Fibershed
"California has a wealth of natural fiber to make clothes, according to Fibershed. A 2013 study by the organization said California is the largest wool producer in the nation, yet without local infrastructure to process it, less than 1% of California’s wool is used in the state, and California is a net importer of wool goods." … more »
MobileEurope.co.uk
"Coaches, trainers, scientists, practitioners and others encourage everyone to reap the joys and benefits of regular exercise training. However, we caution against exercising too much too soon." … more »
Apple
Apple is a "$1.4tn company’s commitment to diversity when it comes to overpriced accessories. This very column was composed on a brand-new Apple laptop that requires a $69 dongle to connect to my monitor and is incompatible (absent another dongle) with the headphones I use on my relatively new Apple smartphone." … more »
Anne Wernikoff
"Sen. Scott Wiener’s controversial Senate Bill 50 is huffing and puffing its way back to the 2020 California legislative session. It aims to blow down formerly protected constitutional authority for cities to tackle their own planning and zoning." … more »
JDXP
"Designer Joe Doucet was sitting on a plane, feeling guilty during yet another work trip, when he wondered what he could do to curb his own impact. Most of us would simply buy carbon offsets; Doucet designed a new kind of plane." … more »
NOAA
"The processes described by this data dashboard are occurring on a planetary scale, and yet our progress can be measured this minute, in parts per million, in metric tons, in fractions of a degree. This is Bloomberg Green’s guide to the worldwide goal of slowing and stopping warming temperatures." … more »
CNN.com
Extreme wealth inequality is a sign of a fragile and failing economic system. … more »
Matteo Colombo
"From oil demand, car production and the proportion of young people as a share of the population, to less-measurable themes like globalization, inequality and central banking power, there’s an argument each will ebb in the 2020s." … more »
Wikipedia
"Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future." The new economy looks more and more like the oldest of inequitable systems where workers have no job security and no control of their fate. … more »
Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg
"Like other resorts at relatively low altitude, global warming has left its mark on Garmisch-Partenkirchen — the site of the 1936 Winter Olympics—putting the town’s identity and affluence at risk. It’s January, and there’s so little natural snow that anxiety is building whether upcoming ski races can go ahead." … more »
