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Cooking makes you more creative and mindful
You need to cook to eat, and survive. But cooking can be more than just a way to feed yourself. For Zen monks there are only two activities more important than meditating: Cooking and cleaning. Cooking helps you be mindful of the present, separating yourself from the nuances of the daily grind. Read More...
Chipotle ditches pork over supplier violations
Chipotle holds their meat suppliers to high standards, and if they aren’t met then no business will be done. That’s why at about 30 percent of Chipotle restaurants aren’t currently serving carnitas, slow cooked pork. One of Chipotle’s major pork suppliers was caught not having adequate Read More...
Philippines could end poverty within a generation
Corruption and natural disasters have been driving forces behind the Philippine’s poverty level, among the highest in East Asia. But now thanks to sustainable economic growth and the creation of one million jobs between October 2013 and October 2014, the bottom 20 percent of incomes grew faster Read More...
Acupuncture pen checks for vitamins
We all need vitamins and minerals, and many of us are vitamin and mineral deficient. But what vitamins should you take? How do you know? Sure you could go to the doctor, but often our vitamin and mineral levels can change by the day. Now there’s a new acupuncture pen, called Vitastiq, that when Read More...
Compostable clothing
Your clothes start out as organic material, but thanks to chemical dyes and plastic buttons by the time you’re done wearing them they have to go to the landfill. Swiss manufacturing company Freitag creates biodegradable clothing sourced from within 150 miles of their native Switzerland, Read More...
Recess before lunch makes kids eat healthier
What is better for a child: To eat before or after recess? You probably don’t think it makes a difference but surprisingly it does. Research has shown that children waste less food when recess is before lunch, and a new study has found that children also eat healthier when operating on that same Read More...
Obama to cut methane emissions
Our society is hooked on oil and natural gas. While we make the transition into a—hopefully—completely green society, we need to minimize the impact of the fossil fuels our society has to use in order to keep running. In an effort to do exactly that the Obama administration has announced plans Read More...
Off shore wind farms more lucrative than oil and gas drilling
A common argument used by the oil and gas companies to perpetuate their exploitation of nature of that they are more profitable, and provide more jobs than green sources of energy. A new report has proven that idea wrong, showing that wind farming is actually more lucrative, and would provide more Read More...
Plants used to power streetlights in Dutch city
Remember in middle school when you made a clock powered by a potato? Well now the city of Hamburg in the Netherlands has taken that idea and used it on a grand scale—powering streetlights with energy source from plant’s photosynthesis. The Dutch company Plant-e spearheaded the initiative; they Read More...
Guinea worm nears eradication
The guinea worm is a nasty, painful parasite that is caused when people drink water contaminated with roundworm larvae. Now after a 30-year campaign to eradicate guinea worm only 126 cases were reported in 2014—down from 3.5 million in 1986. Guinea worm is on its way to being the second Read More...