by Grace Ebert | Jul 17, 2024
Daniel Kish has taught thousands of students worldwide an essential skill: to see with sound. A lifelong advocate for the blind, Kish is a pioneer in echolocation, the ability to perceive one’s surroundings by making clicking noises or tapping a cane. As sound waves bump onto nearby walls and objects, the noises they reflect create a sort of audible map. “If I click at a surface,” he says in a new short documentary, “it answers back.”
Directed by Ben Wolin and Michael Minahan for The New Yorker, “Echo” follows Kish and a few students who have benefited from his teachings. More
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by Komoneed | Jul 16, 2024
Mountains of textile waste keep piling up around the world, making clear we’re producing far too many clothes. But just how many remains a controversy. 100 billion question marks In an industry infamous for misinformation, one basic number we should know by now is how many clothes are made each year. But no one in […]
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by Komoneed | Jul 15, 2024
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by Komoneed | Jul 15, 2024
This post was originally published on UNDPMi Costa: Expression of life kate.smith@undp.org Fri, 07/12/2024 – 11:43 In the medium and long term, the 8-year “Mi Costa” (My Coast) project is expected to recover more than 15,000 hectares of coastal...
by Komoneed | Jul 15, 2024
Our editors curate highly rated brands that are first assessed by our rigorous ratings system. Buying through our links may earn us a commission—supporting the work we do. Learn more. Fast fashion label Brandy Melville boasts more than three million Instagram followers and a legion of teenage fans who love its Californian aesthetic. But […]
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