Have you ever stumbled across a place that was unique, undeniably creative or otherwise just plain weird? There’s a good chance it has been documented in the SPACES archive and if it hasn’t, you could help document it! These fascinating locations are called Art Environments. Here’s how the SPACES website Read more…
Building their own “circular economy” has led Teemill to pioneer truly sustainable t-shirt printing in a global, scalable way. A truckload of clothes is burned or buried in a landfill every second, and slowing the fast fashion industry won’t solve the problem. The founders of Teemill were determined to address Read more…
A firm called 3DBio Therapeutics has successfully transplanted a printed ear made from the patient’s own cells for the first time ever. Their trial of 11 patients included a 20-year-old woman born with congenital microtia, a disease that left her with a misshapen ear. The surgical team took a precise Read more…
Back in January, we shared our excitement about the James Webb telescope, the “Gold-Plated Marvel”… now we get to gaze in amazement at the stunning images that have been sent back. From its vantage point about 1 million miles from Earth, the telescope– the biggest and most sensitive to have Read more…
Rats, easy to train and agile, fast searchers by nature, have turned out to be the ideal way to look for survivors after a natural disaster, especially when equipped with a tiny smart-backpack. Dr. Donna Kean, from Scotland, has been working with a nonprofit called APOPO on a project called Read more…
For many environmentalists, zero-waste is a noble goal to strive for, while at 3F Waste Recovery in Newfoundland, Canada, it’s their whole mission. Called by some the “landfill of the future”, 3F receives the by-products from local fishers, farmers and foresters. Then, by applying innovation and ingenuity, they transform it Read more…
Knowing how to grow food is a life skill that few urban children have today and a local program at Lopez Urban Farm in Pomona, CA is working to change that. Community Partners 4 Innovation is the nonprofit that runs Lopez Urban Farm as well as another local farm, Esperanza Read more…
The Chicago community of Bronzeville is becoming the Community of the Future and the first big step is the microgrid that will keep power flowing even emergencies. With the completion of the final phase of testing, ComEd has signaled that the network of solar panels, generators, batteries is ready to Read more…
When it comes to planning for all possible outcomes, you can’t beat the scientists who flung a 10 billion dollar telescope into orbit! The James Webb telescope was developed and built by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. This worldwide effort will give all of humanity, Read more…
Continuing our New Year’s theme of finding the bright spots of the past year, we here at Bliss want to focus this month’s nonprofit Spotlight on to the incredible work being done by Ocean Clean Up and their various projects aimed at sustainably and effective removing trash from our planet’s Read more…