Beautiful Flower in Koh Ker, Cambodia

Clean Water Investments

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/02/us-singapore-water-idUSBRE9510EG20130602 “Water companies in Singapore are attracting big-name investors as they profit from exporting their expertise to China, which plans to spend $850 billion over the next decade to improve its scarce and polluted water supplies.”

Is Malcolm Gladwell Underrated?

Ian Leslie makes the case in a piece for Medium  “I know – it’s like proposing The Beatles are underrated. Malcolm Gladwell is the king of non-fiction writing and publishing. His new book is a million-seller lock. His writing is referenced hundreds of times a day in newspapers, magazine articles, talk shows, boardrooms and bars. He could pay off […]

Using plants as air filters

According to a top NASA scientist, some house plants can filter many dangerous chemicals out of indoor air. One of the best air filtering scrubbers is a robust rubber tree plant. Are you in favour of fostering indoor plants that do a good job of cleaning household air? Some plants are exceptional in that capacity. […]