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LEGO is going plant-based, sustainable
With their green, plant-inspired pieces, for now. As per the LEGO website,
"LEGO® botanical elements such as leaves, bushes and trees will be made from plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane in the future and will...
Meanwhile, in South Korea…
South Korea’s National Assembly passed a bill on 2/28/18 to bring the country's maximum legal workweek hours down from 68 to 52.
Why?
People are overworked.
South Koreans have turned into workaholics since their economy started blossoming...
Minnesota-based companies Securian and Starkey have cut ties with the NRA
Securian Financial Group, located in St. Paul, is the latest company to take a stand against the National Rifle Association: Securian, one of St. Paul's largest employers with 2,600 employees at their downtown headquarters,...
Steve Jobs’ job application shows a normal guy, pre-Apple
And now it's worth $50,000 (or more). Not so normal, after all.
But the job application for an unidentified position, written while Jobs was still and English Lit major at Reed College, shows that he...
Stars Hollow Co. latest Minnesota aquaponics startup
Minnesota is adding yet another aquaponics company to a rapidly-growing list: We now have 40 producers of indoor fish and vegetation, up from just 3 in 2010 (UofM).
The latest? Stars Hollow Co. joins the...
A WWII-era radiator company expands in Hibbing
During WWII desert tank warfare, it was discovered that a single bullet to the radiator of a British tank would render it completely and utterly disabled. The solution was a simple one: A British-designed...
Tinder wants women to make the first move
Or, rather, Tinder wants to stay competitive with its upstart rival Bumble, which is based completely on a women-make-the-first-move premise.
(Bumble, if you aren't familiar, was also launched by Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd in...
A New Way to Stay: Energy Positive, Above the Arctic Circle
While the threat of Climate Change is ever-growing, there are some who are looking with optimism to the future. Svart, for example, is the world's first energy-positive hotel located above the Arctic...
Facebook is (finally?) testing out a “downvote” button
But it is not a dislike button. That Facebook wants to make clear. They've been avoiding a "dislike" button for years in an effort to stay away from negative reinforcement.
This is something different, apparently.
5% of Android users...
Patagonia wants to save the world, but they can’t do it without you
Yesterday, February 7, 2018, Patagonia launched a new initiative.
It's a simple initiative, but with a decidedly grander goal: To save the planet.
Designed to connect people with the local grassroots organizations that are working to do just...
