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These wind turbine tiny homes give a whole new meaning to downsizing. Tiny homes have long served as a source of creative exploration among designers, from ultra-minimal concepts to affordable 3D-printed dwellings and all-electric, battery-powered models. But a Dutch prototype is stretching the bounds of an already innovative market by introducing a completely novel idea: A tiny home made out of an old wind turbine.

After Hurricane Helene, most of Asheville’s citizens—and restaurants—were without clean water. Here’s how they made it work. In their 20 years as Asheville restaurateurs, Alicia Hill and Jacob Sessoms have been tested by a recession, a pandemic, and rampant growth in their small Western North Carolina city. “Small business entrepreneurship, especially food and beverage and hospitality, is a business of chaos and challenge,” says Sessoms, co-owner of All Day Darling, a casual eatery, and Table, an upscale restaurant downtown.

The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. But for politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought. The morning temperature is nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit as Keith Seaman sweats beneath his bucket hat, walking door to door through the cookie-cutter blocks of a subdivision in Casa Grande, Arizona. Seaman, a Democrat who represents this Republican-leaning area in the state’s House of Representatives, is trying to retain a seat he won by a margin of around 600 votes just two years ago.

The head of World Economic Forum LLC, USA says business leaders need an urgent shift in mindset—from reactive to proactive—to contend with the rising risks.   As large parts of the world experience another year of record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events, the effects of a changing climate are no longer a distant threat.

Good On You gives fashion and beauty brands a sustainability rating. The biggest offenders might surprise you. Our obsession with making ourselves beautiful is making the planet uglier. Beauty is a global, booming $446 billion industry. But it creates a lot of pollution. Skincare and makeup products use a lot of plastic packaging, much of which isn’t refillable or recyclable, which will clog up a landfill.

Alphas are significantly different from their pop-culture portrayal. It’s time for us to shake our traditional perception and instead shed light on the reality of modern and effective workplace leadership.   Have you ever heard the old business school saying about your ideal boss: Would you rather work with the “competent jerk” (more commonly portrayed as an “alpha”) or the “lovable fool”?  It’s one of those impossible questions—a Kobayashi Maru of team management—that pushes us to consider our preferred option in a no-win scenario.