Futurology

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044235/this-drone-startup-has-an-ambitious-crazy-plan-to-plant-one-billion-trees-a-year

Using drones to replant forested trees.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/why-is-the-scientific-world-abuzz-about-an-unpublished-paper-because-it-could-permanently-change-human-dna

First time DNA in a human embryo has been modified in a way that would carry into future generations.

http://www.offgridquest.com/energy/ibm-solar-collector-magnifies-sun-by-200

Using salt water to cool down solar panels and desalinating the water to make clean reusable water.

http://weburbanist.com/2015/04/02/plantlab-urban-farms-40-times-more-productive-than-open-fields/

Super efficient indoor farming that uses a lot less water and space.

Now to solve the oil crisis and global warming.

Apparently you can get oil from trees now, so we're sorted
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Teach kids it's wrong to grow up and do what these adults are doing. We're generations behind on solving these problems, but every solution starts with the children.