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Do the seasons really change our moods?
Photo: Matt Brittaine Rain and snow prevent us from participating in certain outdoor activities, but even though poor weather is attributed to an increase in depression, a new study suggests otherwise. Clinically diagnosed seasonal affective disorder, commonly known as SAD, is weather-related Read More...
Empower Tools
Tradeworks Training Society is a non-profit that teaches carpentry and helps at-risk youth and inner city women develop useful skills for the growing trades industry in Vancouver, Canada. These marginalized populations often have several barriers to employment, like lack of training and emotional Read More...
Grass roots, grass bikes
The first step to making a Semester bike at Hero Bike is to walk down Main Street in Greensboro, AL to a bamboo stand and harvest a large section of the tall grass. Hero Bike is using an abundant local material, bamboo, to produce bicycles, create jobs, and spur economic growth. Hero Bike has been Read More...
Entwined in the Internet
Photo: flickr.com/photos/jacobfg/ An inability to control behavior, dishonesty, changes in sleeping patterns, and withdrawing from pleasurable activities. These may seem like symptoms of depression, but they’re actually also characteristics of Internet addiction. Once not believed to be a Read More...
Walking in the developing world
In 2006 Blake Mycoskie travelled to Argentina and found many children in the country walking around in bare feet. To fix this Mycoskie decided to start Toms, a buy 1 give 1 company that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair they sell in retail. A fairly simple solution to a Read More...
Daydreaming makes you happier
One day, the British scientist Alexander Graham Bell was daydreaming. He imagined how electric currents could move in the same way the air does when sound is produced. Eventually, that daydream resulted in the world’s first telephone. And this is just a single example of what daydreaming can Read More...
Diana Nyad and the art of realizing your dreams
She could hardly speak when she came out of the water after more than two days of swimming amid sharks and jellyfish. But she did say, “I’ve got three messages: One is, We should never, ever give up. Two is, You never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is, It looks like it’s a solitary Read More...
What to believe about omega-3s?
A study conducted by scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Ohio State University concluded that increased blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acids derived from fatty fish or fish oil raise the risk of prostate cancer, particularly the more aggressive form of the disease. One Read More...
Your visit to the best example of sustainability, and more
If you want to make a very special trip and witness that sustainability truly exists, you want to go to Gaviotas… (and, by the way, you may discover more priceless opportunities in the current auction of The Intelligent Optimist...) Pessimism about the environment is abundant. There are daily Read More...
Unknown nutrients
Honey is most often added to foods and drinks as a sweetener, but what about using honey as a skin moisturizer, cold symptom suppressant, or to treat ulcers. The benefits of honey extend beyond its edible properties and far into the realm of medicine and science. Below are 5 unique, and Read More...