Floating city for startups makes waves among entrepreneurs
Blueseed, the startup ship that will bring Silicon Valley to the open waters, is quickly gaining steam among entrepreneurs. The company recently released a report announcing that it already has 133 startup firms interested in becoming tenants of its floating city. Of this group of interested entrepreneurs, 38 percent say they would be ready to [...]

Summer school for less well-off primary pupils
Thousands of children will get ‘top-up’ classes to prepare them for transition to secondary school Seventy thousand primary school leavers will take part in intensive two-week summer schools this year to keep them from falling behind during the six-week break. Nick Clegg will announce tomorrow that the “top-up” lessons will be provided to children from [...]

With great sadness..Shauna Crockett-Burrows, 1930–2012
This taken from her Newspaper’s website.. Founder of the world’s first positive newspaper passes away It is with great regret that we announce that our founder, Shauna Crockett-Burrows, has passed away. A month short of her 82nd birthday – and having been invited to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace at the end of May [...]

Funding boost for Scottish local food network
Europe’s largest local food network is to receive almost half a million pounds of funding from the Scottish government to encourage more people to choose local and sustainably sourced food. he Fife Diet, which has 3,000 active members, will use the £448,000 grant from the Climate Challenge Fund to measure their reduction in carbon emissions and [...]

World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
Five nations in Africa have come together to create the world’s largest conservation area for wildlife. Elephants have no respect for lines on a map, especially the artificial national boundaries established by Europeans after carving up Africa into colonial empires. But national boundaries have kept elephants and many other animals cooped up in southern Africa. [...]

Bald Barbie in the works for kids with cancer
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Mattel announced plans to create a bald doll for children suffering from hair loss in response to an ongoing campaign on Facebook. Southern California resident Rebecca Sypin was one of the people behind the Facebook campaign, urging Mattel to create a bald Barbie that children battling cancer and other diseases that [...]

Africa Sci-tech Forum Promotes Homegrown Innovation
Experts and officials gathered at the first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, Kenya are seeking African solutions to African problems.  Participants are calling for African governments to fund and promote research and development at home. U.N. Economic Commission for Africa Technology Division Director Aida Opolu-Mensah says for too long Africa’s science [...]

Green Practices Study: Littering, Smoking, Gas Guzzling Are Now Frowned Upon
Littering was seen as being more embarrassing than cheating on your taxes, according to a new poll of 1,105 Americans. What does this mean? Being eco-friendly is no longer considered a fringe activity limited to a small group of hard-core activists or early adopters,” said Suzanne Shelton, CEO of Shelton Group. “Thanks to years of [...]

MUM Sustainable Living Center to be “net-zero energy building”
With an opening celebration scheduled for April 20, the new Sustainable Living Center at Maharishi University of Management will have the distinction of being one of the few net-zero energy buildings in the country, meaning that the building produces as much or more energy than it uses. “We will be net-zero for energy, including for [...]

Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020
Greenpeace reiterated its call for an end to deforestation in Brazil by 2015 and globally by 2020 during its launch of an awareness-raising expedition down the Amazon River aboard the Rainbow Warrior. “Brazil is now the sixth largest economy in the world, the largest meat exporter and second largest grain exporter. Brazil’s rise to become [...]