Felix Richter

Bad news for those who dreadfully remember the day when they first received a Facebook friend request from either of their parents: your grandparents may be next! According to the Pew Research Center’s latest Social Media Update, 56 percent of U.S. online adults aged 65 and older are now using Facebook.

According to the 2014 World Giving Index published by the Charities Aid Foundation, Burma (also known as Myanmar) is the most charitable country in the world.

While the vast majority of U.S. workers still use a car to commute to work, there are differences across states. The greenest commuters live in the District of Columbia, in New York and in Massachusetts, where 57 percent, 35 percent, and 15 percent of commuters use public transportation, ride a bike or simply walk to their workplaces. On the opposite end of the scale, we find the southern states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, where more than 9 in 10 commuters use a car to get to work, while less than 1 percent of workers use public transportation.

According to Ipsos’ Global Trends Survey among roughly 16,000 adults from 20 countries, the majority of people now believes that human activity is to blame for climate change. In all of the 20 countries the majority of respondents shares that view. In some countries however, there remains a large degree of scepticism. People from the U.S. showed the highest degree of doubt, with only 54 percent agreeing that humans are responsible for the changing climate.

With a market capitalization of more than $8 billion, Bitcoin is by far the most important crypto-currency in the world.

The willingness to pay for sustainable products has increased universally since 2011. On a global scale, the percentage of consumers willing to pay a premium for sustainable products and services increased from 45 percent in 2011 to 55 percent in 2014. Surprisingly however, the willingness to pay more is the lowest in the richest parts of the world, namely North America and Europe ...