A lawsuit filed in California last month offers a modern-day David-versus-Goliath tale that casts the world’s largest automaker, Toyota Motor, in the role of the giant battling against a shoestring operation in Africa — but with a twist. The legal fight is not about some top-secret new automotive technology or significant sums of money. It…
We humans are capable of enormous devastation, but every now and then, we’re able to agree to stop the worst of our transgressions. We no longer regularly scour the oceans for the great whales only to boil them down for margarine and pet food. We’ve stopped killing wild birds en masse to make hats out…
Driving an electric vehicle on a road trip can be challenging enough in the United States. Would it be even possible in a country like Costa Rica? I decided to find out. Costa Rica has done more than most countries to promote electric vehicles, including passing a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to…
“Many of his contemporaries considered these ideas utopian, but today they feel more urgent than ever,” Riedl said of the artist, who lived from 1928 to 2000. The museum building itself grew out of Hundertwasser’s ecological philosophy. Warped floors mimic the undulating earth. Wonky windows and mosaics seem to swim up walls like microorganisms. What…
It’s springtime and a lot of us are refreshing our wardrobes, retiring old clothes and picking up new ones for the warmer weather. But can we get rid of the used stuff responsibly? While it’s possible, it’s not as easy as a growing number of companies would have you believe. Just drop the used clothes…
