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Happy fair trade day!
Fair trade allows farmers in developing countries to grow out of poverty by guaranteeing at least a fair minimum price for their product. Without fair trade it can be difficult for farmers to compete in the global marketplace while still making a decent wage. Today half the world lives on less Read More...
Canadian company creates mobile community gardens
There is more grass grown in the United States than the next three most popular crops combined– which are corn, alfalfa, and soybeans. While the Bowery Project, an urban farming initiative, is based out of Toronto, there are a few things us Americans could learn from this northerly neighbor. The Read More...
High fiber improves heart attack survival
Eating foods high in fiber—like fruit, legumes and grains—after surviving a heart attack can decrease your chances of dying over the years that follow. People who increased their fiber intake the most after suffering from a heart attack were 25% less likely to die from any cause up to nine Read More...
New solar panels are cheaper, more environmentally sustainable
Scientists from Northwestern University have created a new type of solar panel that is less expensive to produce, better for the environment, and could eventually be more efficient at capturing the suns rays and turning them into energy. Perovskite solar panels, solar cells with a crystal structure Read More...
Making funny faces in Gaza
Imagine you’re 10 years old and live in the occupied territories of Palestine. There are no playgrounds in the neighborhood and the danger of violence is very real, and often experienced daily. That’s not a good place to play, be a kid, or make funny faces. That’s the reason Right to Play and Read More...
Statin doc backtracks on claim
A meta-analysis of statin drugs captured headlines in March with the tantalizing claim that the cholesterol-lowering drugs have no more side-effects than a placebo, or sugar pill. However, Dr. Ben Goldacre, one of the authors of the paper and a noted critic of so-called “bad Read More...
A mossy miracle
The Teardrop Glacier in northern Canada is melting rapidly, but that’s not all bad news, at least not for researchers who have revived a group of mosses that date back 400 to 600 years. Catherine La Farge, a biology professor at the University of Alberta, came across newly exposed moss on one Read More...
Herb of the month: Lavender
The Latin name for lavender is Lavandula angustifolia or officinalis. Lavender comes from the word lavare, which means to wash. Lavender is a hardy winter plant. It has lanceolate, grayish leaves. In the summer purple flowers will appear on the flower stalk. According to herbal books Cleopatra Read More...
Are you inside, behind your computer? Go outside!
‘Every day I make time to go outside and truly enjoy nature. Because of that I have much less stress and have gotten to know my inner child.’ -Participant Rewild your Life You can’t expect people to be mindful of the planet and nature if they don’t have a connection to it, says Canadians Read More...
When A Pencil Makes You Reevaluate Life, Extraordinary Things Happen
Above: Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise. This story was originally published on Truth Atlas This story could have been an artsy movie from the 1970s, where a smart and young American goes to India seeking a spiritual reawakening, and transforms his view of the material world. Thankfully, Read More...