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Health tides:
Health food has found a spotlight these past few years as the numbers of vegans and of those who profess blended juice is enough to keep a smile on their face have jumped.
Though yoga pants and athleisure is definitely a trend of the 21st century, the explosion of ads and one particular trend has us feeling like it’s a throwback to the 60s era of mad men.
Do you even Juul?
Juul has acquired tremendous user acquisition through a campaign “Make the Switch,” which is often criticized as a scheme to portray e-cigs as safer than traditional cigarettes. With the recent fire from the FDA, the administration’s proposal to ban flavored e-cigs, and the soaring use of teenage vaping, the CEO of Juul Labs is stepping down.
5 billion people will miss out on health care in 2030
The World Health Organization says that at the current rate, 5 billion people will miss out on health care in 2030. We need to invest 1% more of GDP to have a chance at meeting the goals.
“If we are really serious about achieving universal health coverage and improving people’s lives, we must get serious about primary health care,” says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “That means providing essential health services like immunization, antenatal care, healthy lifestyle advice as close to home as possible – and making sure people do not have to pay for this care out of their own pockets.”
Of course, most of the people left without care will be the poor and disadvantaged.
Why we’re frustrated: They’re getting hit from both sides. The public sector isn’t providing enough health care for the underprivileged and the private sector often markets (in a predatory manner) products that don’t support their health.
Changing literal and global tides
Oceans are in danger and are now a danger
New UN report shows that rising temperatures are contributing to drop in fish populations, which has made it difficult to harvest seafood. In addition, the warmer waters with rising sea levels now create more powerful tropical cyclones and floods. Coastal regions are becoming more dangerous as well.
Companies collectively worth $2.3tn sign UN climate pact
In the wake of all this change, a large group of multinational companies (87) have pledged to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. The rapidly rising number of companies changing behavior is evidence of a “massive intellectual revolution” in the world of business.
“Just five or 10 years ago, the vast majority of CEOs, boards and governments believed it would be nice to do something about climate change but it would require a trade off. Now, their view is that smart policies on climate change encourage more resource efficiency and [the development of] new technology . . . which can lead to more, rather than less, competitiveness.” -Andrew Steer, board member at the Science Based Targets Initiative
Private sector may be the one to fix it first
This definitely looks like something from the future and like belongs in an alien spaceship, but it comes in peace.
This “personal carbon sequestration” device called Eos Bioreactor uses algae to remove CO2 from the air. Designed to fit inside any spaces and eventually on rooftops, an algae bioreactor may be the solution to much CO2 as it can capture as much carbon from the atmosphere as an acre of trees. Because algae grows much more quickly than trees, it can also sequester carbon more quickly. This device can sequester around two tons of carbon out of the air each year.
Ben Lamm, Founder of Hypergiant Industries
“As an emerging tech company that’s working in the field of AI and robotics and all of these super interesting things, we have not just an opportunity, but we have a responsibility to make some of our R&D lab time focused on the some of the biggest challenges.”
Hypergiant: Named after the largest and brightest class of star in the known universe, Hypergiant Industries’ vision is to be the guiding light that solves humanity’s most challenging problems - whether on earth or in the cosmos - through the creation of emerging AI-technologies.
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