The most blissful places for your next meditation vacation
Next time, you consider booking a vacation that revolves around relaxation, you may want to consider these destinations. Yes, you can meditate everywhere. But a simple look at these pictures that some places certainly help in experiencing peace and Read More...
Rooftop hydroponic systems produce cheaper, healthier greens than rural farms
Rooftop farming is a promising new trend to bring healthy and cheap food to urban areas. This type of farming all but removes soil from the equation, with each plant housed in plastic containers hovering above a tank, their stringy roots dangling into a circulating pool of nutrient-boosted tap Read More...
This app lets you listen to every radio station in the world
If you want to have an inspiring one world experience, check our Radio Garden. This “Google Earth of radio” lets you listen to any station in the world. You can click on any radio station just by spinning the globe. You will find out that they play the same music in Novokuznetsk in Russia as in Read More...
After the vegan burger this fast food chain is conquering the U.S.
Vegan burgers are rising in the U.S. New York chefs are competing for the veggie burger that tastes as good—or even better—than the regular one. So, it makes sense that a vegan fast food chain is jumping on the healthy trend. Veggie Grill launched ten years ago, and it now has 28 locations on Read More...
Purify your home with these indoor plants
Our homes are filled with unhealthy chemicals—from formaldehyde, found in household products and building supplies to benzene, in plastics and resins, and trichloroethylene in adhesives. Indoor plants are incredible agents for expelling these chemical pollutants. All plants add balance to the Read More...
The future of agriculture is drip irrigation
Irrigation is terrible for the planet, requiring great quantities of water while increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Drip irrigation, a farming practice that provides a plant with whatever it needs at just the right time, provides an excellent solution. Through plastic ‘drip lines’ that lie Read More...
More than $5 trillion worth in investments are selling off fossil fuel assets
A look at the numbers tells us that the end of fossil fuels is nearing. On Monday, it was revealed that investors worth more than $5 trillion have now committed to dumping their fossil fuel stocks. That means that in just over a year, the value of divestment has doubled, thanks in part to the many Read More...
Nuts in your diet may help you live longer, study finds
We’re nuts for nuts. Why? Because just a small portion of nuts each day protects against health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. A study published earlier this month confirmed this, finding that nuts have a wider-range of health benefits than previously thought. All it takes Read More...
China is implementing ban on ivory trade, closing factories
In a move that conservationists are calling the “single greatest measure” in the fight to save elephants from poaching, China is finally getting set to close its ivory carving factories. China has the world’s largest market for ivory. Now the government is closing down commercial sales for Read More...
Who said bedtime stories are just for kids?
The next time you can’t fall asleep, don’t reach for any sleeping pills. Instead, download a new app called Calm and let a soothing voice lull you to sleep with a nice bed time story. The app was originally made to help people with meditation, but now the company behind it has added a new Read More...