Joe Lenton

At my local bakery in Göztepe, near Kadıköy on the Asian side of Istanbul, everything is made on the premises in a wood-fired oven tucked away at the back. Any space not taken up by the 1,200 white loaves they produce a day is filled with baguettes, rolls, rye, multigrain and cornbread, as well as […]

Tension between time and money But striking this balance can be extremely tricky—and often times, the biggest hurdle is financial. Both time and money feel like scarce and precious resources. We often feel like we have to choose between the two. Should you pay for an expensive and expedient Uber ride, or should you take

Photo: During a recent UN General Assembly meeting, speakers stressed that the window to prevent climate change from causing irreversible environmental damage will close by 2030. General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés called on the “last generation that can prevent irreparable damage” to make drastic changes to consumption patterns now, so that 2020 might

Entrepreneur and ace investor Martin Muoto is using one of the most potentially lucrative concepts in real estate to make a difference in his community: Opportunity Zones. The founder and managing partner of SoLa Impact, Muoto, and his Los Angeles-based social impact fund has raised over $165 million to provide mainly multi-family housing to largely

A COMMUNITY pub has celebrated its fifth anniversary years after the building was shut because of antisocial behaviour. The Bevy in Brighton reopened five years ago after Bevendean residents raised enough money to buy the pub. Run as a not-for-profit business with more than 700 community shareholders, the local is now more popular than ever.

An Italian ski resort is endeavouring to become the first in Europe to ban plastic after discovering that a nearby glacier contained a significant amount of microplastics. The use of plastic bottles, bags, cutlery, plates, straws, cups and condiment sachets was banned when the slopes opened at Pejo 3000, a small resort in Val di

MADRID — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the “point of no return.” Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the U.N. chief said the impact

Please share our story on: For most people, settling down and retiring is the goal. But have you imagined yourself turning that dream into reality with your best friends? Four couples from Austin, Texas, have been best friends for 20 years. They made a life-changing decision when they decided to make their own neighborhood of

The Cybertruck, Tesla’s all-new electric pickup truck, is here, looking like a triangle from the future, and it can take a sledgehammer to the door with nary a dent. And while that might not be a day-to-day use case for many prospective buyers, it’s very handy if you’re showing off the prowess of your latest