5 Ways to Cut Plastic Pollution
An article via One Green Planet provides a helpful summary for how to stop using plastic and stop contributing to the extinction of marine species. […]
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What’s Causing Colony Collapse Disorder
Fungicides and pesticides, including insecticides, are contributing to bee die-offs, according to scientists. Bees were not designed to ingest these noxious chemicals, and neither are […]
Continue reading »How Nature Educates Children
I’m always hungry for how nature inspires us. Recently I read an article about a teacher who was inspired to take her students outdoors into […]
Continue reading »Game-Like Activities Boost Cognition & Balance
As we age, it is important to stay active, but not just in any way: playful, unpredictable, and creative activities are more helpful. Research suggests […]
Continue reading »Making Climate Change More Actionable
Climate change is classified as a wicked problem, that is, one that’s so complex and connected with other problems that it is very difficult to […]
Continue reading »Starch-Based Diets Healthiest
Dr. John McDougall breaks it down for us in a very short video: throughout history, the healthiest human civilizations were the ones eating complex (unrefined) […]
Continue reading »13-Year-Old Slams Al Gore
In a powerful video from a 13-year-old activist Lila Copeland on behalf of Earth Peace Foundation, a very clear case is being made for for Al Gore […]
Continue reading »Happiness = Accepting Death
Death keeps coming up, in conversations and in what I read. For example, I was talking with two friends this week about how much the American […]
Continue reading »5 Ways to Double World Food Supply
This article summarizes how to double the world’s supply of food. At number one is (no surprise here) to cut down on meat consumption; number […]
Continue reading »The Next System
Our current system is failing, according to political economist Gar Alperovitz. The signs, say leaders such as Bill McKibben and Danny Glover in this short video, […]
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