Snow, it’s more important than people think. If you’re just living in a city, it’s the white stuff that makes your morning commute a hassle but for people in certain parts of the world that rely on winter snowfall to create the green pastures of spring, the lack of it is causing big problems. No worries though, science can make more with cloud seeding but it has some drawbacks.
We waste a lot of food. Like, as a society, not just the leftovers that you let go off in your fridge. We throw out food from restaurants, grocery stores, and even before it makes it to those places for not being pretty enough and startups are beginning to fight this problem.
Instagram is the social media platform for pictures. That’s what it’s good at, it’s its whole thing. And what do pictures have? Color, usually. Now you can see what your year looked like in color with the YearOfColour web app, the app that turns your Insta feed into a color diagram.
Nothing is ever too old to make positive changes! At least that’s the lesson we can learn from Spain who is converting all 97 of it’s hotels that are found in castles and monasteries, known as paradores, into running on renewable energy sources.
For the first time this century something new has entered the public domain. Finally works form 1923 have become public for the good of the culture! If you have a hankering to check out some classics and maybe remix them in your own work, see what’s out there for use on this website.
Beer isn’t one of the topics that we cover here but this brewery is doing something so amazing that it’s worth a mention. The Koningshoeven Abbey one of the brewers of Trappist beer is implementing a plant based water filtration system to cut down on their pollution.
Tired of just binge watching Netflix? Afraid your brain is melting from all the amazing movies and shows? Well then make a promise to yourself for the new year to learn some things. Still in the form of visual media of course because it’s the future and that’s what we got. CuriosityStream is the streaming service for documentaries.
Finding new music is one of life’s simple but great joys. Thanks to modern technology, it’s even easier to discover new songs. Help pinpoint music from anywhere with Sounhound, the app that helps you identify music and listen to it easily.
