Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 steps
Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health — even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound. Tags: Design, Health, Innovation, Inspiring, Julian Treasure, noisy, sound
Susan Shaw: The oil spill’s toxic trade-off
Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that’s grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it’s sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea. Tags: Business, Health, oil, sea, spill, Susan Shaw
