Miscellaneous
Bitcoin is officially tax-free in Europe
The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that Bitcoin and other virtual currencies can be exchanged tax-free, reports Bloomberg. The order follows a dispute in Sweden that arose last June between the nation’s tax authority and Bitcoin forum operator Daniel Hedqvist over whether Read More...
Terrace farming: An ancient indigenous model for food fecurity
Terrace farming as practiced from time immemorial by native peoples in the Andes mountains contributes to food security as a strategy of adaptation in an environment where the geography and other conditions make the production of nutritional foods a complex undertaking. This ancient prehispanic Read More...
7 African entrepreneurs who are blazing trails and changing lives
In Africa today there is an entrepreneurial boom taking place—a steadily rising number of young businessmen and women who are building successful, fast growing companies in the fields of engineering, technology, health, education, and more. (Forbes recently put together a list of 30 of them!) Read More...
UN Committee on world food security on track to lead the global effort toward achieving zero hunger by 2030
On the 15th of October the UN Committee on World Food Security adopted the report of its 2015 plenary session. It includes the outcomes of a very intense and fruitful week where all Member States took important commitments that will be critical to ensure that the CFS can deliver on its role and Read More...
UK Government Highlights Benefits of Blockchain Tech
The economic secretary to the UK government's economic and finance ministry – HM Treasury – has spoken about the benefits of digital currencies and blockchain technology. During her speech in London yesterday about the government's technology drive, Harriet Baldwin MP said the Read More...
Wall Street Should Be Scared of the Blockchain
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors In Singapore this week, the incredible response to the discussion on the "blockchain" at SIBOS Innotribe is indicative of a massive shift taking place globally in banking. FinTech, or Financial Technology, Read More...
This is how a new crop of companies are trying to reinvent banking
Financial technology, better known as fintech, has exploded over the last 5 years. The rate of investment is growing by 45% annually and $13.7 billion was ploughed into startups in the space in the last year alone, according to CB Insights. As investment booms, finance and banking are being Read More...
Obama turns to crowdfunding to aid fleeing Syrians
As Syrian refugees continue to flee the violence at home, President Obama is turning to the modern tools of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship as a supplement to the more traditional means of humanitarian relief. At the request of officials from the White House Office of Digital Strategy, the Read More...
5 tips for homeschooling through chaos
Job loss. Moving. New babies. High risk pregnancy. Hospitalization. Injury. Chronic pain disability. These are a few of the things that we, at the Non Stepford house, have dealt with during our almost (gasp!) eight years of homeschooling. That’s one of the many things nobody warns you about Read More...
The critical step to gentle parenting that we often overlook
Marianne Williamson said it best when she stated, “There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.” Many of us who practice Attachment Parenting and gentle discipline do so because we understand the Read More...