Popular trading platform Bunz launches its own cryptocurrency
Bunz Inc., a fast-growing Toronto-based online-bartering market, is getting into the hot cryptocurrency game. The company is touting BTZ, which is pronounced “bits” and is short for Bunz Trading Zone, as the first Canadian cryptocurrency to launch to an already-established community – its Read More...
Striking Oklahoma teachers win historic school-funding increase and keep on marching
Allie Newcomb, who teaches sixth-grade math at Mayfield Middle School, in Oklahoma City, was initially on the fence when teachers in her state started talking about walking off the job in protest of education cuts. But something shifted for her a couple of weeks ago, when there was an emergency Read More...
A grass-roots movement for healthy soil spreads among farmers
In American farm country, a grass-roots movement is spreading, a movement to keep more roots in the soil. (Not just grass roots, of course; roots of all kinds.) Its goal: Promoting healthy soil that's full of Read More...
New evidence that fossil fuels are getting crushed in the battle against renewables
The world added more solar power capacity than any other type of energy in 2017, outpacing all fossil fuels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme Read More...
Mindfulness and difficult emotions
I have heard some wonderful explanations of mindfulness. The writer and teacher Sylvia Boorstein calls it “awake attention to what is happening inside and outside so we can respond from a place of wisdom.” The Vietnamese Zen teacher and poet Thich Nhat Hanh says, “I like to define Read More...
Instead of storing carbon, researchers want to convert it into fuel
Currently, carbon capture typically involves grabbing carbon-dioxide emissions from sources like coal-fired power plants, then storing them underground so they can’t enter the atmosphere and heat the planet. But wouldn’t it be so much better if we could actually use the carbon we captured for Read More...
Save money at the grocery store by avoiding these 16 items
Groceries cost more than $4,000 a year for many people, but there are plenty of ways to save money at the grocery store. To start with, there’s probably a whole list of items you buy on a regular basis that you don’t need to be putting on your grocery list. If you want to stop wasting money at Read More...
Peruvian farmers are teaming up with the country’s space agency to farm moss
What if the weeds you’ve been pulling out of your garden were actually worth a lot of money? That’s essentially what’s happened in the Peruvian Andes as farmers have come to understand that the moss that they burn off to clear the land for planting traditional crops is actually an Read More...
Study: Long-term meditation practice can prevent age-related mental decline
In one of the longest studies on meditation to date, researchers found more evidence suggesting that meditating has the potential to prevent age-related mental decline and increase one’s attention span. As the study explains, age-related cognitive decline typically includes the inability to Read More...
27 businesses you can start up with less than $1,000
Creating an extra source of income through a side-project doesn’t have to be as complex as it sounds. In fact, with a little guidance, you can get a side-business up and running for less than $1,000. Take a look here at the 27 mini-businesses you can get started for less than a Read More...