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The healing power of regenerative organic agriculture
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors September 20, 2015 marked 25 years since my father, Robert Rodale, was killed in a car accident in Russia. If on that fateful day someone would have asked him what his legacy was to be, I know for a fact 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...
Eight reasons to be hopeful about the future of our food system
In late summer, the ideas started pouring in from every corner of the world. Thousands of designers, architects, biologists, engineers, students, nature-lovers, and big thinkers had answered the call to completely rethink our food system using design inspiration from nature. The Biomimicry Global Read More...
Babies' gut bacteria may signal later asthma risk
Infants who lack certain types of gut bacteria in the first few months of life may be at increased risk for asthma when they're older, a new study from Canada suggests. In the study, researchers examined the gut bacteria of more than 300 infants when they were 3 months old. Those who had low levels Read More...
The best ways to get to work, according to science
Commuting affects your mental health, your physical health, and even the way you think about other people. And these changes are more profound than you might think. The average commuter spends about an hour a day heading to and from work, but plenty spend as much as three hours commuting. Those Read More...
How Wall Street is embracing bitcoin
Clearing houses, also known as central clearing counterparties (CCP), have been seen as the answer by policymakers. However, Robert Sams, the CEO of Clearmatics, believes the distributed ledger could be a real solution for the industry. "The CCPs are now the largest counterpart to most of the Read More...
Bill de Blasio calls on New York pension funds to divest from coal companies
The global movement to divest from coal is gaining momentum. This summer, Norway's parliament endorsed the selling of coal investments from its $900 billion sovereign wealth fund, and earlier this month, California lawmakers passed a bill requiring the state’s two largest pension plans to divest Read More...
More than 6 million companies vow to act on climate change
Not a handful, not a few hundred, not even thousands, but 6 million companies have made it very clear during the final business meeting of Climate Week in New York City that they want a strong climate deal at the UN Climate Convention in Paris this December. In just the past week alone we’ve seen Read More...
Optimistic seniors report fewer chronic illnesses and better overall health
Optimism has a remarkable impact on physical health, as several scientific studies have shown. A few researchers wondered what this effect could mean for elderly people, who more often get to deal with the mental and physical health effects of aging. They also wanted to find out if a change to a Read More...
Large food brand will power its food factories by mashed potatoes
One of the U.K’s biggest food brands is going green this week by powering one if its factories not by wind or solar, but by potato. In an effort to reduce carbon emissions and eliminate food waste, 2 Sisters Food Group (parent company of some of the UK’s biggest food brands including Fox’s Read More...