Taylor Swift recently announced the launch of a clothing line based around herself and her 1989 World Tour in China, appealing to a huge market. The clothing line is supposed to be partnered with local e-commerce giant JD.com and the Alibaba group. She inadvertently stirred controversy with her initials and year of birth (also now …

   “Man’s law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.” – Crow   “There is no death, only a change of worlds.” – Duwamish   “You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” – Navajo        “All dreams spin out from the same web.” …

Jimmy Kimmel was noticeably moved on his show Tuesday night as he made a plug for the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. Oxford Research Group This group originally had tagged Cecil–the famous, beloved lion killed by the infamous dentist. Cecil was a popular lion at  a Zimbabwean national park and had been tagged for scientific research …

There is a new initiative in the works to deal with air pollution in China. Step one begins in Zhangjiakou in the northwest of Hebei province–recently approved as the country’s first renewable energy pilot zone. In 2022, Zhangjiakou hopes to host the Winter Olympic Games. It’s currently in the running with neighboring Beijing (and the …

Last Saturday, Germany set a new national record for renewable energy. 78 percent of the day’s electricity demand were met with renewables sources. Up 4 percent from 2014. This all came about because it was stormy northern Europe while still being sunny in Southern Germany.German energy expert Craig Morris at the Energiewende blog, wrote about …