ»
Deepwater tech may be in an, ahem, black spot in its history at the moment, but these sort of deep ocean mega-constructions aren't just for oil. How on Earth do you affix an offshore wind farm in ocean waters over 300 feet deep? ...READ»
Last week I wrote about reverse innovation. We often witness this in other countries where the local conditions--whether due to political uncertainty, low local income levels, or unfavorable geography-- seem like a hindrance to ...READ»
